72%User score 72 percent
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Crime · Drama
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54 votes
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.
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Season list for Jake and the Fatman
William Conrad
Jason McCabe
Joe Penny
Jake Styles
Alan Campbell
Derek Mitchell
Bert Remsen
Stu Nahan
Frederick Coffin
Dianne Kay
Tim Choate
Kurt Fuller
Margaret Nagle
Ed Ames
Spence Coggan
Aki Aleong
Terri Treas
Josh Lucas
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Michael Preston
Vorster
Mary-Margaret Humes
Robert Reed
Don Stroud
Forry Smith
Latham
GenerationofSwine
January 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…
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