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Jake and the Fatman

Sat, Sep 26, 1987

Drama
Crime
Action & Adventure

Series · Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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William Conrad
as Jason McCabe
Joe Penny
as Jake Styles
Alan Campbell
as Derek Mitchell

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Episodes

5 seasons · 106 episodes

Ended · 106 aired

Season 1

23 episodes · 23 aired

E1
Happy Days Are Here Again
Aired · Sat, Sep 26, 1987 · 60m
E2
Fatal Attraction (1)
Aired · Wed, Sep 30, 1987 · 60m
McCabe must figure out a way to prove that a businessman was murdered by conspiratorial lovers—his widow and his son.
E3
Fatal Attraction (2)
Aired · Tue, Sep 29, 1987 · 60m
E4
Laura
Aired · Tue, Oct 6, 1987 · 60m
E5
The Man That Got Away
Aired · Tue, Oct 13, 1987 · 60m
E6
Love for Sale
Aired · Tue, Oct 20, 1987 · 60m
E7
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aired · Tue, Oct 27, 1987 · 60m
E8
Body and Soul
Aired · Tue, Nov 3, 1987 · 60m
E9
The Man I Love
Aired · Tue, Nov 10, 1987 · 60m
E10
Love Me or Leave Me
Aired · Tue, Nov 17, 1987 · 60m
E11
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Aired · Tue, Dec 1, 1987 · 60m
E12
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Aired · Tue, Dec 8, 1987 · 60m
E13
After You've Gone
Aired · Tue, Jan 5, 1988 · 60m
E14
It Had to Be You
Aired · Tue, Jan 12, 1988 · 60m
E15
But Not for Me
Aired · Tue, Jan 19, 1988 · 60m
E16
What is This Thing Called Love?
Aired · Tue, Jan 26, 1988 · 60m
E17
Lady, Be Good
Aired · Tue, Feb 2, 1988 · 60m
E18
I'll Be Seeing You
Aired · Tue, Feb 16, 1988 · 60m
E19
Babyface
Aired · Tue, Feb 23, 1988 · 60m
E20
Blues in the Night
Aired · Wed, Mar 16, 1988 · 60m
E21
How Long Has This Thing Been Going On?
Aired · Wed, Mar 23, 1988 · 60m
E22
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
Aired · Wed, Mar 30, 1988 · 60m
E23
Rhapsody in Blue
Aired · Wed, Apr 6, 1988 · 60m

Season 2

11 episodes · 11 aired

E1
Wish You Were Here (1)
Aired · Wed, Mar 15, 1989 · 60m
A trip to Hawaii to visit an old friend lands Jake in the middle of a murder mystery. Meanwhile, McCabe retires as Los Angeles' district attorney but his history in Hawaii proves invaluable when he arrives to help Jake.
E2
Wish You Were Here (2)
Aired · Wed, Mar 15, 1989 · 60m
E3
I'll Never Smile Again
Aired · Wed, Mar 22, 1989 · 60m
McCabe calls Jake in the middle of the night to investigate a tourist who had been stabbed. After the initial suspect dies, the team must find the truth about what happened that night, while dealing with the victim's odd behavior.
E4
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Aired · Wed, Apr 5, 1989 · 60m
E5
Why Can't You Behave?
Aired · Wed, Apr 12, 1989 · 60m
McCabe's son whom he hasn't seen because of something he did, comes to see him and McCabe is not ready to forgive him. They then investigate a plane crash
E6
Poor Butterfly
Aired · Wed, Apr 19, 1989 · 60m
E7
It Ain't Necessarily So
Aired · Wed, Apr 26, 1989 · 60m
McCabe puts an adult magazine publisher suspected of foul play on trial for murder who is shocked by the identity of McCabe's witness who takes the stand against him.
E8
Someone to Watch Over Me
Aired · Wed, May 3, 1989 · 60m
E9
They Can't Take That Away from Me
Aired · Wed, May 10, 1989 · 60m
E10
Side by Side
Aired · Wed, May 17, 1989 · 60m
E11
Snowfall
Aired · Wed, May 24, 1989 · 60m

