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The most realistic cop show, but funnier.

- Broke the barriers of Cop Sitcoms with one of the first multi-racial casts – PC before it was cool.

- Only 13 of the 171 episodes included scenes outside of the police station, resembling more a stage play than a TV show – talk about low production costs.

- Abe Vigado

Barney Miller

Rating: TV-PG Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Captain Barney Miller is the patient and wise catalyst who must interact not only with his staff, but with the volatile mixture of malefactors and weirdos who stream through 12th Precinct headquarters. Barney's staff of detectives bring their own personalities to the chemistry: There's naive Wojehowicz, sophisticated and ambitious Harris, and Dietrich, given to arcane Freudian explanations. Barney and his crew face unpredictable adventures and frequently bizarre assignments with professional dedication and an essential sense of the absurd.

Starring:

Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg, Ron Carey, Jack Soo, Barbara Barrie, James Gregory