COPS (animated TV series)

COPS
Also known asCyberCOPS
GenrePolice procedural
Developed byBruce Shelly
Directed byKevin Altieri[1]
Voices of
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1[3]
No. of episodes65[3]
Production
Executive producerAndy Heyward[1]
ProducerRichard Raynis[1]
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesDIC Animation City[1]
Crawleys Animation
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 19 (1988-09-19) –
December 16, 1988 (1988-12-16)
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C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is a 1988 animated television series released by DIC Animation City, and distributed by Claster Television. The series focuses on a team of highly trained police officers tasked with protecting the fictional Empire City from a group of gangsters led by the "Big Boss".[4] The tag lines for the series are "Fighting crime in a future time" and "It's crime fightin' time!"[5] In 1993, the series was shown in reruns on CBS Saturday mornings under the new name CyberCOPS, due to the 1989 debut of the unrelated primetime reality show of the same name.[6] The show was based on Hasbro's 1988 line of action figures called C.O.P.S. 'n' Crooks,[7] which were designed by Bart Sears.[8]

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  4. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 136. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  5. ^ Head, Steve (February 27, 2006). "C.O.P.S.: The Animated Series – DVD Review at IGN". IGN. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  6. ^ "COPS: The Animated Series, Volume 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  7. ^ "POLICE REPORT ToyFare talks to the creators behind the C.O.P.S. toys and comic, and shows you never-before-seen artwork!". Wizard. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  8. ^ Wizard: The Guide to Comics, #4, December 1991; "Pursuing Justice in a Dark Knight: the Bart Sears Interview", by Patrick Daniel O'Neill; p. 8, "I was working at Hasbro at the time. I designed the C.O.P.S. toys"