Jason Lochinvar McCabe is a Hawaii-born, tough former officer with the Honolulu Police Department turned Los Angeles district attorney. He is teamed with a handsome, happy-go-lucky special investigator Jake Styles. They often clash due to their differentstyles and personalities.
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05x22 Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey D… Aired: May. 06, 1992Notorious New York cop Mickey Daytona pursues the legal counsel Thomas Chetwin suspecting him of rape. Jake, who is a friend of Mickey and his … [continue reading]
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Directors
- Bernard L. Kowalski (17 episodes)
- Reza Badiyi (9 episodes)
- E.W. Swackhamer (8 episodes)
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- Joel Steiger (114 episodes)
- Dean Hargrove (111 episodes)
- Douglas Stefen Borghi (108 episodes)
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- The show's second season was delayed by two union strikes: the writer's strike of spring-summer 1988 and a wildcat strike of resort workers in November. William Conrad arrived in Hawaii…
[show]The show's second season was delayed by two union strikes: the writer's strike of spring-summer 1988 and a wildcat strike of resort workers in November. William Conrad arrived in Hawaii incognito and stayed quiet until the second strike was resolved, to avoid charges of conflict of interest.
[hide] - Most of the show's episodes are named after well-known songs from the Swing Era.
- This series was actually canceled after its first season, but CBS revived it under unusual circumstances. With "Magnum, P.I." coming to an end, CBS was left with empty - and very expensive -…
[show]This series was actually canceled after its first season, but CBS revived it under unusual circumstances. With "Magnum, P.I." coming to an end, CBS was left with empty - and very expensive - studio facilities. The producers of "Jake and the Fat Man" came up with the idea of the Fat Man (J.L. McCabe) retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up the practice of criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. Apparently, CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, resulting in the show returning to Los Angeles.
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