COPS
Coast to Coast 73
TV Flash files “Coast to Coast 73” as hour 629 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 22, aired 2005-03-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E22: listed hour 629 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 22 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2005-03-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast 72” (S17E21). Next is “High Times Special Edition” (S17E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Covington, KY, Police Officer Derek Uhl responds to a neighborhood domestic dispute where a man claims that, after he told a woman that he and her husband had an affair, the husband directed a homosexual slur at him and then threatened him with violence. When interviewed by Officer Uhl, the husband denies both threatening and sleeping with the accuser. Meanwhile, the wife can only confirm the dispute between the two men.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Coast to Coast 73 sit in the COPS guide?
S17E22 is listed hour 629 of 1267 — hour 22 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 22.
When did COPS S17E22 air?
Coast to Coast 73 aired 2005-03-26 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.**