Pacific Station (TV series)

Pacific Station
Genre	Sitcom
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"
Composer(s)	Scott Gale Rich Eames
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	KTMB Productions Touchstone Television
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 15, 1991 – January 3, 1992

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

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

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows