Jake and the Fatman (1987)
- Genre
- crime television series
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 5 seasons, 106 episodes
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A district attorney called Fatman works with an investigator named Jake to solve crimes in Los Angeles. The two have different styles but partner up to bring suspects to justice.
light-heartedproceduraleasygoingcrime-solvingdry humorloyalmild tensionearthy
What happens
Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama legal drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. Created by Dean Hargrove and Joel Steiger, the series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992. Diagnosis: Murder, which aired from 1993 to 2001, was a medical-oriented spin-off of Jake and the Fatman that came to be a popular series of its own. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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