The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York. The Commish also screened on KTN in Kenya, Nelonen in Finland, NRK in Norway, TV3 in Spain, RCTI in Indonesia, Sky One in the UK, RTÉ One in Ireland and the Nine Network in Australia. It is still broadcast on SBS Net in Denmark, TV4 Guld in Sweden and La7 in Italy. The series starred Michael Chiklis as Tony Scali, a former NYPD detective who is now the police commissioner in the small upstate New... York town of Eastbridge, and tends to work through problems with humor and creativity more often than with violence or force. Theresa Saldana played Rachel Scali, Tony's wife, and Kaj-Erik Eriksen played their teen-aged son, David. Also living with the family in the first season was Rachel's freeloading brother, Arnie Metzger, played by . A daughter, Sarah, played by twins Justine and Dayna Cornborough, was born to Tony and Rachel in the second season. The show focused as much on family situations as on police drama.
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