Based on the age-old "odd couple" trope, the buddy cop genre takes the concept and applies it to a law enforcement setting. Rising to prominence in the 1980s with movies like 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon ...

Cop shows have been part of television since the medium's earliest days. From Dragnet in the 1950s all the way through into the first half of the 21st century police shows, and the detectives that ...

Television shows depicting law enforcement officers navigating their professional and personal lives typically take themselves quite seriously, such as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Chicago ...