Series Description:

The Fish TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on ABC about a cantankerous old New York City police detective (who soon retired), his wife, and their five mischievous foster kids. Keeping the kids out of trouble was pretty much a full time job for Mr. and Mrs. Fish.

Fish Cast:

Fish Trivia:

Abe Vigoda continued to appear in his role as Detective Phil Fish on Barney Miller for several months during the first season of his Fish TV series. When Abe finished the appearances on Barney Miller he did so by retiring from the police force.

The adopted kids on Fish were of a group that the local social services people called "P.I.N.S.". That was an acronym for "Persons in Need of Supervision". And boy oh boy did those kids require supervision! They were constantly in trouble and often they were in jams with the police! They were a racially mixed group with different backgrounds which also resulted in conflicts with each other.

Barry Gordon played the part of nearly useless Psychologist who meant well in his attempts to help Phil and Bernice Fish with their adopted "hellraisers" but never really did help. Barry began acting in 1956 at 8 years old on an episode of "Make Room for Daddy". He also appeared on several other popular shows as a child actor including "Leave it to Beaver", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Dennis the Menace", "Dr. Kildare", and even provided numerous voices for the cartoon series, "The Jetsons".

The Fish TV show won an Emmy for "Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Comedy Series" for the very first episode, "The Really Longest Day". It beat out four other nominees for that award. They were "All in the Family", "Maude", "Mr. T and Tina", and "Sirota's Court".

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

1. The Really Longest Day (2/5/1977)
2. The Car (2/12/1977)
3. Cold Cash (2/19/1977)
4. Power Play (2/26/1977)
5. Bernice's Problem (3/19/1977)
6. The Neighbors (3/26/1977)
7. Fire (4/2/1977)
8. The Social Worker (4/9/1977)
9. Fish and Roots (4/16/1977)
10. Anniversary (4/30/1977)
11. The Adoption (5/21/1977)
12. Fish's Job (6/16/1977)
13. The New Kid (8/13/1977)

The Second Season

14. The Missing Fish (9/17/1977)
15. Retirement Blues (9/24/1977)
16. Fish Behind Bars - Part 1 (10/1/1977)
17. Fish Behind Bars - Part 2 (10/8/1977)
18. Fish and the Rock Star (10/15/1977)
19. Fish's Daughter (10/22/1977)
20. Jilly's Job (11/5/1977)
21. A Fish Christmas (12/20/1977)
22. Mike's Career (1/3/1978)
23. Close Encounters of a Fishy Kind (1/12/1978)
24. The Million Dollar Misunderstanding (1/19/1978)
25. A Fine Kettle of Fish (1/26/1978)
26. Charlie Resigns (2/2/1978)
27. Love in Bloom (2/9/1978)
28. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (2/23/1978)
29. Love Thy Neighbor (3/2/1978)
30. Sweet Sixteen (3/9/1978)
31. Fire and Ice (3/23/1978)
32. A Pinch of Class (5/4/1978)
33. For the Love of Mike (5/11/1978)
34. The Chief Fish (5/18/1978)
35. Separation (6/1/1978)