Made first for older men 1
LAPD: Life on the Beat's audience scores lean most toward older men at 86 of 100, with comparable appeal to young men 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.
- 1Audience scoreolder men 86 of 100 is the top quadrant, with young men 84 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
LAPD: Life on the Beat, was an American reality television series about the Los Angeles Police Department that aired in syndication from 1995-1999,. Like its contemporary, COPS, LAPD followed police officers on patrol and during investigations, however unlike COPS, Life on the Beat only featured police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department. Originally the series aired as just LAPD in 1995, it wasn't till 1996 when the show really took off and had better graphics and so forth that the name was changed to LAPD: Life on the Beat. A typical episode featured four segments, a cold case story and usually a quiz relating to police statistics. Unlike COPS, Life on the Beat featured incidental music and a narrator. At the time of the series, the LAPD still had only 18 stations, so camera crews would cover as many stations as possible and had episodes featuring multiple areas of Los Angeles. Episodes featured routine patrol, vice units, gang units, and even SWAT calls. Many segments also featured the Air Support Division. For a large amount of Patrol based segments, cameras would flip back and forth between ground and aerial angles.
Age: 51 — age-balanced
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| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 14 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
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