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Jake and the Fatman

1987-1992
5 Seasons
CBS
Drama, Action & Adventure

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Legal drama about a rotund DA and a slick investigator who join forces to nail the bad guys. The show moved from California to Hawaii and back again over its five-year run, but J.L. 'Fatman' McCabe rarely went anywhere without his bulldog, Max.

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Awards

1991 - Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) - nominated

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Joe Penny

Jake Styles

William Conrad

Jason Lochinvar `Fatman' McCabe

Alan Campbell

Derek Mitchell

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Question: Your comments on the Night Court actors reminded me that I had a crush on the woman who played the court clerk before Mac. What was her name, and did she do anything else besides Night Court?Answer: That she did, and that she does, Bill. You're thinking of actress Karen Austin and her character, court clerk Lana Wagner, who was replaced on the comedy after a season by Charlie Robinson's Mac Robinson. Austin did a lot of guest work on such series as Happy Days,

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