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The reality television show COPS is cancelled.
The Paramount Network picked up COPS after Fox cancelled the show back in 2013. Paramount Network (then known as SpikeTV) picked up the series and kept it running additional seasons.
"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 statement to Deadline.
The long-running COPS premiered on Fox in 1989 and aired for 25 seasons. The show was resurrected in 2013 when Spike TV ordered new episodes. Spike TV rebranded as Paramount Network in 2018, with the docuseries carried over to the new network.
After 33 seasons, the network has permanently cancelled the documentary reality crime/legal television program.
Secluded behind a wall and looking around to see if anyone was watching so they could beat him. #PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceViolence #DefundThePolice pic.twitter.com/12dWIZnbRT— jarkosaurus (@jarkosaurus) June 2, 2020
Several video clips show police escalating or initiating violence against peaceful demonstrators and journalists nationwide (warning: distressing) pic.twitter.com/4qLqfjDCLI— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 2, 2020
Either this officer could control this dog but chose not to, or the officer cannot control the dog and neither of them belongs on the street. #PoliceReform #PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutalityPandemic pic.twitter.com/xdRi52BHtj— A Pox on Both Their Houses (@PoxOnBothHouses) June 5, 2020
This unprovoked violence by police is horrific. It’s something you’d expect to see being perpetrated by the worst authoritarian regimes overseas.#PoliceBrutality #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/fhbLnRfiYY— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) June 5, 2020
Pat Lynch on the effect of the anti-police movement: Our politicians want us to walk away from our communities and abandon you. pic.twitter.com/aGSDtgh4CL— NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) June 9, 2020
The George Floyd tragedy has sparked fierce debate over police brutality. COPS and Live PD have been in the crosshairs of protesters. The protesters have said these shows glorify police violence and it advocates negative perceptions of people of color.
COPS was slated to premiere yesterday, has been off the air since June 1 when it was pulled with no plans to run any additional episodes. Paramount Network has been moving away from all unscripted programming.
A&E on June 5 pulled last weekend’s episodes of its hit docuseries Live PD amid continued nationwide protests over Floyd’s death. The network still is evaluating the right time to bring it back, though a return this weekend appears unlikely at the moment.
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