| | Variety.com - Changing channels |
 | | Still, a second viewing has reinforced the opinion that "Cop Rock" was very much like that little girl with the curl from the nursery rhyme: When it was good, it was better than anything else on television; when it was bad, it was horrid. |
 | | The sad part is that since "Cop Rock" there hasn't been anything to rival the series in terms of ambition and excitement, and there's certainly nothing in this year's development crop, as divined thus far, that possesses the same level of risk or derring-do. |
 | | "Cop Rock" asked the burning question whether viewers were ready for "Hill Street Blues" with a beat, and the answer was a resounding no. Still, just because the public nixes one off-kilter project doesn't mean that the networks lack the right to keep trying. |
| www.variety.com /article/VR104792?categoryid=14&cs=1 (880 words) |