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| Barney Miller Television Series Overview Barney Miller is a hilarious comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village that ran on the ABC network from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982.
Captain Barney Miller (played by Hal Linden) tries to remain sane while leading the 12th Precinct's detectives: - Crochety, nearing-retirement Jewish-American Philip K. Fish (Abe Vigoda)
- Naive but goodhearted Polish-American Det. Stanley "Wojo" Wojciehowicz (Max Gail)
- Ambitious, arrogant African-American Detective Ronald "Ron" Nathan Harris (Ron Glass);
- Philosophical, wisecracking Japanese-American Nick Yemana (Jack Soo);
- And dauntless Puerto Rican Chano Amanguale (Gregory Sierra)
Barney Miller also has to deal with his unapologetically old-school superior, Chief Inspector Frank Luger (James Gregory), and diminutive (and obsequious) Officer Carl Levitt (Ron Carey), who passive-aggressively badgers Miller constantly about being promoted to detective. Amanguale was replaced by intellectual Arthur P. Dietrich (Steve Landesberg) from the third season on.
The Barney Miller TV show's focus was split between the detectives' interactions with each other and with the suspects and witnesses they detained, processed, and interviewed. Some typical conflicts and long running plotlines included Miller's frustration with red tape and paperwork, his constant efforts to maintain peace, order, and discipline, and his numerous failed attempts to get a promotion; Harris's preoccupation with outside interests, mainly his novel, and his inability to remain focused on his police work; Fish's incontinence and reluctance to retire; Wojciehowicz's impulsive behavior and love life; Luger's nostalgia for the old days with partners Foster, Kleiner and Brown; Levitt's (eventually successful) quest to become a detective; the rivalry between the precinct's resident intellectuals, Harris and Dietrich and continually - but reliably - bad coffee. Barney Miller Television Series on DVD | | Barney Miller Television Series - The First Season on DVDBarney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order over a group of inner-city detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Stars Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda and more! The two-disc set includes all 13 episodes from the first season of Barney Miller.
| | | | | Barney Miller Television Show: The Complete Second Season on DVDThe three-disc DVD set includes all 22 episodes from the second season, with guest stars Linda Lavin (TV’s Alice), David Doyle (TV’s General Hospital), and Adam Arkin (Hitch). Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order at New York City’s 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village and remains level-headed while dealing with a group of off-the-wall inner-city detectives. Among them is a gambler, another who attends renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and a third who spends most of his time daydreaming about being an author. This season, the precinct deals with potential layoffs, a man who threatens to blow up the station unless he can speak with President Nixon, marijuana evidence that suspiciously disappears, and a job offer from Florida for Barney. |
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| | Barney Miller TV Show: The Complete Third Season on DVDThe men of the 12th Precinct are back for another season of big laughs and bad coffee! Fires, blackouts, smog ? elections. The third season gives a wild look at New York City during one of its most dynamic times, the late '70s, an era before the term "politically correct" existed. Join Hal Linden as wise police Captain Barney Miller along with Officers Fish (Abe Vigoda), Wojo (Max Gail), Harris (Ron Glass), Yemana (Jack Soo) and guest stars Dietrich (Steve Landesberg), Officer Levitt (Ron Carey) and Inspector Luger (James Gregory) in this hilarious Emmy®-winning comedy. With a station of wacky misfits and wild New Yorkers, the third season is full of guest stars including Billy Barty (UHF), James Cromwell (TV's 24), Doris Roberts (TV's Everybody Loves Raymond), Brett Somers (TV's Match Game), and Michael Tucci (Grease). So funny it's criminal, Barney Miller: The Complete Third Season is a must-have for any DVD collection. |
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