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Top Cops is a documentary program broadcast in the United States on the CBS television network from 1990 to 1993. [1] Reruns aired on the USA Network in 1996.. Each episode of Top Cops consisted of two to three segments featuring commended police officers and dramatic recreations of the events leading to their having been honored.
The show initially aired on Fox from March 11, 1989 to May 4, 2013 for 15 seasons and 752 total episodes. It is one of the longest-running television programs in the United States and, as of May 2011, the longest-running show on the network, following the cancellation of America's Most Wanted after 23 years.
Cops was created by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour, who tried unsuccessfully for several years to get a network to carry the program.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.
In 2013, Fox canceled Cops after 25 seasons, following requests by the Color of Change organization to do so. [3] However, the series was soon picked up by Spike TV, a cable channel now known as Paramount Network. [4] In 2020, the program was once again canceled, this time after its 32nd season. [5]
This is a list of police television programs. (CBDC noted, cancellations) Dramas involving police procedural work, and private detectives, secret agents, and the justice system have been a mainstay of broadcast television since the early days of broadcasting.
World's Wildest Police Videos (shortened to Police Videos during its fourth season) [3] is an American reality television series that ran on Fox from 1998 to 2001. [3] [4] In 2012, Spike announced that it had commissioned 13 new episodes with the revival of the original name and John Bunnell returning as host, [5] which premiered on May 7, 2012, and ended on August 13, 2012.
C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is a 1988 animated television series released by DIC Animation City, and distributed by Claster Television.The series focuses on a team of highly trained police officers tasked with protecting the fictional Empire City from a group of gangsters led by the "Big Boss". [4]
John Russell Langley (June 1, 1943 – June 26, 2021) [2] was an American television and film director, writer, and producer who was best known as the creator and executive producer of the television show Cops, which premiered on Fox in March 1989.