Series synopsis
Jake and the Fatman is an American drama crime action & adventure television series that premiered on CBS on September 26, 1987. It ended on May 6, 1992. It was created by Dean Hargrove, David Angell, Joel Steiger. It stars William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell and Bert Remsen.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- William Conrad as Jason McCabe
- Joe Penny as Jake Styles
- Alan Campbell as Derek Mitchell
- Bert Remsen
- Stu Nahan
- Frederick Coffin
- Dianne Kay
- Tim Choate
Supporting cast
- Kurt Fuller
- Margaret Nagle
- Ed Ames as Spence Coggan
- Aki Aleong
- Terri Treas
- Josh Lucas
- Kathryn Leigh Scott
- Michael Preston as Vorster
- Mary-Margaret Humes
- Robert Reed
- Don Stroud
- Forry Smith as Latham
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 106 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 23 | September 26, 1987 | April 6, 1988 |
| Season 2 | 11 | March 15, 1989 | May 24, 1989 |
| Season 3 | 26 | September 20, 1989 | May 16, 1990 |
| Season 4 | 24 | September 12, 1990 | May 8, 1991 |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 18, 1991 | May 6, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Happy Days Are Here Again Senator candidate Kyle Williams' lover is killed after she threatens to reveal their affair. His speechwriter admits to him that he was the murderer, but threatens to frame him unless he cooperates. |
September 26, 1987 |
| 2 |
Fatal Attraction (1) Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around. |
September 29, 1987 |
| 3 |
Fatal Attraction (2) Carson Warfield is having an affair with his stepmother, and together they kill his father and frame a thief who used to work for them. When things don't add up McCabe gets suspicious, and starts nosing around. |
September 29, 1987 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wish You Were Here (1) Jake goes to Hawaii to visit a longtime friend, John Graney, but finds him dead when he arrives. Meanwhile McCabe resigns his position as district attorney and decides to move to Hawaii. |
March 15, 1989 |
| 2 |
Wish You Were Here (2) Jake continues trying to find Graney's murderer, now while under suspicion of John's partner's murder. |
March 15, 1989 |
| 3 |
I'll Never Smile Again A tourist tries to stop a mugging, but he is grabbed from behind and the mugger stabs him. When the police arrive, the tourist is still alive, but the mugger is dead from a bullet wound and on the ground lies a gun used to kill several muggers. The third man is nowhere to be seen. |
March 22, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Only Have Eyes for You A newly released convict starts terrorizing the woman who witnessed against him. She goes to McCabe for help, who was prosecutor who put him in jail. |
September 20, 1989 |
| 2 |
The Lady in Red Ed Delaney, an ex-cop and an old friend of McCabe, is killed when he comes close to solving ""The Lady in Red"" Murder - a 20-year-old unsolved murder case that got him fired from the police. |
September 27, 1989 |
| 3 |
Easy to Love Jake and Stg. Danoho (a LAPD cop) are transporting a prisoner to Los Angeles, when the prisoner escapes and Danoho is killed. Danoho's partner, Sgt. Walker, goes to Hawaii to assist in the investigation and it turns out there's bad blood between her and Jake. |
October 4, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
God Bless the Child Two siblings kill their parents when their father threatens to remove them from the will. |
September 12, 1990 |
| 2 |
The Tender Trap Derek's uncle reveals he's about to get married. But Derek becomes suspicious because the bride is nearly half his uncle's age, and starts digging into her past. |
September 19, 1990 |
| 3 |
Exactly Like You A friend of McCabe is killed execution style. A witness identifies Lyle Wicks as the murderer, and Wicks confesses. But several parts of his confession don't add up, so Jake continues the investigation. |
September 26, 1990 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Where or When (1) PI Ed Delaney sees a man die and calls the police, but when they come for the body it is gone. He identifies the man as millionaire Richard Rose, who as it turns out, is still alive... |
September 18, 1991 |
| 2 |
Where or When (2) Jake goes undercover as a middle man between Rose and a rebel army wanting to buy Rose's hi-tech rifles, while Delaney finds proof that Rose isn't who he claims to be. |
September 25, 1991 |
| 3 |
Street of Dreams A young graffiti painter witnesses a murder and takes the victim's wallet. Jake finds him, but he refuses to talk, figuring that if he could solve the case himself he'd get a reward. |
October 30, 1991 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 26, 1987 |
| Last aired | May 6, 1992 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 12:00:00 |