SummaryTony 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
The Commish
6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 28, 1991
Metascore
Mixed or Average
50
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
50
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Apr 16, 2020
70
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]
Apr 16, 2020
70
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.
Apr 16, 2020
63
The man, and the actor, command respect, but probably will get precious little in this terrible time period. [27 Sept 1991, p.3D]
Jun 9, 2013
58
Chiklis' Scali is such a happy saint that he verges on the insufferable — no one can be this generous, this clever, this jolly.
Apr 16, 2020
40
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.
Apr 16, 2020
30
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]
Jul 12, 2013
20
It's hard to believe that anybody could make such a ludicrous police drama after "Hill Street Blues." [30 Sep 1991]
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
60% Positive
3 Ratings
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20% Mixed
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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
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
NCLR Bravo Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
