Pacific Station was a situation comedy aired in the United States by NBC as part of its 1991 fall lineup.

Pacific Station centered around Detective Bob Ballard (Robert Guillaume), a wisecracking veteran cop who had been assigned to Pacific Station, 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.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the program's obvious similarities to ABC's long-running hit Barney Miller, Pacific Station was a ratings disaster, due to competition from ABC's Top 30 show America's Funniest People and CBS's Top 10 hit Murder, She Wrote. It was put on hiatus in October 1991. Brought back in a new time slot in December, it fared no better and was permanently cancelled in January 1992.

ficer Jimmy: Nobody drinks coffee anymore. Nobody smokes cigarettes. What happened to all the real men? llard: They all died!

t. Richard Capparelli: Hey, roomie! t. Bob Ballard: Capparelli, if you call me roomie one more time, I swear to God, I will bring paper products into this house that *you* will not be able to recycle!

t. Richard Capparelli: [after arresting Santini and impounding everything in the gallery] I know how he's smuggling in the drugs. It's in the artwork! [grabs a vase] ntini: Careful with that! it's worth $20,000! t. Richard Capparelli: Sure it is, that's cause it's full of [drops the vase, which is empty] Nothing!

ob and Richard open the coffee from Santini's gallery which Officer Jimmy has just drunk from] t. Bob Ballard: It's the coffee you impounded. t. Richard Capparelli: And there are the drugs right there. t. Bob Ballard: Makes sense. [to beat cops] Book him. [to Capparelli] He must have packed the cocaine in coffee to throw of the dogs at customs! t. Richard Capparelli: Now, Bob, those women may be a bit homely, but I think dogs is a little extreme! t. Bob Ballard: What made you go after Santini? t. Richard Capparelli: [holding up Santini's file] Well, the next time you have a rift with your wife, I didn't want you to use this as an excuse not to work it out.

t. Bob Ballard: [after Capparelli smashes 4 vases without finding any drugs] When you're wrong, you're really wrong, aren't you!

ntini: [pointing at Capparelli] I want this lunatic brought up on charges. Who's the senior officer here? pt. Ken Epstein: Ballard, take over here!

l enters the squard room with Officer Jimmy walking behind] t. Al Burkhardt: Try to keep up, will ya? t. Bob Ballard: What's going on, Jimmy? ficer Jimmy: [Pointing to Al] Captain assigned me special detail, to protect this man. t. Al Burkhardt: Can you belive this. This guy hasn't been out of the supply room in thirty years! [Spotting Captain Epstein] Sir, I respectfuly request a younger policeman. pt. Ken Epstein: Det. Burkhardt, I will not allow age discrimination in this precinct. Jimmy has a lifetime of police experience - he's forgotten more than you'll ever know!