COPS
Ho! Ho! Ho! #4
TV Flash files “Ho! Ho! Ho! #4” as hour 691 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 19, episode 12, aired 2006-12-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E12: listed hour 691 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 12 of 36 in season 19. It aired 2006-12-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast #115” (S19E11). Next is “Coast to Coast #116” (S19E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Officer Ryan Cook of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detains a man and a woman in an area known for prostitution, he discovers drug paraphernalia in the woman's purse. Soon Officer Ryan discovers a lot more then he bargained for when he finds out the female suspect is actually a transsexual. Also featured is Officer Derek Pendergrass of the Chattanooga Police Department questioning Misty, a 21-year-old prostitute, after she bumps into him twice in one evening.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ho! Ho! Ho! #4 sit in the COPS guide?
S19E12 is listed hour 691 of 1267 — hour 12 of 36 in season 19, season 19 episode 12.
When did COPS S19E12 air?
Ho! Ho! Ho! #4 aired 2006-12-16 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.**