Bad News, Bad News, COPS Fans...

[Troy Goodwin]

Looks like FOX plans to show The Majority of its Saturday night schedule as it devotes itself of carrying live sports coverage from April on through December with Baseball, Car Racing, College Football, and UFC fights.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/08/report-fox-kicking-cops-to-the-curb-in-favor-of-sports-programming-but-not-cancelling-it/128059/

By the way, COPS will continue its production of its shows, and there will be a real short season starting in December, as COPS will begin its 25th anniversary season. It has been on the air since 1989, and it considers itself as one of the cornerstone shows that helped launched The FOX Television Network.

[landtuna]

COPS was certainly interesting the first couple of seasons but they've stayed with the same formula far too long.  There is a limit to the number of car chases and doorknob busts someone can view with interest. 

[FreddyE1977]

COPS was certainly interesting the first couple of seasons but they've stayed with the same formula far too long.  There is a limit to the number of car chases and doorknob busts someone can view with interest. 

One of the many reasons I would not want to earn my living as a cop.
This is pretty much what you're in for from graduation day at the Academy
until retirement.  Spaced out with long boring stretches sitting in the car,
B.S.-ing with your partner and eating donuts (a part of the routine that they
don't generally show you on COPS).

I would not have the patience.  I would likely shoot someone before they got half
as stupid with me as you see them behaving with the police officers on this show.

[Yeziknoradio]

I miss America's Dumbest Criminals. That was a great Saturday night show! 

[johnnyu]

I've never seen one episode of Cops.

[imhomerjay]

Which kind of makes adding to the thread pretty much pointless, no?

[anotherguy]

What  shows DO you watch???

[Yeziknoradio]

Which kind of makes adding to the thread pretty much pointless, no?

No. It shows that there are some who have never watched the show. The polite thing to do when people make the "never seen it" comment is to provide a You Tube link (or something) to at least one of the episodes.

[oldvnewschool]

One would assume that FOX may keep COPS to air on a limited basis when they don't have sports on that particular week.

But to me it's a no brainer from a programming standpoint.

To me watching sports on TV has more interest, if your favorite team/athlete is on and doing well, so you are compelled to watch at least a little bit here and there.

I imaginge the people at ESPN wish they could do the same with NBA and put it on Saturday nights, it would definitley help from a ratings standpoint.

[tested]

This is an expensive move for Fox, but should be a big boost to ratings.  I like COPS, but I think Fox realizes it's time to shake up Saturday nights a bit.