 CHiPs was a fictional American television drama series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (licensee by Turner Entertainment) that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. CHiPs follows the lives of two motorcycle police officers in the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons.
The series was a light-weight action crime drama (that played as more of a comedy in some episodes, particularly in the first season) created by Rick Rosner, it starred Erik Estrada as macho, rambunctious Officer Francis ("Frank") "Ponch" Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his straight-laced partner, Officer Jon Baker. With Ponch the more swarthy, trouble-prone of the pair, and Jon generally the more level-headed one trying to keep him out of trouble with the duo's gruff yet fatherly commanding officer Sergeant Joseph Getraer (Robert Pine), the two were Highway Patrolmen of the Central Los Angeles office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP, hence the name "CHiPs").
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» Running time: 48 minutes (per episode)
» Original channel: NBC
» Country of origin: USA
» Seasons: 6 | Episodes: 139
» Format: Action/Adventure, Drama
» Premiered: September 15, 1977
» Last Aired: May 1, 1983 |
A hard-nosed lieutenant tries to shape up CHP Central. Lieutenant "Apple" Bates has a hard time before he learns that he has the best troup all over L.A.
