The Commish

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The Commish is an early-1990s American television drama-comedy series centered on a small-town police commissioner balancing crime-fighting with family life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television series
audioFormat stereo
characterOccupation police commissioner
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Stephen J. Cannell NERFINISHED
Stephen Kronish NERFINISHED
distributor ABC NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Stephen J. Cannell NERFINISHED
Stephen Kronish NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED
genre comedy-drama
police procedural
hasSpinOffRelation inspired later Michael Chiklis casting in The Shield (career influence)
hasTheme crime-fighting and family life balance
leadActor Michael Chiklis NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Tony Scali NERFINISHED
notableAwardNomination Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Chiklis, nominated) NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 94
numberOfSeasons 5
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOn Saturday nights
originalNetwork ABC
originalReleaseEndDate 1996-01-11
originalReleaseStartDate 1991-09-28
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard
surface form: NTSC
productionCompany Stephen J. Cannell Productions NERFINISHED
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 45 minutes
settingLocation Eastbridge, New York (fictional city) NERFINISHED
starring Geoffrey Nauffts NERFINISHED
Gina Belafonte NERFINISHED
John Cygan NERFINISHED
Kaj-Erik Eriksen NERFINISHED
Melinda McGraw NERFINISHED
Michael Chiklis NERFINISHED
Nicholas Lea NERFINISHED
Patricia Kalember NERFINISHED
Theresa Saldana NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting early 1990s

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Robert Wisden appearedIn The Commish
Michael Chiklis hasTelevisionRole The Commish
Falco notableWork The Commish
this entity surface form: Der Kommissar
Gina Belafonte notableWork The Commish
Michael Chiklis notableWork The Commish
Nancy Allen notableWork The Commish
Robert Wisden notableWork The Commish
Scott Paulin notableWork The Commish