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  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC
The Commish

Summary Tony Scali is the police commissioner in a small town, where solutions to difficult situations often require considerable creativity. Tony's easygoing manner and clever intellect are much more useful to him than weapons or brute force in his fight against crime.

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish

  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC

The Commish

6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 28, 1991
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tony Scali is the police commissioner in a small town, where solutions to difficult situations often require considerable creativity. Tony's easygoing manner and clever intellect are much more useful to him than weapons or brute force in his fight against crime.

Created By: Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
50
36% Positive
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36% Mixed
4 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
50
36% Positive
4 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews

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70
Apr 16, 2020
Chiklis as the man with the big badge and large heart puts over the role with grand, embracing humanity. And Saldana as the Mrs. makes the part convincingly real. To be sure, there's more than a tad of schmaltz and stage business afoot here. Yet "The Commish" out-performs the usual cop operas impressed into primetime service this time of year. [27 Sept 1991]
By Miles Beller FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 16, 2020
The Commish is a conventional cop series that will rise or fall on the strength of its main character, so it may have a shot. Chiklis, a stumpy dynamo who played John Belushi in Wired, is instantly likable as Scali, an "unorthodox" police commissioner in suburban New York.
By Greg Dawson FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 16, 2020
The man, and the actor, command respect, but probably will get precious little in this terrible time period. [27 Sept 1991, p.3D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 9, 2013
Chiklis' Scali is such a happy saint that he verges on the insufferable — no one can be this generous, this clever, this jolly.
By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 16, 2020
Take a good character and put him in a lame show peopled by cliches and what you get is a waste of a good character.
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30
Apr 16, 2020
The print ads for The Commish go: "Loves pasta. Sings opera. Nails scum. . . . A police commissioner you gotta love." Viewer, you don't gotta at all. The Commish and ABC should go nail themselves. [28 Sept 1991]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
20
Jul 12, 2013
It's hard to believe that anybody could make such a ludicrous police drama after "Hill Street Blues." [30 Sep 1991]
By Marvin Kitman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • ABC Productions
  • Stephen J. Cannell Productions
  • Three Putt Productions
  • aka Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 28, 1991
Number of seasons: 6 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
NCLR Bravo Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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