A conversation with the creators of Running From Cops about the end of Cops and Live PD, the significance of their cancellations, and the legacies they leave behind
Photo: Fox Following an abrupt shelving of new episodes in the wake of worldwide protests against police brutality, Paramount Network announced this week that it’s canceling Cops, the long-running reality show that voyeuristically embedded viewers in “everyday policing” since 1989. The newer and significantly more popular Live PD on A&E officially met the same cancellation fate yesterday.
Dan Taberski: For Cops, we spent 18 months going over 876 episodes and doing a huge data analysis on what it’s showing viewers, so this isn’t an opinion. These are facts. It presents a world that’s much more violent than it actually is. It presents police departments to be much more successful than they really are. It misrepresents crime by people of color.
The cancellation of Live PD feels a little different. What did you think when you heard that A&E was canceling it? Cops and Live PD have been the subject of critique for quite some time now. What made this moment different?
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