Jake and the Fat Man
| Jake and the Fatman | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by |
Dean Hargrove Joel Steiger Ann Doherty |
| Developed by | Douglas Stefen Borghi |
| Starring |
William Conrad Joe Penny Alan Campbell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 106 105 when "Fatal Attraction" parts are combined (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Dean Hargrove Fred Silverman Joel Steiger |
| Location(s) |
Los Angeles, California Oahu, Hawaii |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Fred Silverman Company Strathmore Productions (1987–1988) Dean Hargrove Productions (1988–1992) Viacom Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 26, 1987 – May 6, 1992 |
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| Related shows |
Matlock Diagnosis: Murder |
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from September 26, 1987, to May 6, 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
J. L. "Fatman" McCabe is a Hawaii-born, tough former HPD officer turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator named Jake Styles. They often clash due to their different styles and personalities. "Fatman" hardly travels anywhere without Max, his pet bulldog. The show was set in Los Angeles during the first season. After the end of Magnum, P.I., the show was moved to Hawaii. The second and third seasons and half of the fourth season were filmed in Honolulu. The show then returned to Los Angeles for the remainder of its run.
Guest stars on the series included Alex Cord, Robert Culp, Scott Marlowe, Leigh McCloskey, Ed Nelson, Leo Penn, Stephen Quadros, Robert Reed, Mitch Ryan, David Soul and Ray Sharkey.
Conrad guest starred as an aging prosecutor in a two-part episode of Matlock during its first season on NBC. Executive producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove decided to use this character as a model for one of the main characters in a new show they were creating for CBS. Penny also guest starred in these episodes, but his character was not on the same side as Conrad's character in the storyline's legal case.
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