COPS
Ho! Ho! Ho! 2
TV Flash files “Ho! Ho! Ho! 2” as hour 620 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 13, aired 2004-12-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E13: listed hour 620 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 13 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2004-12-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 2” (S17E12). Next is “Maui Wowie Special Edition” (S17E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Santa Ana County, CA, Police Officer Jose Gonzales questions a known prostitute, the woman insists that she is doing nothing wrong and claims that she was only escorting her disabled male acquaintance to a nearby fast food restaurant. Another segment features Deputy Steve Sabers and Corporal Brian Shepard of the Hamilton County, OH, Sheriff's Office, responding to a domestic disturbance. At the scene, a man explains that his ex-wife plans to marry a man she recently met on the Internet and move their children out of state.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ho! Ho! Ho! 2 sit in the COPS guide?
S17E13 is listed hour 620 of 1267 — hour 13 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 13.
When did COPS S17E13 air?
Ho! Ho! Ho! 2 aired 2004-12-11 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.**