Cops L.A.C

[Laura.]

Cops: L.A.C: Coming Soon to Nine

Cops: L.A.C., Channel Nine’s new Australian drama series about the fast-paced working life and complicated relationships of a diverse range of uniformed cops and plain clothes detectives, begins principal photography in May. These police officers working in a busy Local Area Command are the new frontline of law and order. The territory of Cops: L.A.C. covers the inner city, the harbourside and the eastern beaches of Sydney, from lowlifes to high society and everything in between. Their brief is to fight and control crime on their turf. From shoplifting to murder, small-time drug deals to major organised crime, these cops see it all every day. Cops: L.A.C. stars Gold Logie winner Kate Ritchie as Detective Senior Constable Samantha Cooper and Martin Dingle Wall as her partner, Detective Senior Constable Rhys Llewellyn. They are joined by Gary Sweet as Superintendent Jack Finch and Denise Roberts as Inspector Diane Pappas. Tom O’Sullivan stars as Senior Constable Nathan Holt, with Ria Vandervis as Senior Constable Roxanne Perez, along with Kelly Paterniti as Probationary Constable Priscilla Smith and Graeme Squires as Probationary Constable Daniel Vandermark. The cast also includes 2009 AFI Winners Roy Billing as Senior Sergeant Graeme Sinclair and Damian de Montemas as forensic expert Matt “Matilda” Hilton. At the L.A.C. dedicated officers work and play side-by-side. They are passionate cops on the beat, the first ones at the crime scenes; savvy plainclothes detectives marked by their gut instinct and tenacity; naive recruits uncertain if they'll make the grade; daring undercover officers flirting with danger; ambitious superintendents juggling politics with policing; and forensics experts with hi-tech toys. It’s a competitive, pressure-cooker environment where the line between professional and personal relationships is easily blurred, and it takes plenty of grit, grunt and humour to get these cops through the day. Theirs is a tough and unpredictable job where some succeed beyond their wildest expectations while others fall by the wayside. “We are really excited about Cops: L.A.C. It has great scripts, a fantastic cast, and all the ingredients for another exciting Aussie drama series from Nine,” said Jo Horsburgh, Head of Nine Drama. Cops: L.A.C. is produced by the Nine Network and will screen later in 2010.

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Also Indiana Evans will be guest starring as an underage teenage prostitue. There's an article about it in tv week.

Sorry if there was already a thread about this, I couldn't find one.

[jldraw]

Anyone else think it's cool that Sally and Flynn are back together again? I mean I know for many Joel McIlroy is the definitive Flynn but still this is pretty cool.

[lino]

Anyone else think it's cool that Sally and Flynn are back together again? I mean I know for many Joel McIlroy is the definitive Flynn but still this is pretty cool.

I know, i can't wait to see them together again.

[theAdellefan]

Also, if your a fan of this show, or you think you will be.

You should check out my fan forum for the show,

it has all the latest news for the show which is airing late 2010.

http://z10.invisionfree.com/COPS_LAC/index.php?act=idx

[ter06]

Anyone else think it's cool that Sally and Flynn are back together again? I mean I know for many Joel McIlroy is the definitive Flynn but still this is pretty cool.

They starred as husband and wife together in Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities also.

[Lesley Bee]

Looks like a good show, i hope one of the UK networks picks it up

[Barbara]

Cops L.A.C - the suspicious death of a cop show

* From: The Daily Telegraph

* November 06, 2010 12:00AM

THE final nail has been hammered into Kate Ritchie's heavily promoted but critically mauled Cops LAC, which is almost certain to end after 13 episodes.

Confidential has learnt it has been such a disappointment that production on a DVD box set aimed at the Christmas market has been scrapped.

"There was a team working on it but they got the call on Thursday to stop immediately - the project was being canned because the show has been such a dud," an insider said.

"It hasn't had the ratings to justify the risk of putting it out there in the market."

The show began with an audience of more than one million but quickly slumped to the unjustifiable 600,000 to 700,000 range. Channel 9 is rushing the final episodes through its schedule with double episodes and will wrap next week.

Ritchie has stood out but scripts, direction and production quality have let her down badly.

"Kate was by far the best thing about a bad production and she will survive," a senior industry source said last night.

"It's the producers who should take a good hard look at themselves - the scripts were just something else."

A Nine spokeswoman said a decision about a second series had not yet been made.

Source

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I've only watched the episode with Indiana Evans and I liked it so obviously, I can't really judge. It doesn't look good for the future of the show though.

[alexx]

I tried to watch, but I was soon bored. Not even Kate Ritchie has made me stick with it, its just one of the many boring Aussie cop-drama's that have emerged over the last 4/5 years and it has little substance. From what I saw it wasn't very character driven either, but I can only judge after watching one episode.

[jldraw]

I feel bad for Sophie Katinis who I feel always puts in a good performance only to have the show she is working on canceled. "Headland", "Out Of The Blue" and now "COPS". As for Kate Ritchie as Alexx mentioned a boring cop drama is just that. I don't care who you have as your flagship, if you don't have good storylines it just isn't going to happen.

[Mishyy]

Sorry but she will only ever be Sally Fletcher!

She either needs to go back to H&A or radio - there is no other job suited for her.