COPS
Ho! Ho! Ho! #9
TV Flash files “Ho! Ho! Ho! #9” as hour 858 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 24, episode 11, aired 2011-12-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S24E11: listed hour 858 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 11 of 22 in season 24. It aired 2011-12-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast 182” (S24E10). Next is “Odd Arrests #4” (S24E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Las Vegas police try to curb prostitution by having a cop pose as a cabbie looking for hookers, while other undercover officers pose as prostitutes; in Texas, a driver caught in a compromising position can't recall the name of his supposed girlfriend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ho! Ho! Ho! #9 sit in the COPS guide?
S24E11 is listed hour 858 of 1267 — hour 11 of 22 in season 24, season 24 episode 11.
When did COPS S24E11 air?
Ho! Ho! Ho! #9 aired 2011-12-10 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.**