Tough Cookies

American TV series or program

Robby Benson
Lainie Kazan
Art Metrano
Adam Arkin
Matt Craven
Alan North
Elizabeth Peña

Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)ProductionExecutive producers

Tony Thomas
Paul Junger Witt

Producers

Stephen Neigher
Lynn Guthrie

Camera setupSingle-cameraRunning time30 minutesProduction companyWitt/Thomas ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkCBSReleaseMarch 5 (1986-03-05) –
April 23, 1986 (1986-04-23)

Tough Cookies is a comedy television series that aired on CBS in 1986; six episodes were broadcast.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Chicago police detective Cliff Brady (Robby Benson) is dating an older woman named Rita (Lainie Kazan), who is not sure she can handle their relationship.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Robby Benson as Det. Cliff Brady
Lainie Kazan as Rita
Alan North as Father McCaskey
Adam Arkin as Danny Polchek
Elizabeth Peña as Off. Connie Rivera
Matt Craven as Richie Messina
Art Metrano as Lt. Iverson
Robert Firth as Alfred (original pilot)

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Air date
1	"Ships in the Night"	Paul Krasny	Jan Fischer, William Weidner	March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05)
2	"Grudge Match"	John Patterson	Mark Rosner	March 12, 1986 (1986-03-12)
Cliff's high school basketball rival now collects protection money, and Cliff challenges him to a game.
3	"Naked City"	James Frawley	Stephen Neigher	March 19, 1986 (1986-03-19)
4	"The Unfantasy"	Robert Scheerer	Vincent Patrick	April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02)
5	"The Stoolie"	Georg Stanford Brown	Vincent Patrick	April 9, 1986 (1986-04-09)
6	"Temper Fidelis"	Stuart Margolin	Stephen Neigher	April 23, 1986 (1986-04-23)