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Paramount Network has pulled the plug on 'Cops' for good.

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00:00Paramount Network has pulled the plug on the show Cops for Good.

00:03The ViacomCBS-owned cable channel had removed the long-running show from its schedule in the

00:07wake of nationwide protests following the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th.

00:12Now the network says it's dropping the show altogether. A network spokesperson said,

00:16Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don't have any current or future plans for it to return.

00:21Paramount Network's predecessor Spike TV picked up Cops in 2013 after it ended a 25-season run

00:27on Fox. The series continued following the 2018 rebranding of the channel as Paramount Network,

00:32which also had syndication rights to many past seasons. The show's 33rd season had been scheduled

00:37to premiere on Monday, but no episode has aired on Paramount Network since at least June 1st,

00:41as protests against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement

00:45continue across the country. Cops has faced scrutiny over the years for the way it depicts suspects and

00:50police tactics. A podcast called Running From Cops detailed how officers would sometimes coerce

00:55subjects into signing releases to be filmed for the show, and that crew members have carried weapons

01:00and assisted police. For more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.