Barney Miller (also known as The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller) was a comedy television series set in a New York City police station. It starred Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie (for two seasons), Abe Vigoda, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo, Steve Landesberg, Ron Carey and James Gregory. The show ran from 1975 to 1982.
Hal Linden starred as Captain Barney Miller, who tried to remain sane while running a police station populated by pessimistic retirement-age Phil Fish (Vigoda), naive Stanley "Wojo" Wojohowicz (Gail), suave African-American Ron Harris (Glass), philosphical Japanese-American Nick Yemana (Woo), soi-disant intellectual Arthur Dietrich (Landesberg), detective wannabe Carl Levitt (Carey) and befuddled superior Inspector Luger (Gregory).
After two seasons, Barney Miller's family was written out of the show, and Barrie left. From time to time, Phil Fish's wife Bernice was shown. In 1977, the cahracters of Phil and Bernice Fish were spun off onto their own show, Fish.
In 1979, Jack Soo died. His character was so beloved by the audience and his fellow actors, that, following his death, a special memorial episode aired.
The first 3 seasons are available on DVD: