CHiPs
Sign in to saveCHiPs is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays from May 8 to July 17, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons, plus one reunion television film in October 1998.
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★ 6.9Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
- Aired
- 1977–1983
- Seasons
- 6 · 139 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Rick Rosner
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
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Key facts
- Television.image
- CHiPs '99 FilmPoster.jpeg
- Television.genre
- CrimeDrama
- Television.creator
- Rick Rosner
- Television.developer
- Paul Playdon
- Television.theme_music_composer
- John Parker
- Television.country
- United States
- Television.language
- English
- Television.num_seasons
- 6
- Television.num_episodes
- 139 (and 1 TV movie)
- Television.list_episodes
- List of CHiPs episodes
- Television.runtime
- 94 minutes
- Television.network
- TNT
- Television.alt_name
- CHiPs '99
- Television.caption
- Movie Poster
- Television.writer
- Morgan Gendel
- Television.director
- Jon Cassar
- Television.starring
- Larry WilcoxErik EstradaRobert PinePaul KorverDavid RamseyBrodie GreerBruce PenhallPaul LinkeJudge Judy Sheindlin
- Television.music
- Stacy Widelitz
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 46
- Image
- Erik Estrada Larry Wilcox CHiPS 1977.jpg
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- start time
- 1977-09-15
- end time
- 1983-05-01
- title
- CHiPs
- number of seasons
- 6
- number of episodes
- 139
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13 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Cast
- Cast changes
- Production
- Episodes
- Broadcast history
- Home media
- Other media
- ''CHiPs '99''
- Feature film
- Merchandise
- References
- External links
CHiPs is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays from May 8 to July 17, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons, plus one reunion television film in October 1998.
==Overview== CHiPs is an action crime drama in a standard hour-long time slot, which at the time required 48 minutes of actual programming. A signature of the show, especially in the later seasons, were frequent over-the-top freeway pileups. For filming, traffic on Los Angeles freeways that were yet to be opened was non-existent and most chase scenes were done on the back roads.