Demand for COP ROCK, Steven Bochco television series to be released on DVD/CD for 20th Anniversary.

“ September 26, 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of COP ROCK, the Emmy Award winning television series created by Steven Bochco. The demand for a complete media collection of the series is growing impatiently and a petition has begun. ”

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(eMusicWire.Org) – COP ROCK 20th Anniversary!

2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of COP ROCK, and the demand for a complete media collection of the series and soundtrack for home entrainment is growing impatiently. Despite its short run of the show, the series still has been rebroadcast three times, in the 1990s on VH1, on A&E Network, and in the 2000s on Trio. With several incarnations of television shows featuring musical numbers, and the current success of a show like Fox's Glee, it should prove that there is interest in the genre alone. However, COP ROCK is a historic event, and was ahead of it's time. Whether someone is a fan or not, they have heard of it.

COP ROCK aired on ABC, however the rights to the show's distribution is in the hands of 20th Century Fox. Therefore, we are demanding this historic piece of television and it's soundtrack be released to the people in retail form. A complete media boxed set or collection, along with cast commentaries, behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes, musical productions, and anything that many have never seen.

FACEBOOK FAN PAGE AT:
http://facebook.com/CopRockFans
http://facebook.com/pages/Cop-Rock/308237078978

20th Century Fox petition:
http://petitiononline.com/CopRock

Cop Rock is an Emmy Award winning American television series that aired on ABC from September 26, 1990 through December 26, 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer.

Inspired by Dennis Potter's 1986 BBC drama serial The Singing Detective, Cop Rock combined musical theater with police drama, the latter a genre in which Bochco had already been very successful with Hill Street Blues. The series featured an ensemble cast that mixed musical numbers and choreography throughout storylines. 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 also 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. Sheryl Crow appears as a back-up singer in the final episode.

The show on ABC ended after 11 episodes. The high-powered production talent became infamous as one of the biggest television risks of the 1990s. The final episode concludes with the cast breaking character and joining crew-members in performing a closing song.

Despite its short run, the series still has been rebroadcast three times, in the 1990s on VH1, on A&E Network, and in the 2000s on Trio.

Mike Post was the music supervisor on Cop Rock. Post appeared in the Cop Rock opening sequence as the musician in the dark glasses sitting next to Randy Newman and playing the keyboard.

Starring:
Teri Austin, Anne Bobby, Barbara Bosson, Ronny Cox, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David Gianopoulos, Larry Joshua, Dennis Lipscomb, Paul McCrane, James McDaniel, Ron McLarty, Mick Murray, Peter Onorati, William Thomas, Jr., Kathleen Wilhoite.

For the full list cast names and guest stars of over 130 listings, please visit:
http://bit.ly/CopRockCast

1991 EMMY AWARDS
Emmy Won:
"Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production"
Joe Ann Fogle
Emmy Won:
"Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics"
Randy Newman
Nominated:
"Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series"
Robert Appere, Gary D. Rogers, Ron Estes, and Mark Server
Nominated:
"Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series"
Gregory Hoblit
Nominated:
"Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics"
Ron Boustead and Greg Edmonson

FACEBOOK FAN PAGE AT:
http://facebook.com/CopRockFans
http://facebook.com/pages/Cop-Rock/308237078978

20th Century Fox petition:
http://petitiononline.com/CopRock