CHiPs was a TV show running on NBC from 1977 until 1983, airing 140 episodes (including a 1999 TV movie). The show starred Erik Estrada as Ponch and Larry Wilcox as John. John was later replaced with Tom Reilly, who played Bobby.
The show was about to California Highway Patrol men, riding around on their Kawasaki motorcycles, protecting the streets of southern California.
The show featured some of the most incredible and unbelievable car wrecks ever, and usually a good explosion or two each week. But John and Ponch were always able to get just far enough away, just as the car exploded.
The show did have some problems. Estrada missed some episodes of one season, in a contract dispute, and Wilcox left the show in the last season, apparently unable to get along with Estrada. All the major players were reunited for a TV movie that aired on TNT.
The following is a list of the major characters:
Erik Estrada ........ Patrolman Francis (Ponch) Poncherello
Larry Wilcox ........ Patrolman Jon Baker
Robert Pine ......... Sergeant Joseph Getraer
Paul Linke .......... Patrolman Arthur Grossman
Lou Wagner .......... Harlan Arliss
Brodie Greer ........ Patrolman Barry Baricza
Lew Saunders ........ Patrolman Gene Fritz
Michael Dorn ........ Patrolman Jebediah Turner
Randi Oakes ......... Patrolwoman Bonnie Clark