Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

smendlew Only saw this show a few times, but will live in my memory. It is very frustrating that it is so difficult to find this anywhere to purchase and yet there seem to be endless repeats of stuff like Friends! Especially even more difficult to obtain being in England I guess..?They say it was low ratings or was it a complaint from the Bakersfield PD themselves? Maybe it was just too clever for certain people? Anyhow, just about the one comedy I would love to see again but is almost impossible to find. I hear it is being or has been repeated on another network? But alas not over here!!Summary: Ingenious.

jmorledge Yes, as I was born and bred in Bakersfield, I can safely say the series is ENTIRELY accurate, right down to the blue and white street corner signs. Bakersfield is a town similar to that of Cicely, AK (from "Northern Exposure"), and the quirky townsfolk are quick with a joke and an anecdote about Mark Twain.The fact the series is so accurate (right down to the DC detective character) was its downfall: In late 1993, BPD Det. Peter "Petey" O'Callahan (who had, 15 months prior, moved from the Maryland/Washington DC area) was shot and killed during a raid upon a drug lab. In respect of him and his family, BPD was cancelled.

Descartes-3 I remember at the time of its showing in England that this series, for me at least, was the highlight of my TV week. It was one of the most quirky, hilarious and deadpan comedies I have had the pleasure of watching. Guancarlo Esposito was terrific as the new arrival at the Bakersfield P.D. station.His bewilderment at the events that occurred and the characters encountered was something that I'm sure any David Lynch fan would have thoroughly enjoyed. I cannot believe that it only ran for one series! Take consolation that little secrets like these are still out there waiting to be rediscovered.

Al Fore Paul Gigante, a successful D.C. police detective, has to leave town with his son for the middle of nowhere, i.e. Bakersfield. He joins the Bakersfield P.D., a loose organization of weirdos & imbeciles. His partner, Wade Preston, is a TV cop show fanatic and tries to act like the TV cops; the desk sergeant actually runs the department because the captain can't make any decisions; and a macho cop is teamed with a mildly effeminate partner.Like "Frank's Place", another great TV comedy that bombed in one season, "Bakersfield P.D." had no laugh track; you have to find the jokes yourself. This misfit comedy was at least as funny as "WKRP in Cincinnati"! Why do so many really funny comedies bomb?