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Series Details & Credits
| ABC | Release Date: September 26, 1990 |
Starring:
Anne Bobby, Paul McCrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ron McLarty, Ronny Cox, James McDaniel, Larry Joshua, Barbara Bosson, Teri Austin, William Thomas Jr., Peter Onorati, David Gianopoulos, Mick Murray, Dennis Lipscomb
Summary:
This was one of two 1990 fall shows that featured music and singing in the storylines. Cop Rock featured the cops singing the storylines, hence the title.
It lasted just one season.
It lasted just one season.
Genre(s):
Drama, Music
Recent Episodes
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S1:E11. Bang the Potts Slowly
Air Date: December 26, 1990
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S1:E10. No Noose Is Good Noose
Air Date: December 12, 1990
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S1:E9. Marital Blitz
Air Date: December 5, 1990
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
This is the longest leap of imagination TV viewers have ever been asked to make, and at first the chasm may look wider than the Grand Canyon. It's a magnificent optical illusion. Your chances of bridging the gap are actually quite good, but it may take more than one try. [26 Sep 1990, p.E1]
May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
It's fresh, invigorating and one of the true highlights of the new season. ... Even without the score and choreography, "Cop Rock" is a compelling, well-acted police series that indeed does (as some of its critics charge) echo Bochco's late, great "Hill Street Blues," almost as if he meant it as a homage to his own work.
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May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
This is not the most seamless pilot of the season, or the most enjoyable. But nobody whets the appetite for more as well as Bochco. "Cop Rock" is the most exciting program of the fall season. [26 Sep 1990, p.47]
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
This is as slick as prime-time gets, a clever amalgam of TV drama and
Broadway musical. ... Still, it seems a shame that so much writing, acting and musical talent is being devoted to such tired and simplistic polemics. [26 Sep 1990]
May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Certain scenes are powerful, even exhilarating. Others don't work at all. [23 Sep 1990]
May 16, 2016
Season 1 Review:
By the time the show ended, I disliked it a lot, but I kept an open mind. ... I watched it a second time. And a third time. I now believe I can praise Bochco and ABC for trying to do something different and, at the same time, say that "Cop Rock" is a bomb of major proportions. [17 Sep 1990, p.1D]
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: September 26, 1990
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S1:E11. Bang the Potts Slowly
Air Date: December 26, 1990
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S1:E10. No Noose Is Good Noose
Air Date: December 12, 1990
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S1:E9. Marital Blitz
Air Date: December 5, 1990
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S1:E8. Potts Don't Fail Me Now
Air Date: November 21, 1990
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S1:E7. Cop-a-Feeliac
Air Date: November 7, 1990
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S1:E6. Oil of Ol' Lay
Air Date: October 31, 1990
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S1:E5. The Cocaine Mutiny
Air Date: October 24, 1990
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S1:E4. A Three-Corpse Meal
Air Date: October 17, 1990
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S1:E3. Happy Mudder's Day
Air Date: October 10, 1990
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S1:E2. Ill-Gotten Gaines
Air Date: October 3, 1990
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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: September 26, 1990
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Season 1 Overview