Randolph Mantooth
Detective School (1979)
Season 1
Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher into trouble. This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.
Released Aug. 1, 1979
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.irish-american, tmdb.sitcom
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - A Bier on the House
Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home.
July 31, 1979, midnight
S1E2 - Oh, How We Danced
Nick's gun turns up missing—right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse.
Aug. 7, 1979, midnight
S1E3 - Lucy in the Sky with Pizza
Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor.
Aug. 14, 1979, midnight
S1E4 - Hooray for Bulgaria
The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer.
Sept. 14, 1979, midnight
S1E5 - Nick is Smitten
Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer.
Sept. 21, 1979, midnight
S1E6 - Ice
Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond.
Sept. 28, 1979, midnight
S1E7 - The Runaway
The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retreive Nick's runaway niece.
Oct. 5, 1979, midnight
S1E8 - The Jewel Heist
Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry.
Oct. 12, 1979, midnight
S1E9 - One Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures
Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs.
Oct. 19, 1979, midnight
S1E10 - Masseuse in the Cold, Cold Ground
Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer.
Oct. 26, 1979, midnight
S1E11 - The Killer-Diller Lingerie Caper
Silvio witnesses a murder—but doesn't recognize the investigating officer as the killer.
Nov. 2, 1979, midnight
S1E12 - Farewell, My Miss Glendale
The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant.
Nov. 16, 1979, midnight
S1E13 - The Bank Job
Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage.
Nov. 23, 1979, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 1, 1979
Last Air Date: Nov. 24, 1979, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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