COPS (1989)

Airs Next: FOX at Saturday 8:00 PM (30 min.)

Status: Returning Series Premiered: March 11, 1989

Show Categories: Reality, Action/Adventure

Called the original reality show, COPS hit the airwaves in 1989, putting camera crews in police cars all across the United States. Adopting the Cinema Verité style of documentary filming, COPS uses no narration, depending completely on the police officers and the footage shot as it happens to tell the story. Still one of the most popular television shows on the air, COPS...

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Previous episode: COPS - Seattle, WA
From Seattle, Washington:

A man is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend's family, officers investigate an accidental fire and police get a call of alleged child endangerment.
Aired: Monday December 17, 2007

2,008. 700th Episode Special Edition	Nov 10, 2007	0 Reviews	0.00

2,006. COPS - Coast To Coast	Nov 3, 2007	0 Reviews	0.00

2,010. COPS - Coast To Coast	Oct 20, 2007	0 Reviews	0.00

2,003. COPS - Coast To Coast	Oct 6, 2007	0 Reviews	0.00

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Fox slides sched back a week 2008-06-06 11:55:00

Fox moves fall to late summer 2008-05-15 11:36:00

TV.com Q&A: Jail, COPS creators 2007-08-31 15:09:00

Fox's fall begins mid-September 2007-07-11 17:36:00

external: Saturday can't get arrested 2005-10-19

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Harry Newman - Announcer

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gordosaros Report Abuse	9.8 Superb "Classic" this is about cops going around doing there job Continue » Posted Jun 27, 2008 3:14 pm PST

Budaha Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Personal favorite" Love it, can't get enough!! Continue » Posted Jun 10, 2008 8:38 am PST

255Utah Report Abuse	3.7 Bad "Nobody knows I watch this" the Police officers does a excellent job. But! why do we want to see laws breaking on tv? Continue » Posted May 10, 2008 9:22 pm PST

MxHxBrett Report Abuse	2.5 Terrible "Past its prime" The very famous show COPS. Cops busting people for various crimes. Continue » Posted Apr 26, 2008 7:51 pm PST

homedawg002331 Report Abuse	6.3 Fair "Mildly interesting" Fun to watch when nothing else is on! Continue » Posted Apr 8, 2008 6:56 pm PST

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Show: COPS (1989)
Popularity Rank: 592 of 17,554
Ratings Rank: 1,513 of 17,554 (

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Show Reviews: 54
People Tracking: 580

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Score: 8.3 Great 707 votes

Rating Statistics:
perfect: 199 (28.5%)
great: 190 (27.2%)
superb: 161 (23%)
good: 65 (9.3%)
Other: 84 (12%)

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