Detective School (1979)
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.
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Episode 1 - A Bier on the House
Release Date: 1979-07-31Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home.
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Episode 2 - Oh, How We Danced
Release Date: 1979-08-07Nick's gun turns up missing—right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse.
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Episode 3 - Lucy in the Sky with Pizza
Release Date: 1979-08-14Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor.
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Episode 4 - Hooray for Bulgaria
Release Date: 1979-09-14The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer.
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Episode 5 - Nick is Smitten
Release Date: 1979-09-21Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer.
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Episode 6 - Ice
Release Date: 1979-09-28Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond.
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Episode 7 - The Runaway
Release Date: 1979-10-05The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retreive Nick's runaway niece.
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Episode 8 - The Jewel Heist
Release Date: 1979-10-12Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry.
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Episode 9 - One Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures
Release Date: 1979-10-19Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs.
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Episode 10 - Masseuse in the Cold, Cold Ground
Release Date: 1979-10-26Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer.
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Episode 11 - The Killer-Diller Lingerie Caper
Release Date: 1979-11-02Silvio witnesses a murder—but doesn't recognize the investigating officer as the killer.
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Episode 12 - Farewell, My Miss Glendale
Release Date: 1979-11-16The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant.
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Episode 13 - The Bank Job
Release Date: 1979-11-23Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage.