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| Genre: | Reality show, Police | ||||||
| Starring: | Jang Hyuk (Season 1) Jo Jae-yoon Kim Min-jae Lee Tae-hwan Chun Jung-myung (Season 2) | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Seasons: | 2 | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 20 | ||||||
| Location: | South Korea | ||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes | ||||||
| Network: | MBC every1 |
Urban Cops is a South Korean reality show broadcast on MBC every1, where celebrities team up with real life police to experience their work and solve crimes within the city.[1] [2] The show is the second spin-off of Rural Police after Sea Police, which feature the same premise but in the countryside and coastal region respectively. Like the first two series, the cast are appointed as entry-level police officers and work alongside a team of mentor officers.
Season 1 aired on Mondays at 20:30 (KST) from January 14 to March 18, 2019.[3] Jo Jae-yoon from Sea Police joined the cast alongside three new faces. They were appointed entry-level police officers in the Intellectual Crime Investigation Team at Yongsan Police Station in Seoul, shadowing them on their open cases.
Season 2, Urban Cops: KCSI, aired on Mondays at 20:30 (KST) from July 29 to September 30, 2019, with the same cast returning except Jang Hyuk, who was replaced by Chun Jung-myung. In this season, the cast joined the Korean Crime Scene Investigation's (KCSI) Forensic Investigation Unit at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Following the popularity of Seasons 1 and 2, the production crew stated in September 2019 that they were discussing the possibility of Season 3.[4]
| Name | Season 1 | Season 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Jang Hyuk | Episodes 1-10 | |
| Jo Jae-yoon | Episodes 1-10 | |
| Lee Tae-hwan | ||
| Kim Min-jae | Episodes 4-10 | |
| Chun Jung-myung |
Season 1 — Intellectual Crime Investigation Team (Yongsan Police Station, Seoul)
Season 2 — Forensic Investigation Unit (KCSI, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency)
| Episode | Title | Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our First Time Being Detectives | January 14, 2019 | |
| 2 | You Are Surrounded | January 21, 2019 | |
| 3 | Let's Go Till the End | January 28, 2019 | |
| 4 | The Time of Dogs and Wolves | February 4, 2019 | |
| 5 | A Better Tomorrow | February 11, 2019 | |
| 6 | An Unfair Bargain | February 18, 2019 | |
| 7 | Hide and Seek | February 25, 2019 | |
| 8 | An Ordinary Person | March 4, 2019 | |
| 9 | Veteran | March 11, 2019 | |
| 10 | Extreme Job | March 18, 2019 |
| Ep. # | Original Airdate | AGB Nielsen Ratings Nationwide[5] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 14, 2019 | 1.698% | |
| 2 | January 21, 2019 | 1.310% | |
| 3 | January 28, 2019 | ||
| 4 | February 4, 2019 | 1.270% | |
| 5 | February 11, 2019 | 1.343% | |
| 6 | February 18, 2019 | 1.493% | |
| 7 | February 25, 2019 | 1.447% | |
| 8 | March 4, 2019 | 1.406% | |
| 9 | March 11, 2019 | 1.283% | |
| 10 | March 18, 2019 |
| Ep. # | Original Airdate | AGB Nielsen Ratings Nationwide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 29, 2019 | ||
| 2 | August 5, 2019 | 0.5% | |
| 3 | August 12, 2019 | 0.5% | |
| 4 | August 19, 2019 | 0.5% | |
| 5 | August 26, 2019 | ||
| 6 | September 2, 2019 | 0.5% | |
| 7 | September 9, 2019 | ||
| 8 | September 16, 2019 | 0.584% | |
| 9 | September 24, 2019 | ||
| 10 | September 30, 2019 |