# Help me ID that early-90's FOX detective show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860 "2010-01-29T06:44:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/1 "2010-01-29T06:44:02Z")
Ok, I remember an early-90’s detective show that I liked to watch on FOX when I was younger, but no one else seems to know what I’m talking about. It was on Friday nights (or maybe Saturday nights), lasted for only a season or two, and each episode ended with the detective (some cool guy in sunglasses IIRC) lining up all the suspects we met during the episode in the final scene and picking out the guilty party. He would also explain why they were guilty. There was some light comedy and maybe a few action scenes during the course of the episode. Ring any bells? Google and IMDB have been no help. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/2 "2010-01-29T06:55:40Z")
[New York Undercover?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Undercover) ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/3 "2010-01-29T07:19:06Z")
No, it was earlier than that show. Also, it was mostly a comedy show, not a drama. The main characteristic of each episode was the final ten minutes when the detective lined everyone up and picked out the bad guy. This happened each time. The actor looked like Bruce Campbell. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/4 "2010-01-29T07:51:33Z")
**Sledge Hammer!** maybe ? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/5 "2010-01-29T08:00:00Z")
I doubt it. The whole parlor room scene sounds too cerebral for Sledge, which was more of an action hero parody than a detective hero parody. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/6 "2010-01-29T08:10:05Z")
Nope, wasn’t Sledge. That guy was blonde, wasn’t he? Man, this is gonna drive me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/7 "2010-01-29T08:13:52Z")
Sounds like _[Likely Supects](http://www.tv.com/likely-suspects/show/5515/summary.html)_. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-that-early-90s-fox-detective-show/526860/8 "2010-01-29T08:32:13Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > Sounds like _[Likely Supects](http://www.tv.com/likely-suspects/show/5515/summary.html)_. I think we may have a winner! Anyone besides me remember it?