Jake and the Fatman (1987)

★ 6.2 1h 0m 5 Seasons 55 votes IMDb
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Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.

Jake and the Fatman

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William Conrad
William Conrad as Jason McCabe Died 1994 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA William Conrad (September 27, 1920 - February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer, and director. He was born William Cann in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a theatre-owner who moved to souther...
Joe Penny
Joe Penny as Jake Styles Age 70 · London, England Joseph Edward Penny Jr. is an English-born American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the television series Jake and...
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell as Derek Mitchell Age 69
Cast William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell

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Audience Reviews

GenerationofSwine 10/10 Jan 12, 2023
Magnum P.I., Riptide (my personal favorite), Simon & Simon, and all the other little detective shows that were on during the late 70s and early 80s network battles were light entertainment.

It's not to say that they weren't great entertainment, but just that the tone of the shows were less stressful and more family friendly.

Jake and the Fatman got a bit darker. The action and comedy were still there, but it sort of feels like the older sibling of detective shows. And it does so in almost the same way that Columbo feels like the adult in the room of detective shows from that era.

However, it's still entertaining fair that I would love to see brought back in some form. Buddy detective shows are a lot better than police

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