Barney Miller - Sony Makes it Official: Press Release for The Complete 3rd Season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Emmy Award® Winning Cop Comedy Series
Starring Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass and Jack Soo

Barney Miller:
The Complete Third Season

All 22 Episodes Available in a Three Disc DVD Set on March 17


CULVER CITY, CALIF. (January 5, 2009) - Barney Miller: The Complete Third Season makes its DVD debut March 17 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The Emmy Award® winning classic ABC comedy series stars Hal Linden (TV's "Search for Tomorrow," The Other Woman) as everyone's favorite cop, along with a top-notch ensemble featuring Abe Vigoda (The Godfather), Emmy Award® nominee Max Gail (TV's "Sons & Daughters"), Emmy Award® nominee Ron Glass (TV's "Firefly"), Jack Soo (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Green Berets), James Gregory (The Manchurian Candidate), Ron Carey (History of the World: Part I) and Emmy Award® nominee Steve Landesberg (TV's "Head Case"). Watch all 22 memorable episodes on your own schedule, in a three disc set available for $29.95 SRP.

Barney Miller premiered January 23, 1975 on ABC. During its eight successful seasons, Barney Miller was nominated for 32 Emmy Awards®, winning three -- Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series.

SYNOPSIS
This season, the trials and tribulations continue at New York City's 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village. The detectives are quarantined at the police station with a hooker, a man thinks he's a werewolf and wreaks havoc in a park, Fish (Vigoda) goes undercover, and everyone on the squad except Barney (Linden) gets high from hash-laced brownies baked by Wojo's (Gail) new girlfriend.

BROADCAST YEAR: 1976 - 1977 (ABC)

DVD Special Features Include:

• Full Screen Presentations
• Audio: English
• Closed Captioned

Barney Miller: The Complete Third Season Episodes Include:

1. Evacuation
2. Quarantine - Part I
3. Quarantine - Part II
4. Bus Stop
5. The Election
6. Werewolf
7. Recluse
8. Non-Involvement
9. Power Failure
10. Christmas Story
11. Hash
12. Smog Alert
13. Community Relations
14. Rand Report
15. Fire '77
16. The Abduction
17. The Sex Surrogate
18. Moonlighting
19. Asylum
20. Group Home
21. Strike - Part I
22. Strike - Part II

Barney Miller: The Complete Third Season has a run time of approximately 553 minutes is not rated. SLP: $29.95.

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