Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Air date: 1975-09-11
Overview: A disgruntled man with a belt of dynamite threatens to blow himself and the squad room sky high unless President Nixon agrees to speak with him; the plumbing goes kaput; Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth.
Air date: 1975-09-18
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Weary of housework, Liz tries her hand at social work, to Barney's dismay; a master forger fascinates Harris.
Air date: 1975-09-25
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Barney, Fish and Yemana feel the crunch when a labor layoff forces them to do without Chano, Harris and Wojo; a manicurist goes deeper than the nail; a morose stockbroker takes to petty theft.
Air date: 1975-10-02
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Yemana is shot in full view of disinterested bystanders, and Barney is offered a job in Florida.
Air date: 1975-10-09
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: A wife claims spousal abuse; Wojo and Wentworth are bait for a park rapist.
Air date: 1975-10-16
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: The precinct is on the lookout for an arsonist; Chano brings in a man who used a deadly weapon on a vending machine.
Air date: 1975-10-23
Overview: Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.
Air date: 1975-10-30
Overview: Marty claims that a member of the 12th is harassing the gay community; the precinct computers think Fish is dead.
Air date: 1975-11-13
Overview: Barney smells a rat when two pounds of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker, and a homeless man spends the night in a department store—apparently one of many.
Air date: 1975-11-20
Overview: A hansom cab owner reports his horse missing. A man assaulted in his hotel room insists he was alone.
Air date: 1975-11-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: During a very rainy day, the squad must endure both the precinct roof threatening to collapse, and VERY bad Bicentennial jokes from a nightclub comedian-the stationhouse roof literally groaning in response!!
Air date: 1975-12-04
Overview: A glimpse at Detective Fish's home life ensues when the detective decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg bows as Arthur Dietrich; Doris Belack fills in for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.
Air date: 1975-12-11
Overview: A man is convinced that a photo of Jean Harlow is his missing wife; a pair of lady cops makes an overzealous drug bust.
Air date: 1975-12-18
Overview: The citizenry is in a panic amidst the rumors that the 12th Precinct is being shut down; a repentent hood can't prove that he committed a crime.
Air date: 1976-01-08
Overview: On New Year's Eve, Fish tries to stop a jumper, and Wojo delivers a baby.
Air date: 1976-01-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A con man is selling charter flights to Saturn; Wojo and Luger are sniper targets.
Air date: 1976-01-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Wojo must escort a bigamist to Cleveland, even though he is (guess!) afraid of flying. Meanwhile,the bigamist's New York wife shows up. Also, a man turns in an unmarked envelope containing $3500 in cash.
Air date: 1976-02-12
Overview: Wentworth is furious when Chano gets the credit for her bust of an assassin at a block party.
Air date: 1976-02-19
Overview: Wentworth busts a dime-store cowboy in a massage parlor, and the detectives bust an octogenarian mugger.
Air date: 1976-02-26
Overview: A department psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun
Air date: 1976-03-06
Overview: Fish is attracted to the mother of a young mugger; a man is a bit premature to obtain the unclaimed windfall he found on the street.
Air date: 1976-03-18
Overview: Fish considers an operation; a burglar known as ""The Mole"" leads Harris and Wojo on a merry chase through the city sewer system. Ron Carey plays the Mole, and returns as Levitt in the next season.
