Barney Miller

Barney Miller stands as the kind of detective you'd hope to encounter in the line of duty. Calm, pragmatic, and unfailingly sensible, he keeps order over a precinct of detectives who gamble, flirt with anything in skirts, and even attend Renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, all while secretly preferring the craft of writing. Virtually all action unfolds in the squad room, where ordinary citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.