GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

asfhgwt-1 Well, I guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. THIS beholder still finds Barney Miller THE most overrated "comedy" show in the history of television -- even after 40 years. It's even worse than Night Court, no mean feat. (Interestingly[?], Night Court was created by Reinhold Weege, who worked earlier on Barney Miller.) The writing is stilted, the dialog dull, and the situations contrived. The cramped set looks like it's smaller than a walk-in closet. The laugh-track runs on steroids. The characters are walking clichés, and there are usually too many per episode. Hal Linden as B.M. is miscast; so is Barbara Barrie as his wife. Abe Vigoda's character makes me want to hurl the moment he appears on screen. Max Gail's mentally-challenged "Wojo" is an affront to Polish folks everywhere. I could go on, but why beat a dead horse?

Jerry Bank Having watched all the episodes on DVD, I realize once again just how good the program was. The dvds I had were taken off the air (from TVLand). Since some people might be uncomfortable with unauthorized dvds I hesitate to mention my source. However, if you email me I can give it to you.I was going to sell the dvds after seeing all 170 episodes,but have decide to keep them. In a while seeing them again will be just fine.I remembered this show with fondness from when it first was air, and was disappointed to see that it was nowhere to be found on TV. It had been on TVLand where I saw one episode, but that was it. It was gone. The folks at TVLand explained that they were having trouble getting affordable rights to the program.Imagine my pleasure at finding a DVD set of the complete series. It seems to have been taken off the air and the quality is less than perfect.If you might be interested in purchasing this email me privately and I will point you in the right direction. I got a wonderful bargain price, the the price seems to have gone up.

happipuppi13 One bad review in the lot... and it doesn't take a genius to notice that it's formed of simple malice. Not to mention that this person probably has not watched this entire series,but maybe just some of the episodes. Speaking as one who watched this show starting with episode 1,I know better. Just like the others here know it too.Barney Miller in it's day,was a one of kind sitcom. Just like M*A*S*H was it's own entity,as was "All In The Family" (before the spin-offs),Barney and the men of the 12th Precinct,were a most unusual and eclectic comedy ensemble.None of these characters are airheads,they are each funny for their character traits,imperfections and personalities.Barney Miller is an honest man,doing an honest job and trying to control the chaos the police work can bring as well as keeping these somewhat eccentric characters in line.Harris is an educated black man in a blue collar job trying to work his way up as a serious writer and author. Wojo,who can be a little slow to grasp things,is a well meaning good guy lug.Fish is a veteran cop in his 60s (Abe Vigoda was only in his 40s at the time)and has a supremely dry wit. Amangual (Gregory Sierra) was a wise guy but a good detective and it was quite the dramatic episode when he killed someone with his gun.Deitrich,Fish's replacement had the same dry wit but also a kind of humor that comes out of left field. Yemana (Jack Soo) and his bad coffee,is the great running gag of the show (because even though it's lousy,no one else tries to make it.)Thebittersweet moment in the series was when the cast made a special episode as a tribute to Jack Soo when he suddenly passed on. It may have been a one man retrospective but it was no less touching. Especially when they all raised their coffee cups at the end.The other recurring characters : Wentworth (Linda Lavin,later of "Alice")a female cop trying to fit in with the men ,which in the 70s was still a new & uncommon idea. Inspector Frank Lugar,played to the hilt by veteran actor James Gregory whom before he retired logged in over 170 acting credits. TV and Movies,most notably,"The Manchurian Candidate" playing a Senatorial candidate who's not fit for the job and a pawn in the game of politics ,besides.Officer Carl E. Levitt (Ron Carey),a cop short in stature and longing to be a detective himself. Who gets on Barney's last nerve in repeated (and sometimes obnoxious) attempts to be promoted to detective. Internal Affairs Man 'Scanlon' (who once asked Harris sarcastically,"How's everything down in Funkytown?!" ),was always trying to dig up dirt on the otherwise ,nearly squeaky-clean 12th precinct. Actor George Murdock was only in 12 shows but made Scanlon a man you love to hate.There was recurring character Marty and his same gender lover Darryl Driscoll. Both are delightfully loony but still are given human qualities and not played as homo-sexual stereotypes. After eight seasons,the old 1-2 closed up. The farewell show,saw the menre-assigned to different locales in New York,instead of being kept together. The detectives and now Detective Sgt. Levitt all said their farewells to Barney and exited out the door. Barney stayed to close up shop. The last moments were Barney glancing at different desks,recalling fondly Fish,Amangual,Wentworth and(with a despaired look on his face) Yemana. The final scene is simply Barney taking one last look at the squad room and shutting out the lights. Then...a long round of applause ,which plays over the end credits and is actually recorded audience applause ,as the show had not been 'live' before an audience' in 4 years.Lame show?? Hardly. As for only 1 Emmy win? In the '70s it was up against shows like M*A*S*H,All In The Family,Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi...and that's a pretty tough bunch to beat out! In '81,it was just their year.It also won a Golden Globe Award and the highly prestigious Peabody Award. (Which oddly enough was also won by the show "South Park" this year!)The show deserves a better place in TV history as well as the fact it should have been nominated and won more Emmys. ( 06/16/09 ) : I'm hoping that with 3 seasons out in stores now,they'll all be available on DVD very soon.)06.25.2015 (edit) : Season 8 DVD due out in July. (END)

Brian Washington This show was one of the funniest in the history of television. The various characters that came in and out of the station made this show what it was. I really think the show was at its peak during the period when Abe Vigoda, Jack Soo and Steve Landesberg were all on the show together. However, once Vigoda and Soo were gone, the show seemed to shift to a more dramatic direction. This was especially evident in the memorial episode for Jack Soo. However, this was a highly influential show and if you look at Night Court, which was produced by pretty much the same team as this one, you will see some of the same qualities on that show that made this one great.