COMMENTARY BY NINA METZ

A Year After Some Of The Most Intense BLM Protests, ‘Copaganda’ Is Still Alive And Well On TV

Twelve months ago, protests against racist policing and brutality were at their height, and we saw many Hollywood entities make public statements of support for Black Lives Matters. There was enough momentum driving the protests that it felt like programming executives couldn’t ignore this movement altogether. And yet, cop shows still proliferate on the broadcast network schedule. And they will continue to do so in the fall. It’s almost as if the events of the past year never happened.