Poochinski is a 1990 television pilot featuring a Chicago police detective (played by Peter Boyle), whose spirit is transferred into a flatulent English bulldog after he is killed in the line of duty. The canine detective then returns to solving crimes.[1][2] br br NBC decided not to pick up the series, but subsequently did air the pilot, on July 9, 1990.[1] In recent years, the show's premise has been recognized as one of the most bizarre in television history.