Baretta: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Baretta is an undercover cop in the Serpico mode. Like your standard TV-issue rule-bending loner cop, he butts heads with his excitable superior (veteran character actor Dana Elcar of MacGuyver and Baa Baa Black Sheep fame). He lives in the run-down King Edwards Motel with his scene-stealing pet cockatoo. With its ersatz funky score, Baretta is time-capsule '70s television. And, as Baretta was fond of saying, you can take that to the bank.

Series details

• Title: Baretta
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1975-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-05-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6/10
• TVMaze ID: 8092
• IMDb ID: tt0072471
• TVDB ID: 71928

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Blake — Detective Anthony "Tony" Baretta
• Tom Ewell — Billy Truman
• Edward Grover — Lieutenant Hal Brubaker
• Dana Elcar — Inspector Carl Shiller

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-01-17; final listed air date 1975-04-30; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1975-09-10; final listed air date 1976-04-28; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1976-05-04; final listed air date 1976-05-04; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 1977-09-28; final listed air date 1978-05-18; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Baretta on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.