The events of the 2020, starting with the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of police, have inspired broader debates about how policing should look in America—and how it should look on TV.
Cop shows, propelled by the highly repeatable procedurals that have blanketed the dial almost since the medium’s inception, represent a significant chunk of scripted real estate.
A Color of Change study released earlier in the year noted that a somewhat astounding21 of the 34 fall 2019 primetime dramas on the broadcast networks alone focused on crime.
So forTHR’s annual Showrunners Issue, those in the Top 50 were asked how they would address the current moment if they wrote on a cop show.
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