Bakersfield P.D. (television) Television series, airing on Fox beginning September 14, 1993 and ending January 4, 1994. An African-American big-city detective tries to fit in with an all-white central California police department headed by a timid chief. Stars Giancarlo Esposito (Paul Gigante), Ron Eldard (Wade Preston), Brian Doyle-Murray (Phil Hampton), Chris Mulkey (Denny Boyer), Jack Hallett (Renny Stiles).
