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Joe Bash (1986)

Joe Bash poster
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A worn-out NYPD beat cop walks his nightly route and deals with the everyday frustrations of the job and his personal life. The show follows his quiet, sometimes funny struggles as a lonely veteran in a changing city.

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What happens

Joe Bash is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 28 to May 10, 1986. Starring Peter Boyle as a weary and embittered New York City Police Department beat cop, it was created by Danny Arnold following his sitcom Barney Miller. The production company was Tetagram Ltd., with Arnold and Chris Hayward serving as the show's executive producers. All six episodes were written by the team of Arnold, Hayward and Philip Jayson Lasker, with Arnold directing all but the fifth episode, which was directed by John Florea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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