After a record-breaking 32 seasons, Cops has been cancelled and will no longer continue filming. Paramount Network had removed the series from its schedule days earlier but has now made the decision to completely cancel it as a result of the current protests surrounding the death of George Floyd.
Cops is one of the longest-running TV shows out there, only stopping now after 32 seasons and 31 years later. The show’s cancellation makes sense given the current political climate, and there have been accusations of the show for a while now that it promotes bad stereotypes about both cops and criminals.
On the flip side, some find the move counterproductive, as one of the biggest goals of the current protests is to get higher regulation and surveillance on police officers. That said, making a reality show out of it isn’t going to be the way that these issues get solved.
Cops isn’t the first policing show to get taken down right now and it certainly won’t be the last, as tensions continue to rise across the states while protesters seek justice for George Floyd and countless others. For the time being, all Paramount Studios had to say was “Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we have no current or future plans for it to return.”
Cops has been canceled.
Source: The Guardian
