Jake and The Fatman (2016 TV Series)

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring Tom Cavanagh prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Grant Gustin as investigator Jake Styles. Based of the 1986 series with the same name premiering The CW Network Television on 21 October 2016

Origins
Conrad guest starred as an aging prosecutor in a two-part episode of Matlock during its first season on NBC. Executive producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove decided to use this character as a model for one of the main characters in a new show they were creating for CBS. Penny also guest starred in these episodes, but his character was not on the same side as Conrad's character in the storyline's legal case.

Following the departure of Hargrove, executive producers David Moessinger and Jeri Taylor were brought on to run the series with Silverman. They also hired J. Michael Straczynski as story editor and, later, co-producer. Taylor and Moessinger ran the show for two years before finally leaving in a dispute over control over the show.

Cast
Guest stars on the series included Alex Cord, Robert Culp, Scott Marlowe, Leigh McCloskey, Ed Nelson, Leo Penn, Stephen Quadros, Robert Reed, Mitch Ryan, and David Soul.
 * Tom Cavanagh as District Attorney Jason Lonchinvar "Fatman" McCabe
 * Grant Gustin as Detective Jake Styles
 * Alan Cumming as Assistant District Attorney Derek Mitchell
 * Chris Pine as Gertrude
 * Alison Paige as Elisabeth Berkeley-Smythe
 * Robert Duval as Judge Smithwood
 * Russell Tovey as Sergeant Rafferty
 * Kay Panabaker as Sergeant Neely Capshaw