Cop Rock
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Cop Rock was a short-lived Steven Bochco television series on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 1990. It was an attempt to combine musical theater with the police drama, the latter a genre in which Bochco had already been very successful with Hill Street Blues. For example, one scene in a courtroom had the jury break into song, proclaiming "He's Guilty" in Gospel style. Another episode had a lineup of Hispanic suspects proclaim in song "We're the local color with the coppertone skin / And you treat us like we're guilty of some terrible sin." Its theme, "Under the Gun", was sung by Randy Newman, who opened each episode performing it in a music video-style credit sequence. The show was a failure with both the critics and the public. Owing to the combination of its bizarre nature and its high-powered production talent, it became infamous as one of the biggest television failures of the 1990s.[1]
The show featured crossover appearances from other Bochco series. In one episode, James B. Sikking reprises the role of Lt. Howard Hunter from Hill Street Blues, while another episode featured cameos by LA Law stars Jimmy Smits and Michele Greene.
The series has only been rebroadcast twice, in the 1990s on VH1 and in the 2000s on Trio.
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[edit] Cast
- Teri Austin - Trish Vaughn
- Anne Bobby - Off. Vicki Quinn
- Barbara Bosson - Mayor Louise Plank
- Ronny Cox - Chief Roger Kendrick
- Vondie Curtis-Hall - Det. Warren Osborne
- David Gianopoulos - Off. Andy Campo
- Larry Joshua - Capt. John Hollander
- Dennis Lipscomb - Sidney Weitz
- Paul McCrane - Det. Bob McIntire
- James McDaniel - Off. Franklin Rose
- Ron McLarty - Ralph Ruskin
- Mick Murray - Det. Joseph Gaines
- Peter Onorati - Det. Vincent LaRusso
- William Thomas Jr. - Det. William Donald Potts
- Kathleen Wilhoite - Patricia Spence
- Sheryl Crow - Undercover Cop
[edit] Episode list
- Episode 1: Cop Rock: Pilot Episode - Airdate: September 26, 1990
- Episode 2: Ill-Gotten Gaines - Airdate: October 3, 1990
- Episode 3: Happy Mudder's Day - Airdate: 10 October 1990
- Episode 4: A Three-Corpse Meal - Airdate: 17 October 1990
- Episode 5: The Cocaine Mutiny - Airdate: 24 October 1990
- Episode 6: Oil of Ol' Lay - Airdate: 31 October 1990
- Episode 7: Cop-a-Felliac - Airdate: November 7, 1990
- Episode 8: Potts Don't Fail Me Now - Airdate: November 21, 1990
- Episode 9: Marital Blitz - Airdate: December 5, 1990
- Episode 10: No Noose Is Good Noose - Airdate: December 12, 1990
- Episode 11: Bang the Potts Slowly - Airdate: December 26, 1990
[edit] See also
- Hull High - Another television series with musical segments that debuted (and was canceled) in 1990.
- Viva Laughlin - A 2007 television drama with musical segments. The show was canceled after just two airings due to poor ratings.
