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Cop Rock is an ABC network musical police drama series created by Steven Bochco and William M. Finkelstein.

The show aired from September 26 to December 26, 1990, lasting for one season and 11 episodes before it was canceled. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Steven Bochco Productions.

Plot

The series centered on the adventures of a police force, combining the police procedural drama with musical theatre & black comedy.

Cast

Main Cast

Anne Bobby as Officer Vicki Quinn
Barbara Bosson as Mayor Louise Plank
Ronny Cox as Chief Roger Kendrick
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Commander Warren Osborne
David Gianopoulos as Officer Andy Campo
Larry Joshua as Captain John Hollander
Paul McCrane as Detective Bob McIntire
James McDaniel as Officer Franklin Rose
Ron McLarty as Ralph Ruskin
Mick Murray as Detective Joseph Gaines
Peter Onorati as Detective Vincent LaRusso

Recurring Cast

Teri Austin as Trish Vaughn
Dennis Lipscomb as Sidney Weitz
William Thomas, Jr. as Detective William Donald Potts
Kathleen Wilhoite as Patricia Spence

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 '''Cop Rock''' is an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC network]] musical police drama series created by Steven Bochco and William M. Finkelstein.
-The show aired from September 26 to December 26, 1990, lasting for one season & 11 episodes. It was produ
+The show aired from September 26 to December 26, 1990, lasting for one season and 11 episodes before it was canceled. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Steven Bochco Productions.
+== Plot ==
-ced by 20th Century Fox Television and Steven Bochco Productions.
-==Plot==
 The series centered on the adventures of a police force, combining the police procedural drama with musical theatre & black comedy.
-==Cast==
-'''Main Cast'''
-*[[Anne Bobby]] as Officer Vicki Quinn
-*[[Barbara Bosson]] as Mayor Louise Plank
-*[[Ronny Cox]] as Chief Roger Kendrick
-*[[Vondie Curtis-Hall]] as Commander Warren Osborne
-*[[David Gianopoulos]] as Officer Andy Campo
-*[[Larry Joshua]] as Captain John Hollander
-*[[Paul McCrane]] as Detective Bob McIntire
-*[[James McDaniel]] as Officer Franklin Rose
-*[[Ron McLarty]] as Ralph Ruskin
-*[[Mick Murray]] as Detective Joseph Gaines
-*[[Peter Onorati]] as Detective Vincent LaRusso
-'''Recurring Cast'''
-*[[Teri Austin]] as Trish Vaughn
-*[[Dennis Lipscomb]] as Sidney Weitz
-*[[William Thomas, Jr.]] as Detective William Donald Potts
-*[[Kathleen Wilhoite]] as Patricia Spence
-== Cancelation & Reception ==
-== on ==
-"Cop Rock" was a critical and commercial failure and was canceled by ABC after 11 episodes.
-Owing to the combination of its bizarre nature (a fusion of musical performances with serious police drama and dark humor) and its high-powered production talent, it became infamous as one of the biggest television failures of the 1990s.
+== Cast ==
-The series' final episode (which aired on December 26, 1990) concluded with the cast breaking character and joining crew members in performing a closing song.
+===Main Cast===
-TV Guide ranked the show at #8 on their list of the "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" in 2002, dubbing it ''"the single most bizarre TV musical of all time".''
+* Anne Bobby as Officer Vicki Quinn
+* Barbara Bosson as Mayor Louise Plank
+* Ronny Cox as Chief Roger Kendrick
+* Vondie Curtis-Hall as Commander Warren Osborne
+* David Gianopoulos as Officer Andy Campo
+* Larry Joshua as Captain John Hollander
+* Paul McCrane as Detective Bob McIntire
+* James McDaniel as Officer Franklin Rose
+* Ron McLarty as Ralph Ruskin
+* Mick Murray as Detective Joseph Gaines
+* Peter Onorati as Detective Vincent LaRusso
+=== Recurring Cast ===
-Despite the show's overwhelmingly negative reception and short run, it still has been rebroadcast in later years, with VH1 and A&E Network airing it on separate occasions later in the 1990s, and Trio airing it in the 2000s.
+* Teri Austin as Trish Vaughn
+* Dennis Lipscomb as Sidney Weitz
+* William Thomas, Jr. as Detective William Donald Potts
+* Kathleen Wilhoite as Patricia Spence
 [[Category:ABC shows]]
 [[Category:1990s television shows]]
 [[Category:Drama]]
+[[Category:Canceled shows]]