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''Cops'' (stylized as ''COPS'') is an American documentary/reality legal series that follows police officers, constables, sheriff's deputies, federal agents and state troopers during patrols and other police activities including vice and narcotics stings. It is one of the longest-running television programs in the United States and in May 2011 became the longest-running show on Fox with the announcement that ''America's Most Wanted'' was being canceled after 23 years. It follows the activities of police officers by assigning television camera crews to accompany them as they perform their duties. The show's formula follows the cinéma vérité convention, with no narration or scripted dialog, depending entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact. Created by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour, it premiered on March 11, 1989. It won the American Television Award in 1993 and has earned four Emmy nominations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official COPS Website )〕 When it expanded to show two episodes in the 8 p.m. hour, it was called ''Primetime Cops'' in promos for several years. The series was one of only two remaining first-run prime-time programs airing on Saturday nights on the four major U.S. broadcast television networks (along with CBS's ''48 Hours Mystery''). For 25 seasons, ''Cops'' was broadcast by Fox (with repeats from earlier seasons syndicated to local television stations and other cable networks, including truTV and G4). After Fox canceled the show, Spike picked it up for three more seasons, in addition to reruns of previous seasons. The 28th and latest season premiered on June 20, 2015, with a 33 episode order. The show has followed officers in 140 different cities in the United States, Hong Kong, London, and the Soviet Union. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes in length and typically consists of three segments, with each segment being one self-contained police incident. == Production == ''Cops'' was created by John Langley and his producing partner Malcolm Barbour. In 1983, Langley was working on ''Cocaine Blues'', a television series about drugs. As part of his research he went on a drug raid with drug enforcement officers and was inspired to create a show focusing on real-life law enforcement. In the late 1980s, after producing a series of live syndicated specials called ''American Vice: The Doping of a Nation'' with Geraldo Rivera, Langley and Barbour pitched the ''Cops'' show concept to Stephen Chao, a Fox programming executive who would one day become president of the Fox Television Stations Group and later USA Network. Chao liked the concept and pitched it to Barry Diller, then CEO of the Fox Network. A Writers Guild of America strike was occurring at the time and the network needed new material. An unscripted show that did not require writers was ideal for Fox. The first episode aired in 1989, and featured the Broward County, Florida, Sheriff's Office. The original concept of the show was to follow officers home and tape their home lives along with their work. After a while the idea of following officers home was deemed too artificial by Langley and was abandoned. Thereafter, the format of three self-contained segments with no narrator, no music and no scripts would become the show's formula. Since season two, every episode ends with a police radio excerpt from Portland, Oregon. A female officer says "132 and Bush, I've got him at gunpoint", and a female dispatcher replies, "132 and Bush. Cover's Code 3." Another woman says "Units 25, 14 can transmit on Tac 2" and the dispatcher says "Okay, we’ll still send it Code 3." Then an instrumental version of "Bad Boys" plays over the credits.〔(''Cops'' Ending audio, from TelevisionTunes.com )〕 ''Cops'' aired on Fox's traditional Saturday-night lineup since its debut in 1989. As of 2012, the series retained its traditional timeslot, but aired more intermittently as Fox Sports scheduled more sports programming in Saturday night primetime, with NASCAR in the late winter and spring, Major League Baseball throughout the spring and summer, college football in the fall, and various UFC events throughout the year. ''Cops'' was then scheduled on weeks without any sporting events, followed by an encore presentation of a Fox drama series. In 2013, it was announced that Fox had canceled ''Cops''. However, it was later announced that Spike had picked up the series for an additional three seasons. The 26th season premiered on September 14, 2013, the 27th season premiered on July 12, 2014, and the 28th and current season premiered on June 20, 2015.〔(COPS Season 27 Premiere – 7/12/14 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cops (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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