‘Cops,’ on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:44 PM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2020 Last Modified: 7:43 AM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2020

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LOS ANGELES - After 33 seasons on the air, “Cops” has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world.

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LOS ANGELES - After 33 seasons on the air, “Cops” has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world.

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LOS ANGELES – After 33 seasons on the air, “Cops” has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world.

“Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don’t have any current or future plans for it to return,” a spokesperson for the cable channel said in a statement Tuesday.

The show had been pulled temporarily from the air in late May, when protests aimed at police over the death of George Floyd began to gain momentum. That move was made permanent Tuesday.

A mural is seen on a boarded up business as a Los Angeles Police Department car drives by, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Many businesses were boarded up during protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a black man died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

It’s not clear whether the company that makes the show, Langley Productions, would try to find a new home for it. A voicemail at a company phone number was not accepting messages.

The reality show, with its widely known reggae theme song “Bad Boys,” allowed viewers to ride along with police officers on patrol in various cities.

It ran on the Fox network for 25 years until 2013, when Viacom-owned Spike TV picked it up. The show remained on the air after Spike was re-branded as the Paramount Network in 2018.