History Series / BurkesLaw

In 1994, a {{Revival}} (also produced by Spelling) was broadcast on CBS, with Barry reprising his role as Burke, now a widower and the Chief of Police who solved crimes in tandem with his grown son, Detective Peter Burke (Peter Barton). The new series was canceled after just one season.

* ADayInTheLimelight: In "Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie?", Burke is in Chicago to speak at a police convention, so Les and Tim have to solved the murder without his input.

* {{Expy}}: Effie Mae Porter in "Who Killed Lenore Wingfield?" is one for Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies' Elly May Clampett. A PaintedOnPants-wearing FriendToAllLivingThings [[spoiler: okay,''Almost'' All Living Things. she's the killer.]]

In 1994, a {{Revival}} (also produced by Spelling) was broadcast on CBS, with Barry reprising his role as Burke, now a widower and the Chief of Police who solved crimes in tandem with his grown son, Detective Peter Burke (Peter Brandon). The new series was canceled after just one season.

* ShoutOut: In "Who Killed Lenore Wingfield?", Burke and Tim pay a visit to businessman Jim Clover to speak to him about his involvement with the dead woman. They arrive at Clover Industries and ride up in a special elevator to Clover's penthouse office, an elevator equipped with a fancy couch and a P.A. system that delivers a spiel about Clover Industries. Upon exiting, Burke quips, "On the way down, Charles Boyer gives us a reading from Don Juan In Hell!" Boyer, who was indeed starring in that very play at that time, was one of the actors who founded Four Star Television, the series' production company.

* JumpingOutOfACake: A girl who does this at a stag party where all the guests were murdered becomes a particularly irritating (and clingy) witness in "Who Killed Everybody?"

* TwinSwitch: "Who Killed the Movie Mogul" as a wicked producer killed. At his funeral, everyone is shocked when his identical twin brother shows up and passes a lie detector test on not killing "Leo." But Burke notes that the man's glasses are just clear, not actually working. It turns out this is the "victim" who tricked his twin into swapping places to kill him before he could force Leo out of the studio and then [[DeadPersonImpersonation posed as the twin]] to continue running his studio.

* IronicDeath: Happens to a few victims.
** One of the best would have to be an ambulance-chasing lawyer run down by a stolen ambulance. Every suspect openly notes how "the killer had a sense of humor."
** A tennis player named Spider is killed by a tarantula. Burke has to admire "a spider killed Spider."

-->'''Burke''': I think you're about to get just what you deserve...the money the victim owed you just cleared the legal channels.

* "Who Killed the Motorcar Maverick" ends with the suspect having two great motives: Not only was the car CEO victim responsible for the accident that ruined his racing career but he was sleeping with the guy's wife. The man snaps the real reason was that the CEO refused to accept how his new car model was highly dangerous and would have caused numerous deaths if produced so killed him to save the lives of hundreds of drivers.

* SurpriseIncest: A murder was committed to prevent this. The killer of a wealthy country club member is the mother of a young woman the man was dating. When the daughter demands to know why her mother "Killed the man I loved," the mother replies "that man was your father!" She'd had a one night stand with him 25 years earlier when he was a poor plumber, only learning she was pregnant later. When the man arrived at the club as a member, the woman saw her daughter getting close to him and killed him rather than simply tell the truth about the girl's origins.

** Nicely played with in "Who Killed the Hollywood Headshrinker" as Burke does this to the suspects...then [[spoiler: arrests ''all'' of them as [[EverbodyDidIt]].]]