Pacific Station (TV series)

This article is about the television show. For the 19th century British Royal Navy fleet, see Pacific Station.

Pacific Station is an American sitcom television series starring Robert Guillaume and Richard Libertini that aired on NBC from September 15, 1991, to January 3, 1992.^[1] The series was created by the team of Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman.

Pacific Station
Genre	Sitcom police comedy
Created by	Barry Fanaro Mort Nathan Kathy Speer Terry Grossman
Directed by	Art Dielhenn James Burrows Gary Brown
Starring	Robert Guillaume Richard Libertini Ron Leibman Joel Murray Megan Gallagher John Hancock
Opening theme	"Rescue Me"
Composers	Scott Gale Rich Eames
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	KTMB Productions Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15) – January 3, 1992 (1992-01-03)

Synopsis

Pacific Station centered around Detective Bob Ballard (Robert Guillaume), a wisecracking veteran cop who had been assigned to Pacific Station in Venice, California, apparently usually a dumping ground for eccentric and/or incompetent officers. Even more eccentric were the suspects the officers of Pacific Station brought in, as many were from nearby Venice Beach, a celebratedly off-center locale. The other officers of Pacific Station included Detective Richard Capparelli (Richard Libertini), fresh from treatment for his psychological problems, Detective Sandy Calloway (Megan Gallagher), and the brown-nosing Detective Al Burkhardt (Ron Leibman). In command of this hodgepodge was the recently promoted, immature, mother-fixated Captain Ken Epstein (Joel Murray), who had received the place which logic dictated should have gone to Bob. Frequently blustering his way through the station was Deputy Commissioner Hank Bishop (John Hancock), who never let anyone forget for a moment that he was a deputy commissioner.

Richard Libertini had just recently worked with creators/producers Fanaro, Nathan, Speer and Grossman on NBC's The Fanelli Boys the previous season.

Cast

• Robert Guillaume as Det. Bob Ballard
• Richard Libertini as Det. Richard Capparelli
• Megan Gallagher as Det. Sandy Calloway
• Ron Leibman as Det. Al Burkhardt
• Joel Murray as Capt. Ken Epstein
• John Hancock as Dep. Commissioner Hank Bishop

Scheduling

Pacific Station did not garner solid ratings, due to competition from ABC's America's Funniest People and CBS's Murder, She Wrote. It was put on hiatus in October 1991. Brought back in a new time slot in December, it was permanently cancelled in January 1992.

Title Sequence

The opening theme for Pacific Station was an in-house cover of Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me". The sequence began with shots of Venice Beach attractions, followed by the view of a police truck driving into the parking lot of the station as the title appeared on-screen. This proceeded into more videotaped scenes of the show and cast.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	James Burrows	Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan & Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman	September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15)
2	"Magnificent Obession"	Art Dielhenn	Martin Weiss & Robert Bruce	September 22, 1991 (1991-09-22)
3	"A Man's Best Friend"	Unknown	Unknown	September 29, 1991 (1991-09-29)
4	"Love and Death"	Unknown	Unknown	October 6, 1991 (1991-10-06)
5	"Friend of the Devil"	Art Dielhenn	Michael Davidoff & Bill Rosenthal	October 13, 1991 (1991-10-13)
6	"Miata Es Su Ata"	Unknown	Unknown	October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20)
7	"Waiting for the Other Gumshoe to Drop"	Unknown	Unknown	October 27, 1991 (1991-10-27)
8	"Bob's Son"	Unknown	Unknown	December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20)
9	"Operation!"	Unknown	Unknown	December 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)
10	"My Favorite Dad"	Unknown	Unknown	January 3, 1992 (1992-01-03)
11	"Whose Dad Is It Anyway?"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
12	"The Last Angry Detective"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
13	"One for the Road"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED

References

1. Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 415–417. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.

External links

• Pacific Station at IMDb