COPS
Ho! Ho! Ho! #5
TV Flash files “Ho! Ho! Ho! #5” as hour 766 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 21, episode 13, aired 2008-12-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E13: listed hour 766 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 13 of 36 in season 21. It aired 2008-12-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast 146” (S21E12). Next is “Coast to Coast 147” (S21E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers with the Minneapolis Police Department set up a prostitution sting and catch women that will surely be on Santa's "naughty" list this year. Meanwhile, sheriffs in Harris County, TX, patrol a truck stop known for illicit activity, and officers in Snohomish County, WA, work overtime when they're called to the scene of a disturbance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ho! Ho! Ho! #5 sit in the COPS guide?
S21E13 is listed hour 766 of 1267 — hour 13 of 36 in season 21, season 21 episode 13.
When did COPS S21E13 air?
Ho! Ho! Ho! #5 aired 2008-12-13 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.**