Hal Linden – Barney Miller

“Cheers” had the Cheers bar, “F.R.I.E.N.D.S” had Central Perk, and “Big Bang Theory” had Apartment 4A at 2311 North Los Robles Avenue. For the police sitcom “Barney Miller,” the venue of the most memorable scenes was a dilapidated squad room. This is where captain Barney Miller ran his fictional precinct.

So the storyline of the series finale should be that the squad room is being sold. This means the precinct’s officers were to be redistributed among other precincts. It ends with a sad but heartwarming final look by Miller before turning off the lights. Leading man Hal Linden appeared in a 2021 documentary called “History of the Sitcom.”