Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BARNEY MILLER!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the series 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 . rarely, about once a year, an episode would feature detectives outside of the walls of the precinct . primary characters: Captain Bernard “Barney” Miller (Hal Linden) gets passed over for the character was eventually spun off into its own series . he is on the phone dealing with a minor marital crisis with his wife Bernice . Stanley Thaddeus “Wojo” Wojciehowicz plays a detective in the final season . he takes and fails the sergeant’s examination four times, but passes on his fifth try . a long-running plotline about his attempts to establish a writing career eventually has Harris emerge as a published author . his lurid memoir Blood on the Badge (originally titled Precinct Di sgt. Nick Yemana is a self-professed republican . he is also a former war protester and a ardent supporter of police officers’ union strike action . “eviction” is a two-part episode starring gregy Sierra . in the episode, he becomes commanding officer, though he is replaced after a few hours . he has a habit of in “the Hero,” a detective kills two suspects who are robbing a bank . he enjoys elements of entertainment that can be seen as ironically simple . in “The Photographer,” Barney inspector Frank D. Luger is Miller’s rambling, out-of-touch, old-school superior . he refers to Harris as “Har’,” Dietrich as “Di-Di” and officer Carl Levitt (Ron Carey) is a diminutive, obsequious uniformed officer . Elizabeth “Liz” Miller (Barbara Barrie) is Barney’s wife . the show’s focus was split between the detectives’ interactions with each other and the suspects and witnesses they detained, processed, and interviewed . some typical conflicts and long-running plotlines included Miller’s frustration with red tape in Seasons 1, 3 and 4 she was played by Florence Stanley . in Bernice’s only Season 2 appearance she was portrayed by Doris Belack . also seen as recurring characters in Season 3 were group home children guest stars included Mike Moore, Chu Chu Mulave, Henry Beckman, Buddy Lester, Michael Tessier and Anne Wyndham . the pilot script was later largely reused in the debut episode Ramon . the rest of the guest cast reprised their roles in the debut episode . unlike the remainder of the series, the pilot was shot on film at CBS Studio Center . the set of the 12th Precinct and the Miller the pilot was never broadcast in syndication . it was released in 2011 as part of Shout Factory’s complete series set on DVD . season 1 opened and closed with a shot of Midtown Manhattan as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey . season 2 onward closed with shot of the midtown Manhattan skyline as seen in Long Island City . Several fewer than a dozen of 170 episodes were partially or fully set in other locations . in “the DNA Story,” we finally see the inside of the men’s room . barney Miller tended to obey two of the early seasons were recorded before a live studio audience and used a laugh track . creator and executive producer Danny Arnold would then rewrite and restage entire scenes . a taping session that began in the afternoon or early evening writer tom Reeder: Danny Arnold was the creator of the show, and he was a marvel . sometime during season 2, the show was no longer taped in front of an audience . the script was rarely done by six pages of one script were in print when one season began . the actors would hang around on the stage, waiting for pages to be sent down . sometimes at 2 a.m., they would have to learn new scenes cnn’s john sutter writes a column on nuclear fission . his agent turned down his offers of staff jobs, negotiating freelance assignments . he says the pace was frantic . by Season 4, only a quiet laugh track was used when necessary . Marty and Darryl were among the earliest recurring gay characters on american television . Danny Arnold worked closely with the gay media task force in developing the characters officer Zatelli’s coming out was not the first gay storyline on american television . the series took a while to become a hit, but ABC supported it anyway . in 2005 op-ed for the police officers say the most realistic police show in history of television was the sitcom Barney Miller . for real detectives, most of the action does happen off screen . like barney Miller’s squad, we crack jokes at Dennis Farina called barney Miller the most realistic cop show ever seen on television . the series won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1982 . it received six other nominations in that category, from 1976 in 2013, TV Guide ranked barney Miller at #46 on its list of the 60 best series of all time . it won Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Comedy or Musical Series in 1976 and 1977 (from a total of seven nomination The 25-disc set features all 168 episodes of the series as well as bonus features and the first season of the Abe Vigoda spin-off, Fish.In 2014, Shout! began releasing individual season sets,