Cop Rock
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Cop Rock was a short-lived Steven Bochco television series on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 1990. It was an attempt to combine the police drama (a format in which Bochco had been very successful earlier with Hill Street Blues) with musical theater. For example, one scene in a courtroom had the jury break into song, proclaiming the verdict "He's Guilty" in gospel style. Another episode had a lineup of Hispanic suspects proclaim in song "We're the local color with the coppertone skin / And you treat us like we're guilty of some terrible sin." The theme song, "Under the Gun", was performed by Randy Newman.
The series produced widely divergent opinions. ABC went with the show's poor ratings and ended its run after 11 episodes.
In the final episode, cast members Ronny Cox and Vondie Curtis-Hall talk about the cancellation, and brings the whole cast in to sing one final song, "It Ain't Over Til the Fat Lady Sings" - a song which does in fact end with a "fat lady" singing.
Cast
- Teri Austin - Trish Vaughn
- Anne Bobby - Off. Vicki Quinn
- Barbara Bosson - Mayor Louise Plank
- Ronny Cox - Chief Roger Kendrick
- Vondie Curtis-Hall - Det. Warren Osborne
- David Gianopoulos - Off. Andy Campo
- Larry Joshua - Captain John Hollander
- Dennis Lipscomb - Sidney Weitz
- Paul McCrane - Det. Bob McIntire
- James McDaniel - Off. Franklin Rose
- Ron McLarty - Ralph Ruskin
- Mick Murray - Det. Joseph Gaines
- Peter Onorati - Det. Vincent LaRusso
- William Thomas Jr. - Detective William Donald Potts
Episode List
- Episode 1: Cop Rock: Pilot Episode - Airdate: September 26, 1990
- Episode 2: Ill-Gotten Gaines - Airdate: October 3, 1990
- Episode 3: Happy Mudder's Day - Airdate: 10 October 1990
- Episode 4: A Three-Corpse Meal - Airdate: 17 October 1990
- Episode 5: The Cocaine Mutiny - Airdate: 24 October 1990
- Episode 6: Oil of Ol' Lay - Airdate: 31 October 1990
- Episode 7: Cop-a-Felliac - Airdate: November 7, 1990
- Episode 8: Potts Don't Fail Me Now - Airdate: November 21, 1990
- Episode 9: Marital Blitz - Airdate: December 5, 1990
- Episode 10: No Noose Is Good Noose - Airdate: December 12, 1990
- Episode 11: Bang the Potts Slowly - Airdate: December 26, 1990
External links
- {{{2|{{{title|Cop Rock}}}}}} at The Internet Movie Database
- TRIO: pop, culture, tv.
- Jump The Shark
- Television Heaven
- TV Graveyard
- Cop Rock II
- Cop Rock, Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law
- Cop Crap
- The Bochco Beat - Forum dedicated to this and other Bochco shows