Lanigan's Rabbi is an American Police procedural series that aired on the NBC television network from January 30 to April 24, 1977.
The title alludes to Police Chief Paul Lanigan and his friend, Rabbi David Small.
However, an added element for the David Small novels and the Lanigan's Rabbi series was that Small was usually trying to balance his crime-solving assistance to Chief Lanigan with synagogue politics, usually involving some congregants who would be happy to see the rabbi lose his position.
The series was broadcast on a rotating schedule under the umbrella title NBC Sunday Mystery Movie.
Lanigan's Rabbi was the last series added to the Mystery Movie format (it replaced Quincy, M.E.