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Cops LAC not returning

It's official. COPS L.A.C. is no more.

It’s official. COPS L.A.C. is no more.

Just a small line appeared in today’s Australian newspaper reported that COPS L.A.C. has been “dropped” by Nine.

It has been widely expected that the police drama starring Kate Ritchie would not return after disappointing ratings and reviews.

A Nine spokesperson confirmed to TV Tonight today that the show would not be returning.

Nine does have 22 episodes of Rescue Special Ops and 13 eps for the final season of Sea Patrol to come next year, along with several Telemovies. It may yet reveal further drama projects at its 2011 launch in early December.

Other networks recently reviewed their two police dramas. Seven is yet to officially clarify any production return for City Homicide. Unofficially, the outlook is grim.

Brighter news for Rush fans with 13 new episodes confirmed for TEN next year.

SBS also has a new series of East West 101.

52 Responses

  1. I think with 22 eps of Rescue, 13 eps of Sea Patrol , 3 Underbelly telemovies and Blood Brother telemovie, Channel 9 will already fufill their drama quote without having to make a new drama to replace Cops LAC

  2. Thanks David, that was my not so subtle attempt to get the goss on whether Don gets to tangle with Asher Keddie again. I figured the 2 dramas may fall in different parts of the year, but i don’t keep up with what’s in production & when.

  3. @Phoenix727, don’t forget networks have an annual drama quota they must fill so they’ll have to have something up their sleeve, I’d think, at least going fowd. This really is a superb opportunity for Nine to critically assess its drama output, regroup, try something different and break new ground. Is it gonna happen? Nup.

  4. The answer to what they’ll do next year to fill the space, simple, what 9 does whenever it needs to fill rating space these days:

    More episodes of Big Bang, Two & a Half Men & Top Gear, easy. It not hard when you have no imagination.

    Also, @PD: Not all cop shows are mediocre. L&O, NCIS (Which is rating its off in the states.) Homicide Life on the Streets, The Wire, Sherlock, I could go on, its just a shame we can’t replicate (Not copy, replicate.) the idea’s that work so well in the states. I think the problem is Australian TV producers think we watch Crime shows for the Soap style love stories instead of the actual crime mystery. There’s a reason Law & Order was on for 20 years and Law & Order SVU is going strong in its 11/12th season.

  5. So on the police drama front does this mean TEN wins since Cops LAC and City Homicide as gone? 😉

    Thanks for the update David, so we will have a little more CH, just no more being made.

  6. this show had some of australias best actors in it Roy billing Gary sweet kate ritche if it had been done right it could have been a great sucess but it wasnt done right and that is why it flopped

  7. I really don’t understand why, like the best British series, we don’t produce more limited episode series (6-8 eps per series) – Spooks, Luther, Dr. Who and the like. This seems to give the writers time to really develop their scripts and storylines, and gives the actors other opportunities to develop their skills and follow their interests outside the series. If the series fails then it’s not such a major issue – they just don’t make a second series. The ABC seems to follow this model (Rake, Bed of Roses etc) and SBS (East West 101, The Circuit), but not the commercial networks. It seems to me to be a model they might explore!!!

  8. If Ten and Seven are going for the female audience in Offspring and Winners and Losers when will the penny drop that Nine needs to focus on doing quality drama for women too. Women control the remotes when it comes to drama. Everyone else gets the fragmenting audience, while Nine is stuck in the 90s with RSO and SP. Underbelly is at saturation point so not sure how all the true crime will go next year.

  9. Like to support and be supportive of aussie shows, but this one was bad, and it never got better however long it went along for, didn’t see all the eps, but the space between watching, the show should of at least gotten better with time. It didn’t.

    The production side of things can take a fair share of blame, but I think the cast and the acting from same, they could all stand back and take a second look at themselves in the show also, from the top down, the seasoned to the newbies.

    Hope City Homicide can regroup and survive.

  10. I hope Seven keeps City Homicide and give it more episodes because it is a great show. Maybe move it to another day.
    And that is too bad about COPS LAC. I thought the show was ok
    And that is good news about Rush because that is a great show.

  11. I saw two eps of this. Both times the arrest was done in slow motion with music – Cold Case style. That’s what happens when you carbon copy another show…expect to fail.

  12. Nine should totally revisit the Young Doctors idea they had in planing a while back as there new drama. Make it like a Greys anatomy type of show that will attract both older and younger viewers and they will have a hit.!

    Kate Ritchie would have being a perfect fit for this show as well as it’s not as far a stretch from Home and Away that Cops LAC was. But knowing Nine they’ll probably just greenlit another cop show and wonder why it bombs in the ratings again!

  13. City Homicide is currently the #2 Australian drama, well #1 now Rafters is finished. It’s now rating above 1 million. It is a quality show, with a quality cast. Seven would be absolutely stupid to axe it, unfortunately they are stupid so they probably will. All they need to do is move it back to Sunday or Monday.

    I look forward to hearing what new Aussie show Nine will bring out next year and what ridiculous name they will give it. I predict something like FIRE S.O.S. or Doctors P.H.D.

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