Cop Rock: "Pilot" (1990)

<p>You have the right to rock out in the middle of your police procedural. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a television critic's review. You have a right to composer Randy Newman. If you cannot afford memorable songs, just stuff your episodes with boring tunes.</p><p><em>Cop Rock </em>is the unholy union of a police procedural and a musical, from the twisted mind of Steven Bocho, the creator behind <em>Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D.</em>, and <em>NYPD Blue.</em></p><p>Basically, it's a cop show where the boys and girls in blue belt out tunes in the middle of investigations. </p><p>The ensemble series stars Anne Bobby, Barbara Bosson, Ronny Cox, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Peter Onorati, Ron McLarty, James McDaniel, Paul McCrane, Larry Joshua David Gianopoulos, and Mick Murry. The pilot episode aired on September 26, 1990, and features the squad squaring up against a bloodthirsty group of local criminals. </p><p>This inaugural storyline deals with police brutality, drug abuse, and cold-blooded homicide. Oh, and characters bursting into song. Listen to Áine and Kevin investigate why we own this on DVD, genre-bending choices, and why a lot of this has aged poorly.</p><p>Follow us on the usual social media suspects:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mystery-to-Me-Podcast-105987494771196" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mystery_to_me_" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mysterytomepodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><p>And join the chorus at mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com.</p><p><em>Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art