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Baretta - Resources
Det. Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) lives at the King Edward Hotel with his best buddy, Billy (Tom Ewell) and his pet cockatoo, Fred. Baretta is a street cop with the emphasis on "street". Each week he uses disguises and informants to catch the bad guys.
Barnaby Jones
Buddy Ebsen and Lee Merriwether star in this series about a cop who comes out of retirement to track down his son's killer.
Barney Miller - Resources
Barney Miller was the closest thing to a one-room sitcom since "The Honeymooners." The emsemble cast and writing was top-notch!
Battery Park
Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis starred in this short-lived series about a female police captain who decides to run for Mayor of the City, and her struggles to win the seat.
Beverly Hills Buntz
Norman Buntz, the former detective on "Hill Street Blues" moves to Beverly Hills and tries his hand at a detective agency. Dennis Franz dumped this project and moved on to NYPD Blue.
B.L. Stryker
B.L. Stryker lives on a boat in sunny Flordia. When he's not solving crimes, he's dealing with his bizarre neighbors. Burt Reynolds and Ossie Davis starred.
Blue Thunder
A sort-lived series starring James Farentino and Dana Carvey. A high-tech helicopter battles crime in the City.
Booker
The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street. Richard Grieco left Jump Street and took his character, "Dennis Booker" with him to the new series.
Boston Blackie - Resources
A tough, hard-nosed private eye who did battle with the bad guys each week. The TV series spun off from the radio show program by the same name.
Brooklyn South
This was another series from Steven Bochco about life in a Brooklyn police precinct. It depicted the lives of the officers as well as those of the victims.
Burke's Law
Gene Barry starred as Captain Amos Burke. He was the Chief of Detectives for the LAPD and was driven around in his chauffered limo. This was a pretty good show.
Burke's Law - Classic TV Books
If you're a collector of vintage out-of-print magazines, books and TV Guides, here's a resource to explore.
Cagney & Lacey Resources
Cagney & Lacey showed us it took all kinds of women to be police officers and detectives.. that you didn't get ahead because you were a woman, but in spite of it.
Cannon - Resources
Frank Cannon was not your stereotypical private eye. Played by William Conrad, he would rather eat than do leg work, hiring a 'hunk' played by Lee Horsley to do the leg work for him. Cannon could be seen driving around town in his Lincoln.
Car 54, Where Are You?
The hilarious exploits of Francis and Gunther and the rest of the gang of the 53rd Precinct. I wish they'd bring this show back to reruns. A true classic!
Charlie's Angels - Resources
Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett are three "lovely" young women who work for "Charlie" (the voice of John Forsythe) in his detective agency. Each week, the three of them go undercover to thwart the bad guys without (for the most part) using guns, relying instead on their beauty and brains!
CHiPS - Resources
Eric Estrada (Officer Francis “Ponch” Poncherello) and Larry Wilcox (Officer Jonathan Baker) show us what life is like as a California Highway Patrol Motorcycle cop. Each week these "Chips" cruise the highways of L.A. County to handle traffic accidents and crime.
City Detective
This series ran from 1953 to 1955 and starred Rod Cameron as Detective Lieutenant Bart Grant, a hard-nosed city cop who hated bad guys!
City of Angels
This series starred Wayne Rogers as Jake Axminster and Elaine Joyce played his secretary Marsha. Jake fights crime with some very uncoventional methods.
City of Angels - Web Site
A nice web site - clean and neat - with all the information necessary on this series, but with additional opinions and perspectives.
Columbo - Resources
"Ah, excuse me, am I bothering you?" was Lt. Columbo's trademark saying. As head of LAPD Homicide, Columbo solves crime by throwing his suspects off guard with superior intellect and cunning. Never without his raincoat or his cigar, he made us smile each week and was brought in this character, by popular demand, three separate times.
COPS
If nothing else, surf through the "Dumb Criminals" section of this web site for a few grins! Show times are listed, previews, Top Cops and FAQ of this modern day TV cop show.
COPS - Official Web Site
The official web site of the hit "reality" show. Some good info for fans!
Cover Me
Series based on the life of an actual FBI family whose husband/wife both work for the Bureau. Peter Dobson and Melora Hardin starred.
Crime Story
Dennis Farina stars as Lt. Mike Torello who, along with his crew, battle the Mob in 1950's Las Vegas. This was a great show!