Tough Cookies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tough Cookies takes detective hotshot Cliff Brady and brings him to Chicago's rough and tumble southside. His mission? To walk the beat. The fact that Brady grew up in this neighborhood makes his assignment more interesting than usual. And more hysterical too, because the characters he meets are more often than not some good old friends. Like Rita, owner of the Windbreaker Bar. Or dapper Danny Polchek, the neighborhood bookmaker and erstwhile wiseguy. How do you apprehend a culprit only to discover he's an old friend? Very carefully and with lots of laughter.

Series details

• Title: Tough Cookies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1986-03-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42670
• IMDb ID: tt0090535
• TVDB ID: 76402

Cast and credited roles

• Robby Benson — Det. Cliff Brady
• Lainie Kazan — Rita
• Art Metrano — Lt. Iverson
• Adam Arkin — Danny Polchek
• Matt Craven — Richie Messina
• Alan North — Father McCaskey
• Elizabeth Peña — Off. Connie Rivera
• Robert Firth — Alfie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-03-05; final listed air date 1986-04-23; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tough Cookies 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.