Nina Metz: Commentary: Instead of more cop shows, what if networks greenlit shows that tried to explore police abolition? From June 3, 2020

Prentice Penny’s Onyx Pilot “Not Cops” Not Moving Forward Curious … 4 years ago I wrote a column (link in next post) that asked: What if networks greenlit shows that tried to explore police abolition? We haven’t seen one (1) yet Via Deadline

Commentary: Instead of more cop shows, what if networks greenlit shows that tried to explore police abolition? From June 3, 2020

Commentary: Instead of more cop shows, what if networks greenlit shows that tried to explore police abolition?www.chicagotribune.com Last month, Craig Gore was hired as co-executive producer on a forthcoming “Law & Order” spinoff starring Christopher Meloni, only to be fired on Tuesday after posting a photo of hi…

There’s as much, if not more, copaganda than ever (Dick Wolf presides over an empire on the TV side; but it’s the fuel behind even the two big feel-good nostalgia plays on the movie side with “Bad Boys” & “Beverly Hills Cop”) It’s really everywhere www.chicagotribune.com/2020/06/03/c...

What is interesting, in a discussion I had had recently goes back to media consumption and age and older folks not streaming versus younger folks choosing more options… copaganda tracks with that traditional consumption?

Interestingly a lot of network cop shows are streamed on the network apps. But also big performers as library content on Netflix. I think it’s less that people crave copaganda but that the shows have 100+ episodes and offer stand-alone storytelling that’s a welcome break from serialized shows

Good points, all Then there’s the British cop series like Happy Valley, Broadchurch, and such, short series, often taken and consumed like a book, each, 100+ episodes or short series, the volume to the genre…

I generally like the British ones better because they’re usually not brandishing guns!

They’re more about the detective work far more than the “taking down perps” with “weaponry”

And I refuse to watch any of it anymore.

That would be taking a risk and networks don’t do that.

yep

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