El comisario is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco.
Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo Artero, Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and Fernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.
[1][3] Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series.
[1][5] Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso,[6] the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release.
[8] The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time.