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COPS - General Information
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Status: Airing Season 24
Premiere: March 11, 1989
Classification: Documentary | Reality-TV
Genre: Crime
Network: FOX (USA)
Airs: Saturdays
Runtime: 30 Minutes
Season 24 -- ?? episodes -- Sept 10, 2011 to ??
24x01 -- Sep 10, 2011 -- Arrests with a Twist
24x02 -- Sep 17, 2011 -- Chases & Stings
24x03 -- Sep 24, 2011 -- Smooth Criminal
24x04 -- Nov 05, 2011 -- Evading Arrests
24x05 -- Nov 05, 2011 -- Street Arrests
24x06 -- Nov 12, 2011 -- Domestic Disputes
24x07 -- Nov 12, 2011 -- Liar Liar #5
24x08 -- Nov 19, 2011 -- Busted!
24x09 -- Nov 19, 2011 -- Morons on Parade #5
24x10 -- Nov 26, 2011 -- Coast To Coast
24x11 -- Dec 10, 2011 -- Ho! Ho! Ho! #9
24x12 -- Jan 07, 2012 -- Odd Arrests #4
24x13 -- Jan 14, 2012 -- Taken into Custody #2
24x14 -- Jan 14, 2012 -- Wild & Crazy
24x15 -- Jan 21, 2012 -- Off-Campus Arrests
24x16 -- Jan 21, 2012 -- A Crash, An Arrest & A Baby
24x17 -- Feb 04, 2012 -- Caught in the Act #3
24x18 -- Feb 04, 2012 -- Chases, Guns and Cars
24x19 -- Feb 25, 2012 -- Street Arrests #2
24x20 -- Feb 25, 2012 -- Dazed and Confused #4
24x21 -- Mar 31, 2012 -- Arrests with a Twist #2
24x22 -- Apr 07, 2012 -- First Respond
?? Returns in Summer 2012
The total number of episodes for previous seasons have ranged from 30 to 46 - ending sometime in June or July - with an inconsistent number of new episodes airing sporadically during the latter months of the season.
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About the show
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Cops (stylized as COPS) is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities. It is one of the longest-running television programs in the United States and in May 2011 became the longest-running show on Fox
Called the original reality show, COPS is a gritty and unfiltered look at the seemier parts of our society as seen through the eyes of the men and women who struggle to keep the peace.
Since 1989, camera crews have traveled across the nation and into other countries providing an intimate look at police officers and the nuts and bolts of their day-to-day work.
The brainchild of creators John Langley and Malcolm Barbour, the idea for COPS was offered to the then new FOX television network along with three other show ideas, including America's Most Wanted. FOX asked for a pilot episode and Langley and crew were off to Broward County, Florida for three months, delivering 6 pilot shows and getting the approval of the FOX executives. The rest is history, creating a new genre of prime time television show.
The show has followed officers in 140 different cities in the United States and in Hong Kong, London, and the former Soviet Union. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes in length and typically consists of three segments, with each segment being one or two self-contained police incidents.
The show is well known for its theme song, "Bad Boys", performed by reggae group Inner Circle.
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Date of last review or update: April 23, 2012
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