EXCLUSIVE: On Patrol: Live continues on after Reelz renewed the police series for another 90 episodes.
The series, which is hosted by Dan Abrams, has picked up the series for its fifth season. It has also renewed spinoff series On Patrol: First Shift, which serves as its lead-in, for another 90 episodes, which will take the franchise through at least January 2027.
This comes after On Patrol: Live, which is produced by Half Moon Pictures, celebrated its 300th episode in October.
On Patrol: Live, which premiered in July 2022, follows live news-gathering protocols as 50+ cameras in regions across the country document for viewers in real time the nightly work of law enforcement officers on patrol. Abrams is joined by analysts Deputy Sheriff Curtis Wilson of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Columbia, South Carolina, Captain Tom Rizzo from the Howell Township Police Department in New Jersey, Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin, retired Tulsa Police Department lieutenant and a rotating panel of experts.
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The series airs live on Friday and Saturday nights between 9pm and 12am. It also streams on Peacock.
It is exec produced by Dan Cesareo, John Zito, Lucilla D’Agostino, Paul Gordon, Joe Venafro and Abrams.
“In today’s fragmented media landscape, a pick-up of 90 episodes – 360 hours of live television – is virtually unheard of; yet Reelz has done this for four consecutive years as On Patrol: Live continues to deliver for the network and create one of the most engaged and loyal audiences in television,” said Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard. “We couldn’t be prouder to renew OPL through next January and bring viewers along for the ride.”
Abrams added, “OPL not only chronicles the experience of law enforcement on the job, in real time, the show continues to make a real difference with our ‘Missing’ and ‘Be on the Lookout’ segments. We get the word out every week about ongoing cases of missing kids and unsolved crimes. Between our viewers and our #OPNation social footprint, since our premiere in 2022 the show has helped return 48 missing people to their loves ones and provided tips to law enforcement that have led to the capture of 96 suspects. We’re so grateful to our incredible audience and thrilled to be on Reelz for another year.”