14 Things You Might Not Know About CHiPs
As counterpunch - programme to the dense police procedural dramatic event of the 1970s , NBC’sCHiPs — which premiered on September 15 , 1977 — took a lighter approach to law enforcement . Amenable California Highway Patrol officer Frank “ Ponch ” Poncherello ( Erik Estrada ) and Jon Baker ( Larry Wilcox ) seldom encounter anything more serious than a superhighway pileup ; families bask the low mortality charge per unit , and the serial develop into a solid merchandising and ratings success ....