Cops L.A.C.

Cops L.A.C.

Intertitle of Cops L.A.C.
Also known as Cops: Local Area Command
Genre Police procedural
Drama
Starring Kate Ritchie
Martin Dingle-Wall
Ria Vandervis
Tom O'Sullivan
Kelly Paterniti
Graeme Squires
Gary Sweet
Denise Roberts
Roy Billing
Damian De Montemas
Theme music composer "Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys
Country of origin Australia
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Production
Location(s) Sydney, New South Wales
Running time Approxiamately 1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel Nine Network
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
576i / 576p (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original run 2 September 2010 – 11 November 2010
Chronology
Related shows Rescue: Special Ops

Cops L.A.C. (Cops: Local Area Command) is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network. The series followed the work of officers at the Seaview Local Area Command, a fictitious police response area of the 'State Police' set in harbourside Sydney, New South Wales. The first series premiered on 2 September 2010, in the same timeslot of Network Ten's police drama Rush.[1]

On 22 November 2010, the Nine Network cancelled the show due to the high production costs, low ratings and negative reviews.[2]

Contents

Cast

Main cast

Actor[3] Role[3] First Episode Last Episode
Kate Ritchie Det. Senior Constable Samantha 'Sam' Cooper 1.01 1.13
Martin Dingle-Wall Det. Senior Constable Rhys Llewellyn 1.01 1.13
Ria Vandervis Det. Senior Constable Roxanne Perez 1.01 1.13
Tom O'Sullivan Senior Constable Nathan Holt 1.01 1.13
Kelly Paterniti Constable Priscilla Smith 'Smithy' 1.01 1.13
Graeme Squires Probationary Constable Daniel van der Mark 1.01 1.13
Gary Sweet Superintendent Jack Finch 1.01 1.13
Denise Roberts Det. Inspector Dianne Pappas 1.01 1.13
Roy Billing Senior Sergeant Graeme Sinclair 1.01 1.13
Damian De Montemas Senior Constable Matt 'Matilda' Hilton 1.01 1.13

Recurring Cast

Actor[3] Role[3] First Episode Last Episode
Ivy Mak Fran Barker 1.01 1.13
Sophie Katanis Constable Terese Drake 1.01 1.08
Jonny Pasvolsky Zac Butler 1.01 1.13

Plot

Cops L.A.C. revolves around the police operations of Seaview Local Area Command. Superintendent Jack Finch, a seasoned officer is the Local Area Commander, with Crime Manager Detective Inspector Diane Pappas at his side. The uniforms stationed at Seaview handle anything from general police response calls, to investigation of assaults and muggings; with detectives dealing with cases involving drug dealers and car crashes, shootings, stabbings and armed robbery.[4]

Production

The first series consisted of thirteen episodes and was initiated by Jo Horsburgh and commissioned by the Nine Network in 2009, it was produced by Diane Haddon,[5] Lisa Scott and in-house by the Nine Network Drama Department. Production started on 27 May 2010 and ended on 11 November 2010, after various schelduling changes. Tim Pye, a writer on the series described the show as “like The Bill but with a higher body count.” When researching the real-life Local Area Command, he discovered “the more you research the business of policing, the more wondrous it is that people do it… But they stick with it and love it.”[6] Filming will wrapped up for the first series in mid-September 2010.[7]

In November 2010, it was reported that the show had been labelled a "dud". Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, an insider said that the show was almost certain to be axed after production on a Christmas DVD of the drama was cancelled.[8]

Ratings

Episode Date Aired Timeslot Rating Nightly Rank Weekly Rank
1.01 2 September 2010 Thursday 8:30pm 1,168,000[9] 4[9] 25[10]
1.02 9 September 2010 925,000[11] 11[11] 46[12]
1.03 16 September 2010 763,000[13] 14[13] 67[14]
1.04 23 September 2010 529,000[15]
(did not air in Melbourne)
22[15] N/A[16]
1.05 30 September 2010 715,000[17] 17[17] 74[18]
1.06 7 October 2010 670,000[19] 14[19] 65[20]
1.07 14 October 2010 681,000[21] 13[21] 62[22]
1.08 21 October 2010 Thursday 9:30pm 487,000[23] 23[23] N/A[24]
1.09 28 October 2010 560,000[25] 21[25] 99[26]
1.10 4 November 2010 595,000[27] 20[27] 90[28]
1.11 Thursday 10:30pm 410,000[27] 31[27] N/A[28]
1.12 11 November 2010 Thursday 9:30pm 574,000[29] 22[29] 93[30]
1.13 Thursday 10:30pm 440,000[29] 27[29] N/A[30]
Series Average --- --- 655,000 18 N/A

References

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  4. ^ "Nine announces cast of new Australian drama series". Throng Australia. 17 March 2010. http://www.throng.com.au/cops-lac/nine-announces-cast-new-australian-drama-series. Retrieved 7 August 2010. 
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