COPS
The Naked Truth
TV Flash files “The Naked Truth” as hour 1002 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 29, episode 29, aired 2017-02-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S29E29: listed hour 1002 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 29 of 33 in season 29. It aired 2017-02-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mother Knows Best” (S29E28). Next is “Rock Star” (S29E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An evasive driver tells the police that he's the victim of a very bad girl. A pregnant lady makes some questionable choices. A robbery suspect finds some comfort in coming clean.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Naked Truth sit in the COPS guide?
S29E29 is listed hour 1002 of 1267 — hour 29 of 33 in season 29, season 29 episode 29.
When did COPS S29E29 air?
The Naked Truth aired 2017-02-11 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.**