As of July 2026, CHiPs Season 1 aired in 1977 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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CHiPs Season 1

1977 22 Episodes Drama · Action & Adventure ⭐ 7/10

CHiPs Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it earns its set pieces rather than just delivering them. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 148 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Larry Wilcox's performance is the throughline that holds the set pieces together. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason CHiPs Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. CHiPs Season 1 moves fast and earns its action sequences rather than just delivering them. Season 1 of CHiPs includes 22 episodes. It aired from September 1977 to April 1978. This season stars Larry Wilcox, Erik Estrada and Robert Pine. Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1977. The geography of every set piece in CHiPs Season 1 is legible, which is rarer in the genre than it should be. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

The genre has a long history of front-loading its best moments — CHiPs Season 1 is not one of those. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Larry Wilcox brings a physicality to the role that elevates every set piece. Action that earns its sequences rather than just delivering them.

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🎬 CHiPs Season 1 — Episode Guide

Jon and Ponch are chasing thieves who steal luxury cars. Ponch has problems with Sgt. Getraer and can't do anything right by him. The thieves are using moving vans with stolen licence plates, so the chippies can't get them first. Nice scene: Ponch and his sticky ticket.

A woman gets robbed by a tow truck driver and then he causes an accident. A chemical substance is spilled on the highway. Ponch gets intoxicated by the stuff. Jon has to get him to a hospital but Ponch is not very cooperative

Ponch and Jon are chasing a dog which causes an accident. They bring it to Central and hide it in a truck. Some guys do sabotage on Jon's motorbike, but they wanted Ponch's. Jon and Ponch stop a motorbike driver who has frozen up. After they stop him he wanders off muttering how he never wan...

Moving Violation

When Jon and Ponch stop a speeding car on the freeway, a very large man emerges from the vehicle. The raging driver proceeds to take his car apart and wouldn't mind doing the same to Ponch who has made the mistake of laughing during the demolition. Later, Ponch himself gets a ticket, and to keep his...

Ponch is giving a ticket to his old high school principal who asked him to tell about the CHP in his old school on career day. Jon and Ponch respond to a call about a traffic jam, they find that everyone's gawking at models nearby. Since Ponch's motorcycle needs repairs, Getraer sticks him on the ...

A truck loses toxic baby food on the highway. A tramp pair with a baby finds two boxes. Ponch and Jon try to find the lost boxes. Ponch is interested in his neighbor Melinda, but Melinda falls in a love with Jon. On the highway Jon and Ponch save a dog out of a burning car. When they find the tra...

Taking Its Toll

When two thieves escape from Jon after a successful robbery at a toll booth, it is the start of a crime wave and a massive manhunt. Jon and Ponch later encounter a crashed limo with a time bomb on its back seat - and a man trapped beneath the car. Jon is writing a book about Ponch's funny accidents....

Green Thumb Burglar

Jon and Ponch learn that Sgt. Getraer love plants very much. He is very angry about thieves who steal plants from public places. Ponch meets twins who give him a short look in his future this day. It's not looking good for him.

Always looking for opportunities to make money, Ponch discovers that Jon once worked as an instructor in a bowling alley and still is a great bowler. Keeping Jon's secret from the other CHiPs, Ponch places a series of bets that his partner will defeat all favorites in an upcoming police bowling tour...

Highway Robbery

Jon and Ponch arrest a thief who uses a motorcycle to rob drivers in traffic jams. When Jon recognizes the prisoner as a high-school classmate, a former football hero, he offers him help. Ponch has a crush on the beautiful model for a sun lotion ad campaign. Mesmerized by her pictures on highway bi...

Name Your Price

Rolls-Royces are being stolen. Grossie, Baricza, Jon and Ponch are catching chickens which have escaped out of a crashed truck. Ponch is a contestant on the game show 'Name Your Price'. A car is run off the road by a Porsche, inside a man is trapped who happens to be diabetic...

A car pulling a trailer with a boat swerves to avoid an oncoming car and smashes into a hair salon. Ponch has his mind set on buying the boat together with Jon. Being short on personnel, Jon and Ponch are assigned to the weigh station A car has gone over a cliff with a woman and her little girl i...

CHP officers usually ride in pairs, but this day Ponch leaves Jon to handle an emergency. While Jon is alone, an officer pulls up to a car and acts improperly, so frightening the female driver that she causes a traffic accident as she speeds away. As the Highway Patrol searches for for the unknown ...

Thinking that it is Jon's birthday soon, Ponch plans a surprise birthday party for him. A cattle owner is stealing his own cattle in order to rip off the assurance agency. A magician is showing some tricks when he and his daughter are pulled over for running through a red light. A young girl is t...

A speeding 3 wheeler motorbike goes past Jon and Ponch, who give chase. Jon and Ponch get sent to Malibu when they ask for a change of scenery. 3 men are car stripping in Malibu. Ponch and Jon go to the beach while they take time off work.

A baby is left behind in a parking area. A female sky diver nearly lands on the highway when her parachute is stuck on the bridge above. Mrs. Downey's car has been stolen. A dumpster gets unhitched from its garbage van and runs freely down the freeway

Hitch-Hiking Hitch

Two girls are found by Jon and Ponch while hitch-hiking. One blames the other for being there and doing this, but Ponch and Jon learn that this is not true. Later they have to save them out of a dangerous situation.

A rash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines, and ambulances. A young man who is living by his sister does this.

Jon and Ponch gently try to coax a disturbed veteran out of throwing dirt at passing autos. Also, Getraer orders his officers to peel off excess pounds.

Jon and Ponch are to patrol in a police cruiser as it's raining hard. A man gets thrown out of a gambling camper. Another man is driving down the highway, holding an umbrella out the window. A schoolteacher is allowed to take her little students to Central where they'll be given a tour by Ponch.

🎭 Cast of CHiPs Season 1

Larry Wilcox

Erik Estrada

Frank Poncherello

Robert Pine

Paul Linke

Arthur Grossman

Brodie Greer

Lew Saunders

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