COPS
The Facts of Life
TV Flash files “The Facts of Life” as hour 1045 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 31, episode 6, aired 2018-06-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S31E06: listed hour 1045 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 6 of 33 in season 31. It aired 2018-06-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bathroom Blitz” (S31E05). Next is “Three's Company” (S31E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A night of watching football with the family descends into a full-blown fight. A notorious shoplifter wears out officers' goodwill when he's found with some stolen goods. A middle-aged suspect admits he can't escape the streets.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Facts of Life sit in the COPS guide?
S31E06 is listed hour 1045 of 1267 — hour 6 of 33 in season 31, season 31 episode 6.
When did COPS S31E06 air?
The Facts of Life aired 2018-06-18 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.**