About COPS

Entering its unprecedented 20th season, the groundbreaking series COPS - which was instrumental in launching the reality genre - has penetrated the American psyche unlike any other show in television history, and has earned a place in popular culture.

On Nov. 10, the four-time Emmy Award-nominated program will hit its milestone 700th episode, which makes it one of the longest-running primetime series currently airing on broadcast television. COPS continues to rank No. 1 in its time period among key demographics.

COPS has profiled law enforcement agencies in over 140 United States cities and has also filmed in Hong Kong, London, Central and South America, Moscow and St. Petersburg. It was the first American television program to follow the police in the former Soviet Union. Next season, COPS will cover the U.S. from coast to coast, filming police activity in California, Florida, Texas, Oregon, Missouri, Michigan and Ohio.