Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Police sitcom "Barney Miller" made it's television debut on this day in 1975. Though the show was a laugh-tracked workplace sitcom with plenty of humor, it also dealt with many very serious issues during its run. Unlike the always depressed police officers of the "gritty, real life" type dramas that would follow in the 80's and onward, the officers of "Barney Miller" dealt with life like most well-adjusted people do: they enjoyed themselves when they could and stepped up when they had to.



Like many television show's from the 70's era, "Barney Miller" was rewarded with a board game all of its own.