6.8 /10 1 Votes
6.3/10 TV Starring Maury Hannigan No. of episodes 780 Final episode date 1999 Genre Cinéma vérité | 7.4/10 IMDb Created by Mark Massari First episode date 1993 Network Broadcast syndication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opening theme "I'm Looking Out for You" Ending theme Real Stories Of The Highway Patrol Similar Cops, World's Wildest Police Vi, America's Most Wanted, Rescue 911, Real TV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Real Stories Of The Highway Patrol (sometimes referred to as RSHP or Highway Patrol) is a half hour syndicated television series which ran in the United States for six seasons from 1993 to 1998 for a total of 780 episodes, capitalizing on the success of "real-life" police series such as COPS.
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Production companies were Mark Massari Productions and Leap Off Productions and was distributed by Genesis Entertainment, New World International, and later New World/Genesis Distribution. The series is currently owned and distributed by 20th Television, which purchased New World's assets in 1997.
Format
The series revolved around the stories of highway patrol officers and state troopers from across the country, who would give commentary on a particularly difficult (or sometimes, comedic) arrest they made. At times, the officer's work caused them grievous injury and a subsequent commendation from their department. Each crime and subsequent arrest was dramatized for the viewing audiences, though some segments were shot in a traditional multi-cam setup rather than emulating the cinéma vérité style of COPS.
The series was hosted by Maury Hannigan, who at the time was Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol.
RSHP in other media
Episode Status
All episodes are assumed to exist. The first two seasons of episodes were last aired on the now-defunct Fox Reality Channel many times of the day. Reruns currently air on the Heroes & Icons subchannel network in the United States.