Jake and The Fatman was 80's television crime drama mixed with action, humor and chemistry of main characters and a tv series which seems everybody in the show was solving the crime. Although the
show in just typical (which was first set in Los Angeles), later attract viewers when the setting moved to Honolulu, Hawaii.
The story line about an overweight with rumbling voice Los Angeles District Attorney Jason Lochinvar “Fatman” McCabe (played by William Conrad, well-known as Marchall Matt Dillon of 'Gunsmoke'), a former HPD officer turned as prosecutor (the character based on aging prosecutor in two-part episode entitled “The Don” of TV show Matlock). Fatty was partnered with a young handsome, happy-go-lucky and hunky energetic special investigator Jake Styles (played by Joe Penny) in finding evidence, witnesses, provide footworks and of course, sort of romantic interests, and also with District Attorney assistant Derek Mitchnell, together they find everything Fatty needs to solve and prosecute his cases. In shows most cases, they usually get help from the people around or those initially involved in crime, to provide they are innocent they became also crime solver (doctors, lawyers, shoe salesmen, etc.). Considered the best years of the show was when the locale was switched from L.A. To Honolulu (after the demise of TV Show Magnum P.I.), this seemed something added to the shows and boost it's rating.
The crime drama comedy adventures of Jake and the Fatman, broadcast by CBS from September 1987 to May 1992, completed 5 seasons with 106 episodes, now availabe on DVD.
