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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/WilliamConrad openly thought the show got worse as it went on, and only stayed on to keep his end of the contract.
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** Creator/WilliamConrad openly thought the show got worse as it went on, and only stayed on to keep his end of thecontract.contract.
** A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
** Creator/WilliamConrad openly thought the show got worse as it went on, and only stayed on to keep his end of the
** A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* UnCanceled: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* UnCanceled: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."Angeles.
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* {{UnCanceled}}: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
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* {{UnCanceled}}: UnCanceled: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French dub of this series loosely translates to ''The Law is the Law''.
** The German version had a bit of a pun in the title too, translating to ''Jake and [=McCabe=]: Through Thick and Thin''.
** The German version had a bit of a pun in the title too, translating to ''Jake and [=McCabe=]: Through Thick and Thin''.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/WilliamConrad openly thought the show got worse as it went on, and only stayed on to keep his end of the contract.
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** The full series has now been released as a DVD box set.
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* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who later created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who later created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* {{UnCanceled}}: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
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* {{UnCanceled}}: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.Angeles.
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who later created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
* OldShame: A minor example. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, who later created ''Series/BabylonFive'' and wrote works like ''Film/{{Changeling}}'' and ''Series/Sense8'', was a story editor on ''Jake and the Fatman'' early in his career. In later years JMS had some fun at the show's expense, calling it "The Lame and the Halt" and explaining the premise: "One can't walk. The other can't act. Together, they fight crime."
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Unlike both parent show ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' and spinoff ''Series/DiagnosisMurder''; ''Jake and the Fatman'' has largely slipped off the radar screen, being little seen in reruns and with the DVD releases only making it to Season 2 before stalling and going out of print.
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*{{UnCanceled}}: The show was initially cancelled after the first season due to low ratings, but CBS surprisingly revived it under unusual circumstances. With fellow CBS program ''Series/MagnumPI'' concluding after an eight year run, CBS was left with a very expensive lease on an empty Hawaii studio. The producers of ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'' came up with the idea of the Fat Man retiring from Los Angeles and moving to Hawaii to take up criminal law, with his investigators coming along. He later became District Attorney for Honolulu. The ratings went up sharply with the move. CBS's lease on the Hawaii studio expired during the 1990-91 season, and the show returned to Los Angeles.
