The cable hit 'Live PD,' which followed officers from cities across the U.S. in real time, was canceled amid protests over police brutality.
The series premiered in 2016 and quickly became one of the biggest hits on A&E — and all of cable television — regularly drawing more than 2 million viewers to its broadcasts on Friday and Saturday nights. It has spawned numerous spinoffs and made celebrities of the police officers featured on the air. Larkin, a Tulsa, Okla., police officer, datedJust last month, A&E renewed “Live PD” for an additional 160 episodes.
As of Tuesday, host Abrams was confident the show would be back, assuring fans on Twitter, “We are not abandoning you.” Wednesday night, his tweets were more measured: “Thank you for making this so much more than a tv show,” he wrote. “You created a huge community of kind, caring people with whom I hope to stay in touch with in this next chapter.”. Thank you for making this so much more than a tv show.
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