Poochinski

Poochinski is a unsold television pilot that aired on NBC on July 9, 1990. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Adam Productions, and Bedrock Productions.

Plot
Chicago police detective Stanley Poochinski rescues a stray bulldog from naughty children. He befriends it much to the dismay of his partner detective Robert McKay. Poochinski dies while protecting the dog from a criminal during a stakeout. His soul gets transferred to the bulldog and now lives as the dog. He and McKay try to bring the killer to justice. McKay also has a crush on his neighbor Frannie Reynolds which Poochinski tries to help him to be in an intimate relationship with her.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Ridiculous premise for a show that wouldn't be out of place for a show-within-a-show you see in sitcoms like in The Simpsons.
 * 2) Just like in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, the puppet they use for Poochinski is horrifying.
 * 3) Due to the show never being picked up by NBC, it leaves many questions unanswered, such as why Poochinski's soul was transferred to the bulldog's body, if anyone else other than McKay knows that Poochinski is alive as a bulldog, and what happens to the bulldog's soul once Poochinski takes over his body.
 * 4) Weak attempts at humor that rely on Poochinski peeing on a coworker and mentions of him farting while on the job.
 * 5) The pilot tries to make the audience sympathize with Poochinski with the revelation that he's a dog for the rest of his life, but earlier he says that he enjoys being a dog because he has stronger teeth, is able to a take a nap anytime he wants, and he doesn't have to do small talk to a woman he likes.
 * 6) Poochinski is a unlikeable character, both as a human and as a bulldog:
 * 7) *He treats McKay poorly enough that he requested a transfer just to get away from him.
 * 8) *He annoyingly sings the song "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin twice that even the dog can't stand his singing!
 * 9) *He continuously licks and gets on top of a female coworker without her realizing that he isn't an ordinary dog and is enjoying it way too much.
 * 10) *He makes a mess by ripping up McKay's pillows and slippers because he doesn't like McKay treating him as a dog.
 * 11) The scene where they find and apprehend the criminal is very rushed due to showing in the last two minutes of the pilot, with more time spent on Frannie preparing dinner in McKay's apartment that goes nowhere. The fact that the two find him without any effort when he is robbing someone in broad daylight shows that little thought was put when writing the script.

Reception
Poochinski has a reputation for not only being one of the worst TV pilots ever made, but also having one of the most bizarre premises in the history of television. The pilot has a rating of 5.4/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * Child's Play series producer David Kirschner was one of the writers for the pilot; both works having a character die and being resurrected into something else and use puppets to move the characters.

Pilot
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