COPS
Little Rock, AR #1
TV Flash files “Little Rock, AR #1” as hour 220 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 6, episode 40, aired 1994-02-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E40: listed hour 220 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 40 of 46 in season 6. It aired 1994-02-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hong Kong Special Edition” (S06E39). Next is “Little Rock, AR #3” (S06E41). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Little Rock, AR #1 sit in the COPS guide?
S06E40 is listed hour 220 of 1267 — hour 40 of 46 in season 6, season 6 episode 40.
When did COPS S06E40 air?
Little Rock, AR #1 aired 1994-02-05 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.**