![]() The show, first and foremost, is a comedy and it's hilarious. The show is peppered with the strange inhabitants and eccentric criminals of the Greenwich Village area. Leading the all is Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden) an everyman who strives to do his job to the best of his ability while having to deal with a mountain of paperwork, a very tight budget, and poor facilities. He's also writing a book about his life on the force, Blood on the Badge. One of my favorite characters is Ron Harris (Ron Glass who would later appear in fan-favorite Firefly) a smart black Sergeant who lives beyond his means, has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, and dresses very nicely. He's also the character who goes through the most changes over the course of the show.Ĭhano Amenguale (Gregory Sierra, his character leaves after the second season) is a proud Puerto Rican, and Nick Yemena (Jack Soo) plays the stoic oriental who can never seem to make a good pot of coffee. Stan 'Wojo" Wojciehowicz (Maxwell Gail) is a younger officer who is trusting to a fault and definitely not the brains of the squad room, but he makes up for that with his enthusiasm. I always wondered if the name of his character comes from his role in The Godfather) who is close to retirement, has many health problems and always grumpy. There is Sergeant Phil Fish (played by Abe Vigoda. It's a diverse and colorful group, but still feels very grounded in reality. The show centers on the squad room and the detectives who make up the12th Precinct in Greenwich Village, New York City. Though it garnered critical acclaim, it was never at the top of the ratings, which is unfortunate because it was a show ahead of its time in a lot of ways: It had a racially diverse cast, yet didn't make big deal about it, and it was the first prime-time show to have an ongoing story arc about a gay character. Philip K.Over its 8 year run, Barney Miller won a Directors Guild of America Award, three Emmys and was nominated for 29 more, and won two Golden Globes. Please note: the 25-disc version of this set (UPC # 826663127836) originally released in 2011, which contained Fish: The Complete First Season and a collectible booklet, is out-of-print.Ĭapt. ![]() With a criminally talented assortment of guest stars, Barney Miller pulls comic rank on every cop show ever made. ![]() New York's finest include the cool and collected Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden) and his squad of detectives featuring the dryly miserable, intestinally-challenged Fish (Abe Vigoda), the burley and boyish Wojo (Max Gail), the dapper and hip Harris (Ron Glass), the coffee-killer Yemana (Jack Soo), the fiery Chano (Gregory Sierra) and the encyclopedic, deadpan Dietrich (Steve Landesberg). The plain, cramped squad room of Barney Miller played host to a glorious array of American oddballs - perps and victims alike - and the officers met them with patience and paperwork. Beginning in 1974 and continuing for eight acclaimed seasons, the unforgettable detectives of the 12th Precinct took on everything from domestic disputes to suicide bombers to bad coffee. A cop show hailed for both its inspired lunacy and remarkable realism, Emmy® Award–winning Barney Miller is a humanistic and comical look into the daily grind of a police squad in New York's Greenwich Village.
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