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COPS

Coast to Coast 146

TV Flash files “Coast to Coast 146” as hour 765 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 21, episode 12, aired 2008-12-06, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S21E12: listed hour 765 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 12 of 36 in season 21. It aired 2008-12-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Evidence? What Evidence? #2” (S21E11). Next is “Ho! Ho! Ho! #5” (S21E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

COPS — Coast to Coast 146 (S21E12)

Catalog log

Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

When deputies in Broward County, FL, respond to a call where a high-speed chase is in progress, the incident escalates with bloody consequences. Officers in Pomona, CA, investigate a concerned citizen involved with a domestic-violence dispute. Cameras and officers in Las Vegas capture an altercation between a husband and wife

Viewer FAQ

Where does Coast to Coast 146 sit in the COPS guide?

S21E12 is listed hour 765 of 1267 — hour 12 of 36 in season 21, season 21 episode 12.

When did COPS S21E12 air?

Coast to Coast 146 aired 2008-12-06 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.**

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