All episodes Season 1 S01E11 1989-05-20 30 min 1990s Fox

COPS

Broward County, Florida 11

TV Flash files “Broward County, Florida 11” as hour 11 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 1, episode 11, aired 1989-05-20, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 11 of 15 in season 1. It aired 1989-05-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Broward County, Florida 10” (S01E10). Next is “Broward County, Florida 12” (S01E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

COPS — Broward County, Florida 11 (S01E11)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Deputy Mike Hoffman responds to a call of a choking infant, and a domestic violence call. Sergeant Dennis Gavalier of the Organized Crime Division leads an undercover drug operation in the surveillance of a drug traffickers in a Lincoln Town Car. Deputy Russ Budden observes a transvestite prostitute inside a man's car, and investigates a motor vehicle crash caused by a drunk driver.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Broward County, Florida 11 sit in the COPS guide?

S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 1267 — hour 11 of 15 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.

When did COPS S01E11 air?

Broward County, Florida 11 aired 1989-05-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is there a host or a script?

Ride-along vérité: handheld cameras, minimal narration, chaos scored to "Bad Boys." The format is the author.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Handheld ride-alongs set to a reggae hook: policing as weekly spectacle, no narrator required. The format that taught reality TV how to chase, cuff, and cut. Controversial by design — vérité as entertainment, neighborhoods as set, and a chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. View it as craft and as argument; it was always both.

Visual first: handheld grain, a reggae hook, neighborhoods framed as set, no narrator to soften the silhouette. John Langley and Malcolm Barbour's Fox series premiered in 1989 and became a syndication staple through the 1990s. *Ride-along vérité as weekly spectacle.* Inner Circle's *Bad Boys* is inseparable from the brand — the chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. **This was not a procedural costume; this was policing photographed as entertainment.**

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