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Dan Abrams says Live P.D. is geared toward friends, families, and fans of cops. In an interview with Variety that, interestingly, fails to address the many issues with the “we’re following law enforcement” genre raised by podcast Running With Cops, Abrams says that his A&E series “is not a show primarily for Manhattan, Los Angeles, Washington or Miami folks. It’s a show for the rest of the country,” which in his mind, it appears, is unequivocally populated with law-and-order types as opposed to us lawless weirdos on the coasts.
Have you watched Live P.D? Here’s the show description, from its site.
As the debate over the policing of America continues to be a part of the daily conversation across the nation, Live PD viewers get unfettered and unfiltered live access inside a variety of the country’s busiest police forces, both urban and rural, and the communities they patrol on a typical night…
In-studio host, ABC’s Dan Abrams, alongside analyst Tom Morris Jr., guide viewers through the night, giving insight to what audiences see in real time (via a mix of dash cams, fixed rig and handheld cameras), bouncing minute-by-minute between the featured police departments and offering an inside look at each live incident.