Baretta Baretta Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975–78. The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–74 ABC series, "Toma", starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as "Baretta", with Robert Blake in the title role. "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," the show's theme music was composed by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames and sung by Sammy Davis Jr. Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta is an unorthodox plainclothes police detective (Badge #609) with the
Baretta #42 on the Adult Contemporary Chart, while it "bubbled under the Hot 100" at #101. After its initial run in syndication beginning in 1979, the series later re-appeared on TV Land in 1999 as part of a package of series licensed from Universal. Me-TV aired reruns of "Baretta" on Saturday afternoons in 2007. On October 29, 2002, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the first season of "Baretta" on Region 1 DVD in the United States. "Mad" magazine spoofed the series as "Barfetta". Baretta Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975–78. The show was a