Police officers and other law-enforcement types have been part of the TV landscape for virtually the entire history of the medium. The first TV crime-fighters came to the small screen in the late 1940s — and they've been on ever since, from Old West sheriffs to 21st century forensics experts.
Shows about police officers, detectives and other law enforcers made up nearly a fifth of the scripted shows on network TV in the 2019-20 season — which was on the low end of things over the past decade. Crime shows outnumber every other drama subgenre on the broadcast nets, and have for some time, and they're among the most-watched series on TV.
They're also at a reckoning point in popular culture. The nationwide wave of protests against police violence in the past month led directly to the cancellation of two docuseries about police, A&E's. That's been accompanied by more than a few calls to either significantly change or reduce the number of shows that center cops.
"They normalize excessive force in a way that's glamorized, they normalize violations of the Constitution and surveillance in a way that's glamorized," said Arisha Hatch, vp and chief of campaigns for advocacy group Color of Change.
Whether the numerous crime shows make the changes recommended in the report remains to be seen. A look at the data around cop shows, though, suggests they won't be going away even as they've declined some in number in recent years.defines "crime shows" as those where people in law enforcement are the central characters and a case to solve is the primary plot engine.
So no more cop shows or films anymore ok😉
Censorship is unamerican. Has to stop.
Another dumb suggestion by dumb society. Address the real problem.
If you can't handle a police procedural you're an infant.
Shut up! Leave it alone! Stop it!
Now do one on use of guns... or physical violence committed by women ON men (slapping, ect) ... Hell just add up the 'good guy equations' over past several years? Who actually winds up playing the 'bad guys' in films as opposed to 'good guys'
I stopped watching all of them years ago.
Only ones I watch are F.B.I. and S.W.A.T.
Hmmmm...now do success of those shows...some of which span a decade or three....
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