From 1977 to 1983, CHiPs followed the daily beats of two cool, motorcycle-riding policemen as they patrolled the complicated and chaotic freeway system in and around L.A. The show (whose title is a ...

In film and TV, the '70s were the decade of renegades with mustaches and hairy chests (think Burt Reynolds), tough stories about cops cleaning up the mean streets (think Dirty Harry) and absurdist ...