Latest in Cops

John Langley, creator and executive producer of the long-running reality series Cops, died June 26 of an apparent heart attack in Baja, Mexico, as he was competing in the Coast to Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off road race. He was 78. Cops premiered on Fox in 1989 and aired continually as a first-run series until…

Long-running docu-reality series Cops is back in production four months after it was canceled by Paramount Network. In a press release put out on Sept. 30, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office announced that two Cops film crews have been riding with Spokane County Sheriff's Office and Spokane Valley Deputies since…

Veteran journalists know that the public mood is quirky, so it's always risky to report “a consensus.” A few days ago, for example, there seemed a “consensus” that Americans had lost confidence in their neighborhood cops. Further, their expectations about cops had been distorted by movies and television. But then…

"If you want to make consistently lousy decisions, hire a consultant." That was the defiant dictum that Ted Turner barked at me a few years ago when I was doing a column about his latest financial crisis. I had told him that one of his outside advisers had decreed that his decision-making process was "off the wall,"…

Trevor Noah took on the cancellation of the police docuseries Cops on Wednesday’s The Daily Social Distancing Show. He noted that since the killing of George Floyd, activists and protesters have been rallying around slogans such as “defund the police” and “abolish police,” and while it hasn’t happened yet in…

As Cops was canceled by its current network, Paramount Network, on Tuesday, the show’s old episodes also are starting to disappear from the small screen. I hear local stations, which are carrying previous seasons from Cops’ 1,100-episode library, also are pulling the docuseries from their lineups amid nationwide…

UPDATED with The View video: Former Fox News and NBC News host Megyn Kelly unloaded on the decisions to pull Gone with the Wind and Cops in light of protests after the death of George Floyd, with a series of tweets and “unfollow me” replies to her critics. HBO Max said Tuesday it removed 1939 Best Picture Oscar…

Cops‘ six-year run on Paramount Network and its predecessor has come to an end. Pulled last week in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the series will not be coming back. "Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don't have any current or future plans for it to return," a Paramount Network spokesperson said in…

A&E has pulled this weekend’s episodes of its hit docuseries Live PD amid continued nationwide protests and outrage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, Deadline has confirmed. "Out of respect for the families of George Floyd and others who have lost their lives, in consultation with the departments…

Two months after suspending production on disgraced comedian Louis C.K.’s animated comedy series Cops, TBS has officially pulled the plug on the series. The move was expected. Production offices had been closed, and the animators on the project were laid off just before Thanksgiving. TBS had given a 10-episode…

In celebration of the landmark 1,000th episode of Cops, Spike next month will air a special titled Cops Beyond the Bust. Hosted by Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the special, which will be filmed before a live audience, will includes historical clips from the run of the series as well as reunions of officers and…

EXCLUSIVE: Ruben Fleischer is attached to direct COPS, a feature adaptation of the famous police reality procedural TV series. The idea is to turn that vibe — best known for its catchy theme song — into an edgy narrative feature with a buddy comedy bent on the order of a Lethal Weapon. Cameron Fay will write the…