Tough Cookies

Tough Cookies
Genre	Comedy
Starring	Robby Benson Lainie Kazan Art Metrano Adam Arkin Matt Craven Alan North Elizabeth Peña
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tony Thomas Paul Junger Witt
Producers	Stephen Neigher Lynn Guthrie
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Witt/Thomas Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 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.

This series premiered on the same date (March 5, 1986), and was also cancelled on the same date (April 23, 1986), as another CBS comedy series, Fast Times.

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.

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)