Jake and the Fatman

6.2

1987

5 Seasons

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.

Episode Ratings

10.0

E10

10.0

E11

10.0

E12

E13

10.0

E14

10.0

E15

10.0

E16

10.0

E17

10.0

E18

10.0

E19

10.0

E20

E21

E22

E23

10.0

E24

E25

E26

AVG.

10.0

0.0

● Must See TV (8.0+)

● Good (7.0-7.9)

● Average (6.0-6.9)

● Yikes (5.0-5.9)

● Skip It (<5.0)

Show Information

Status

Ended

First Air Date

9/26/1987

Last Air Date

5/6/1992

Number of Seasons

Number of Episodes

106

Rating

6.2

(52 votes)

Genres

Drama

Crime

Action & Adventure

Networks

CBS

Overview

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

10/10

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 feels like the older sibling of detective shows. And it does so in almost the same way that Columbo feels like the adult in the room of detective shows from that era. However, it's still entertaining fair that I would love to see brought back in some form. Buddy detective shows are a lot better than police