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One of the Funniest Police Shows Ever!
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
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Episode 1
Wojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Nat MauldinGuest stars Stefan Gierasch, Rebecca Holden, Dana Gladstone, Pierrino Mascarino
Episode 2
Luger wants Barney to pen a letter for his mail-order bride; a lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning entry; Harris gets a new book deal.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars James Gregory, Martin Garner, Howard Honig, Anna Berger, Mario Roccuzzo, Phillip Simms
Episode 3
A car thief's conscience gets the better of him ... after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.
Directed by Bruce BilsonWritten by Nat MauldinGuest stars Joe Regalbuto, Pat McNamara, Larry Gelman, Alice Backes
Episode 4
A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.
Directed by Bruce BilsonGuest stars Kenneth Tigar, Allan Miller, Susan Peretz, Phil Rubenstein
Episode 5
A job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.
Directed by Bruce BilsonWritten by Nat MauldinGuest stars James Gregory, Florence Halop, Phil Leeds, James Cromwell, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Rod Colbin, James Murtaugh
Episode 6
A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.
Guest stars Philip Sterling, Carol Eve Rossen, Sarah Kennedy, John O'Leary, Vernon Weddle, Trinidad Silva, Warren Munson
Episode 7
The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.
Directed by Lee LochheadWritten by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars Stanley Brock, Ben Piazza, Don Calfa, David Clennon, Mari Gorman, Walter Janovitz, Zane Buzby, Paul Stolarsky
Episode 8
The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.
Directed by Dick WessonWritten by Nat MauldinGuest stars Sam Ingraffia, Ivor Francis, Ian Wolfe, Jay Robinson, Dennis Lipscomb, Lou Cutell, Jane Dulo, Joseph V. Perry
Episode 9
The detectives don uniforms while Levitt and the others take sergeant's exams; Luger, working with the squad, is overly rough with a collar, and later with Barney.
Guest stars James Gregory, Jack Kruschen, Lyman Ward, Louis Giambalvo
Episode 10
Street clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.
Written by Sam SimonGuest stars J.J. Barry, Walter Olkewicz, Howard Platt, Philip Bruns, Michael Tucci, Michael Alaimo, Jed Mills
Episode 11
A murder witness is uncooperative, so he, Harris and Dietrich are forced to share an apartment in seclusion until he talks; Lieutenant Scanlon falls for a wealthy mugging victim.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars George Murdock, Joanna Barnes, Fred Sadoff, Leonard Stone, Chao Li Chi
Episode 12
Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars George Murdock, Joanna Barnes, Chao Li Chi, Peter Pan, Phil Diskin
Episode 13
Dietrich aids an elderly psychiatric patient who may be speaking a foreign language; a nuclear activist goes on a hunger strike to end nuclear arms; Barney declines a deputy inspector nomination.
Written by Tony SheehanGuest stars Larry Gelman, Nora Meerbaum, Stanley Kamel, Ion Teodorescu
Episode 14
Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.
Directed by Lee LochheadWritten by Jordan MoffetGuest stars James Gregory, Andrew Bloch, Alan Oppenheimer, Carina Afable, Mario Roccuzzo
Episode 15
A newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.
Written by Nat MauldinGuest stars Richard Stahl, Will Seltzer, Phil Diskin, Barney Martin, Peggy Pope
Episode 16
Internal Affairs is called in when a charge of excessive force is leveled against Wojo; an angry parent takes action when his child is declined admission into an exclusive kindergarten.
Written by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars Bonnie Bartlett, Norman Bartold, Barry Gordon, Sal Viscuso, Joe Mantell, Allan Rich, Michael Lombard
Episode 17
Dietrich's old flame pays a visit; a former child actor clubs an agent with a telephone.
Directed by Hal LindenGuest stars Mario Roccuzzo, Audrey Christie, Sharon Spelman, Wynn Irwin, Mitch Kreindel, Ben Hammer
Episode 18
Harris and Arnold come to blows; a mugging victim confesses to a twenty-five year old crush on Barney.
Written by Tony SheehanGuest stars Alex Henteloff, Todd Susman, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Rod Colbin, Robert Pastorelli
Episode 19
A museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.
Directed by Max GailWritten by Nat MauldinGuest stars Howard Platt, Ivor Francis, Mark Banks, Luis Ávalos, Panchito Gómez
Episode 20
Wojo's discover of an ancient weapon puts the 12th Precinct up for sale.
Written by Tony SheehanGuest stars Philip Sterling, James Gallery, Susan Tolsky, Al Ruscio, Keith Langsdale, Pepe Serna
Episode 21
The 12th Precinct is sold; Dietrich arrests the head of a crime school; Luger tries to duck out on his mail-order bride.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars James Gregory, Carina Afable, Al Ruscio, Robert Costanzo, Florence Halop, Helen Verbit, James Murtaugh
Episode 22
Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time.
Directed by Danny ArnoldWritten by Tony Sheehan, Frank Dungan, Jeff SteinGuest stars George Murdock, Ralph Manza, Ray Stewart, Jack DeLeon, James Gregory, Judson Morgan, Stanley Brock, John Dullaghan
Episode information updated Sep 16, 2026
Hal LindenBarney Miller
Max GailStan Wojciehowicz
Barbara BarrieElizabeth Miller
Ron GlassRon Harris
Gregory SierraMiguel Amenguale
Steve LandesbergDet. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
Jack SooDet. Sgt. Nick Yemana
Ron CareyAngelo Molinari aka The Mole
ABCUnited States
Sony Pictures TelevisionUnited States