Season 3

26 episodes · 26 aired

E1
I Only Have Eyes for You
Aired · Wed, Sep 20, 1989 · 60m
E2
The Lady in Red
Aired · Wed, Sep 27, 1989 · 60m
E3
Easy to Love
Aired · Wed, Oct 4, 1989 · 60m
E4
The Way You Look Tonight
Aired · Wed, Oct 11, 1989 · 60m
E5
Dancing in the Dark
Aired · Wed, Oct 25, 1989 · 60m
E6
It All Depends on You
Aired · Wed, Nov 1, 1989 · 60m
E7
Out of Nowhere
Aired · Wed, Nov 8, 1989 · 60m
E8
Sweet Leilani
Aired · Wed, Nov 15, 1989 · 60m
E9
My Shining Hour
Aired · Wed, Nov 29, 1989 · 60m
E10
Long Ago and Far Away
Aired · Wed, Dec 6, 1989 · 60m
E11
What Child is This?
Aired · Wed, Dec 13, 1989 · 60m
E12
In the Still of the Night
Aired · Wed, Jan 3, 1990 · 60m
E13
You Turned the Tables on Me
Aired · Wed, Jan 10, 1990 · 60m
E14
One More for the Road
Aired · Wed, Jan 17, 1990 · 60m
E15
Who's Sorry Now?
Aired · Wed, Jan 31, 1990 · 60m
E16
I'll Dance at Your Wedding
Aired · Wed, Feb 7, 1990 · 60m
E17
My Buddy
Aired · Wed, Feb 14, 1990 · 60m
E18
By Myself
Aired · Wed, Feb 28, 1990 · 60m
E19
I Ain't Got No Body
Aired · Wed, Mar 7, 1990 · 60m
E20
Put Your Dreams Away
Aired · Wed, Mar 14, 1990 · 60m
E21
If I Didn't Care
Aired · Wed, Mar 28, 1990 · 60m
E22
You're Driving Me Crazy
Aired · Wed, Apr 4, 1990 · 60m
E23
You Took Advantage of Me
Aired · Wed, Apr 25, 1990 · 60m
E24
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Aired · Wed, May 2, 1990 · 60m
E25
Danny Boy
Aired · Wed, May 9, 1990 · 60m
E26
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Aired · Wed, May 16, 1990 · 60m

Season 4

24 episodes · 24 aired

E1
God Bless the Child
Aired · Wed, Sep 12, 1990 · 60m
E2
The Tender Trap
Aired · Wed, Sep 19, 1990 · 60m
E3
Exactly Like You
Aired · Wed, Sep 26, 1990 · 60m
E4
'Round Midnight
Aired · Wed, Oct 3, 1990 · 60m
E5
Only You
Aired · Wed, Oct 24, 1990 · 60m
E6
My Boy Bill
Aired · Wed, Oct 31, 1990 · 60m
E7
More Than You Know
Aired · Wed, Nov 7, 1990 · 60m
E8
Night and Day
Aired · Wed, Nov 14, 1990 · 60m
E9
Goodbye (1)
Aired · Wed, Nov 28, 1990 · 60m
E10
Goodbye (2)
Aired · Wed, Nov 28, 1990 · 60m
E11
I Know That You Know
Aired · Wed, Dec 12, 1990 · 60m
E12
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Aired · Wed, Jan 2, 1991 · 60m
E13
I May Be Wrong
Aired · Wed, Jan 9, 1991 · 60m
E14
Daddy's Home
Aired · Wed, Feb 6, 1991 · 60m
E15
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Aired · Wed, Feb 13, 1991 · 60m
E16
Pretty Baby
Aired · Wed, Feb 27, 1991 · 60m
E17
I Cover the Waterfront
Aired · Wed, Mar 6, 1991 · 60m
E18
You Don't Know Me
Aired · Wed, Mar 13, 1991 · 60m
E19
It Never Entered My Mind
Aired · Wed, Mar 20, 1991 · 60m
E20
Second Time Around
Aired · Wed, Apr 3, 1991 · 60m
E21
I'd Do Anything
Aired · Wed, Apr 10, 1991 · 60m
E22
We'll Meet Again
Aired · Wed, Apr 24, 1991 · 60m
E23
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Aired · Wed, May 1, 1991 · 60m
E24
Nevertheless
Aired · Wed, May 8, 1991 · 60m

Season 5

22 episodes · 22 aired

E1
Where or When (1)
Aired · Wed, Sep 18, 1991 · 60m
E2
Where or When (2)
Aired · Wed, Sep 25, 1991 · 60m
E3
Street of Dreams
Aired · Wed, Oct 30, 1991 · 60m
E4
I'll Never Be the Same
Aired · Wed, Nov 6, 1991 · 60m
E5
I Could Write a Book
Aired · Wed, Nov 13, 1991 · 60m
E6
Two Different Worlds
Aired · Wed, Nov 20, 1991 · 60m
E7
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Aired · Wed, Dec 11, 1991 · 60m
E8
Come Along with Me
Aired · Wed, Dec 18, 1991 · 60m
E9
Last Dance
Aired · Wed, Jan 1, 1992 · 60m
E10
Come Closer to Me
Aired · Wed, Jan 8, 1992 · 60m
E11
Since I Fell for You
Aired · Wed, Jan 15, 1992 · 60m
E12
Just You, Just Me
Aired · Wed, Jan 22, 1992 · 60m
E13
Stormy Weather (1)
Aired · Wed, Jan 29, 1992 · 60m
E14
Stormy Weather (2)
Aired · Wed, Feb 5, 1992 · 60m
E15
You'll Never Know
Aired · Wed, Feb 26, 1992 · 60m
E16
There'll Be Some Changes Made
Aired · Wed, Mar 11, 1992 · 60m
E17
Pennies from Heaven
Aired · Wed, Mar 18, 1992 · 60m
E18
I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
Aired · Wed, Mar 25, 1992 · 60m
E19
All Through the Night
Aired · Wed, Apr 1, 1992 · 60m
E20
Ain't Misbehavin'
Aired · Wed, Apr 8, 1992 · 60m
E21
Nightmare
Aired · Wed, Apr 22, 1992 · 60m
E22
Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona)
Aired · Wed, May 6, 1992 · 60m

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5 seasons · 106 episodes