Fish Police (TV series)

Fish Police
Angel Jones voiced by JoBeth Williams, Crabby voiced by Buddy Hackett, Chief Abalone voiced by Ed Asner & Det. Catfish voiced by Robert Guillaume
Based on	Fish Police created by Steve Moncuse
Developed by	Jeanne Romano
Voices of	John Ritter Héctor Elizondo Edward Asner Jonathan Winters Tim Curry Robert Guillaume Buddy Hackett Megan Mullally JoBeth Williams Frank Welker Georgia Brown Charlie Schlatter
Composer(s)	James Horner (theme) Steve Bramson (score)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	6 (3 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Melissa Goldsmith Larry Huber Don Rhymer Jeanne Romano Paul Sabella David Kirschner Benjamin Melniker Michael Uslan
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 28 – March 13, 1992

Fish Police is an animated television series from Hanna-Barbera based on the comic book series created by Steve Moncuse. It first aired on CBS in 1992, lasting six episodes over one season. In February of that year, three episodes of the series aired, but the show was promptly axed after failing in the television ratings. The remaining three episodes have never been aired in the U.S. However, the show was aired in its entirety for the European syndication market. The show had a decidedly more mature tone than most other animated Hanna-Barbara shows. Episodes would often be filled with innuendo and cases of mild language.

The series was part of a spate of attempts by major networks to develop prime time animated shows to compete with the success of Fox's The Simpsons, alongside ABC's Capitol Critters (co-produced by Fox, which also produced The Simpsons) and CBS's own Family Dog. Hanna-Barbera Productions (which also worked on Capitol Critters) pitched the series to CBS Entertainment, which quickly agreed to pick it up. All three were canceled in their first season.

Critics' opinions were mixed to negative. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly gave the show a "C", saying that the "comics are a lot more varied and better constructed — their plots worked as mysteries, whereas here the stories are just excuses for more fish humor." Marion Garmel of the Indianapolis Star thought that the show lacked the "dark edge" of the comics. In a 2010 interview, Moncuse said of the show, "The less said about the animated series the better."