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CHiPs is an 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 of the California Highway Patrol.
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”) Leonidas (as translated in France) “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his straight-laced partner, Officer Jonathan “Jon” Baker.
Ponch was the more swarthy, trouble-prone of the pair, and Jon generally the more level-headed one trying to keep him out of trouble.
The duo’s gruff yet fatherly commanding officer was 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”).
As real-life CHP motor officers rarely ride in pairs, in early episodes this was explained away by placing the trouble-prone Ponch on probationary status, with Jon assigned as his field training officer.
Eventually, by the end of the first season, this subplot faded away (Ponch completed his probation) as audiences were used to seeing the two working as a team.
Created by Rick Rosner. Starring Erik Estrada as Officer Francis Llewellyn ‘Ponch’ Poncherello, Larry Wilcox as Officer Jon Baker, Robert Pine as Sgt. Joseph Getraer.
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