

After Fox canceled the show in May 2013, Spike picked it up for an additional five seasons, in addition to reruns of previous seasons. Malcolm Barbour left from producing Cops in 1994.įor the first 25 seasons, Cops was broadcast by Fox with reruns of earlier seasons syndicated by local television stations and cable networks, including truTV and G4. broadcast television networks (along with CBS's 48 Hours Mystery). The program was one of only two remaining first-run prime-time programs airing on Saturday nights on the four major U.S. hour, it was called Primetime Cops in promos for several years. When the show went primetime in 1991, and consisted of two episodes in the 8 p.m. The program premiered on Fox on March 11, 1989. When the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced them to find other kinds of programming, the young Fox Television network picked up the low-cost Cops, which had no union writers. Season 35 premiered on April 7, 2023.Ĭops was created by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour, who tried unsuccessfully for several years to get a network to carry the program. The show's 34th season premiered on September 30, 2022. The 33rd season premiered on October 1, 2021. In September 2021, it was announced that Fox Nation picked up the show.

The show remains in production for its international and overseas partners, and began to film anew in Spokane County, Washington, with its sheriff's department in October 2020. In June 2020, Paramount Network pulled the show from its schedule in response to George Floyd protests following his death while under arrest by the Minneapolis Police Department, and announced its cancellation days later. In late 2007, during the premiere of its 20th season, episodes of Cops began broadcasting in widescreen, though not in high definition. In 2013, the program moved to Spike TV, now known as Paramount Network. When America's Most Wanted was canceled after 23 years, the show's host John Walsh, made numerous appearances on Cops.
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It also became the longest running live action series on Fox. It is one of the longest-running television shows in the United States and, in May 2011, it became the longest-running show on Fox (since then, its duration has been surpassed by the duration of The Simpsons). Each episode typically consists of three self-contained segments which often end with one or more arrests. The show's formula follows the cinéma vérité convention, which does not consist of any narration, scripted dialogue or incidental music/added sound effects, depending entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact, giving the audience a fly on the wall point of view. Some episodes have also featured federal agencies. The series, known for chronicling the lives of law enforcement officials, follows police officers and sheriff's deputies, sometimes backed up by state police or other state agencies, during patrol, calls for service, and other police activities including prostitution and narcotic stings, and occasionally the serving of search/ arrest warrants at criminal residences.

It is produced by Langley Productions and premiered on the Fox network on March 11, 1989. Paramount Network Original Productions (2018–2020, seasons 30–32)Ĭops (stylized as COPS) is an American reality legal television documentary programming series that is currently in its 35th season. Langley Productions (1999-present, seasons 12–present)
