Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.
The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Happy Days Are Here Again | 1987-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Fatal Attraction (1) | 1987-09-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Fatal Attraction (2) | 1987-09-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Laura | 1987-10-06 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Man That Got Away | 1987-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Love for Sale | 1987-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | 1987-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Body and Soul | 1987-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Man I Love | 1987-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Love Me or Leave Me | 1987-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | 1987-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 1987-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | After You've Gone | 1988-01-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | It Had to Be You | 1988-01-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | But Not for Me | 1988-01-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | What is This Thing Called Love? | 1988-01-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Lady, Be Good | 1988-02-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | I'll Be Seeing You | 1988-02-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Babyface | 1988-02-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Blues in the Night | 1988-03-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | How Long Has This Thing Been Going On? | 1988-03-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans | 1988-03-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Rhapsody in Blue | 1988-04-06 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Wish You Were Here (1) | 1989-03-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Wish You Were Here (2) | 1989-03-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | I'll Never Smile Again | 1989-03-22 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 1989-04-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Why Can't You Behave? | 1989-04-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Poor Butterfly | 1989-04-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | It Ain't Necessarily So | 1989-04-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Someone to Watch Over Me | 1989-05-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | They Can't Take That Away from Me | 1989-05-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Side by Side | 1989-05-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Snowfall | 1989-05-24 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | I Only Have Eyes for You | 1989-09-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Lady in Red | 1989-09-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Easy to Love | 1989-10-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Way You Look Tonight | 1989-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Dancing in the Dark | 1989-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | It All Depends on You | 1989-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Out of Nowhere | 1989-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Sweet Leilani | 1989-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | My Shining Hour | 1989-11-29 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Long Ago and Far Away | 1989-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | What Child is This? | 1989-12-13 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | In the Still of the Night | 1990-01-03 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | You Turned the Tables on Me | 1990-01-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | One More for the Road | 1990-01-17 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Who's Sorry Now? | 1990-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | I'll Dance at Your Wedding | 1990-02-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | My Buddy | 1990-02-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | By Myself | 1990-02-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | I Ain't Got No Body | 1990-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | Put Your Dreams Away | 1990-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | If I Didn't Care | 1990-03-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | You're Driving Me Crazy | 1990-04-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | You Took Advantage of Me | 1990-04-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | 1990-05-02 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Danny Boy | 1990-05-09 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Chinatown, My Chinatown | 1990-05-16 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | God Bless the Child | 1990-09-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Tender Trap | 1990-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Exactly Like You | 1990-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | 'Round Midnight | 1990-10-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Only You | 1990-10-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | My Boy Bill | 1990-10-31 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | More Than You Know | 1990-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Night and Day | 1990-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Goodbye (1) | 1990-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Goodbye (2) | 1990-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | I Know That You Know | 1990-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | 1991-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | I May Be Wrong | 1991-01-09 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Daddy's Home | 1991-02-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | I'm Gonna Live Till I Die | 1991-02-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Pretty Baby | 1991-02-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | I Cover the Waterfront | 1991-03-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | You Don't Know Me | 1991-03-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | It Never Entered My Mind | 1991-03-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Second Time Around | 1991-04-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | I'd Do Anything | 1991-04-10 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | We'll Meet Again | 1991-04-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | 1991-05-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | Nevertheless | 1991-05-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Where or When (1) | 1991-09-18 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Where or When (2) | 1991-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Street of Dreams | 1991-10-30 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | I'll Never Be the Same | 1991-11-06 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | I Could Write a Book | 1991-11-13 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Two Different Worlds | 1991-11-20 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | 1991-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Come Along with Me | 1991-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Last Dance | 1992-01-01 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Come Closer to Me | 1992-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Since I Fell for You | 1992-01-15 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Just You, Just Me | 1992-01-22 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Stormy Weather (1) | 1992-01-29 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Stormy Weather (2) | 1992-02-05 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | You'll Never Know | 1992-02-26 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | There'll Be Some Changes Made | 1992-03-11 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Pennies from Heaven | 1992-03-18 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | I Can't Believe I'm Losing You | 1992-03-25 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | All Through the Night | 1992-04-01 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | Ain't Misbehavin' | 1992-04-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | Nightmare | 1992-04-22 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Beautiful Dreamer (a.k.a. Mickey Daytona) | 1992-05-06 | 60 min |
| Production | David Angell | Producer |
| Production | Fred Silverman | Producer |
| Production | Dean Hargrove | Producer |
| Production | Jeri Taylor | Producer |
| Production | Bernard L. Kowalski | Producer |
| Production | Joel Steiger | Producer |
