COPS
Houston, Texas 13
TV Flash files “Houston, Texas 13” as hour 374 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 10, episode 28, aired 1998-04-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E28: listed hour 374 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 28 of 36 in season 10. It aired 1998-04-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Houston, Texas 12” (S10E27). Next is “Kansas City 24” (S10E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A suspect flees after a traffic stop; a man accuses his wife of threatening him with a knife; a woman claims her boyfriend beat her while she was holding her young child.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Houston, Texas 13 sit in the COPS guide?
S10E28 is listed hour 374 of 1267 — hour 28 of 36 in season 10, season 10 episode 28.
When did COPS S10E28 air?
Houston, Texas 13 aired 1998-04-25 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.**