Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 28, 1991
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 94
Networks: ABC
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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The Commish(1991)

TMDB Rating: 7.1 (25 votes)

Overview

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1991

#	Episode	Air Date
1	In the Best of Families	Sep 28, 1991
2	Do You See What I See?	Oct 5, 1991
3	The Poisoned Tree	Oct 12, 1991
4	Nothing to Fear But ...	Oct 26, 1991
5	A Matter of Life or Death (1)	Nov 2, 1991
6	A Matter of Life or Death (2)	Nov 2, 1991
7	Behind the Storm Door	Nov 9, 1991
8	The Hatchet	Nov 16, 1991
9	Two Confessions	Nov 30, 1991
10	Commissioner's Ball	Dec 7, 1991
11	No Greater Gift	Dec 21, 1991
12	The Fourth Man	Jan 4, 1992
13	Charlie Don't Surf	Jan 18, 1992
14	Skeletons	Feb 8, 1992
15	The Wicked Flee	Feb 22, 1992
16	True Believers	Feb 29, 1992
17	Officer April	Mar 7, 1992
18	Sex, Lies, and Kerosene	Mar 21, 1992
19	Judgement Day	Apr 4, 1992
20	Shoot the Breeze	May 2, 1992
21	Video Vigilante	May 9, 1992
22	The Puck Stops Here	May 16, 1992

Season 2

22 episodes • 1992

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Adventures in the Skin Trade (1)	Sep 26, 1992
2	Adventures in the Skin Trade (2)	Oct 3, 1992
3	Guns & Sons	Oct 10, 1992
4	The Rolodex Madam	Oct 24, 1992
5	The Witches of Eastbridge	Oct 31, 1992
6	The Two Faces of Ed	Nov 7, 1992
7	Escape	Nov 14, 1992
8	A Time to Be Born	Nov 21, 1992
9	Witness	Dec 5, 1992
10	Sleep of the Just	Dec 12, 1992
11	The Frame	Dec 19, 1992
12	Stoned	Jan 2, 1993
13	The Heart is a Lonely Sucker	Jan 16, 1993
14	The Sharp Pinch	Feb 6, 1993
15	Dead Cadet's Society	Feb 13, 1993
16	Family Business (1)	Feb 20, 1993
17	Out of Business (2)	Feb 27, 1993
18	The Ides of March	Mar 13, 1993
19	Blue Flu	Apr 1, 1993
20	Eastbridge Boulevard	May 1, 1993
21	Sight Unseen	May 8, 1993
22	The Anti-Commish	May 15, 1993

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Season 3

22 episodes • 1993

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Suffer the Children (1)	Sep 25, 1993
2	Suffer the Children (2)	Oct 2, 1993
3	Scali, P.I.	Oct 9, 1993
4	Burned Out Case	Oct 16, 1993
5	The Set-Up	Oct 23, 1993
6	Rising Sun	Nov 6, 1993
7	Hero	Nov 13, 1993
8	Dying Affection	Nov 20, 1993
9	All That Glitters	Nov 27, 1993
10	Mansion	Dec 4, 1993
11	A Little Heart	Dec 18, 1993
12	Benny	Jan 15, 1994
13	Keeping Secrets	Jan 22, 1994
14	Dog Days	Feb 5, 1994
15	Father Eddie	Feb 12, 1994
16	Bank Job	Feb 26, 1994
17	Romeo and Juliet	Mar 12, 1994
18	Security	Mar 19, 1994
19	Dead Drunk	Apr 2, 1994
20	The Letter of the Law	Apr 30, 1994
21	Sergeant Kelly	May 7, 1994
22	The Iceman Cometh	May 14, 1994

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Season 4

22 episodes • 1994

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Against the Wind (1)	Sep 24, 1994
2	Against the Wind (2)	Oct 1, 1994
3	Working Girls	Oct 8, 1994
4	Born in the USA	Oct 15, 1994
5	Who Do You Trust?	Oct 22, 1994
6	Nancy with the Laughing Face	Oct 29, 1994
7	Revenge	Nov 5, 1994
8	Head Case	Nov 12, 1994
9	The Lady Vanishes	Nov 19, 1994
10	Ghost	Dec 3, 1994
11	A Christmas Story	Dec 17, 1994
12	Hidden	Jan 7, 1995
13	The Johnny Club	Jan 14, 1995
14	The Golden Years	Feb 2, 1995
15	Accused	Feb 9, 1995
16	The Trial	Feb 16, 1995
17	Cry Wolf	Mar 2, 1995
18	Brooklyn	Mar 9, 1995
19	Letting Go	Mar 23, 1995
20	The Kid	Mar 30, 1995
21	Off Broadway (1)	May 13, 1995
22	Off Broadway (2)	May 20, 1995

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Season 5

6 episodes • 1995

#	Episode	Air Date
1	In the Shadow of the Gallows (1)	Nov 30, 1995
2	In the Shadow of the Gallows (2)	Nov 30, 1995
3	Father Image (1)	Dec 7, 1995
4	Father Image (2)	Dec 14, 1995
5	Redemption (1)	Jan 11, 1996
6	Redemption (2)	Jan 11, 1996

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