The Thin Blue Line is an American panel show that briefly aired weekly on Los Angeles NBC station KNBH in 1952.[1][2] The show, contemporarily described as "unabashedly propagandistic", was produced by the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, William H. Parker. It featured discussion between a moderator and a panel of experts (often including Parker, who also answered audience questions). Parker intended for the show to "accurate[ly]" inform the public about "police affairs" and to "instill greater [public] confidence" in the LAPD.[3][4]
| The Thin Blue Line | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | William H. Parker |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | KNBH |
| Release | 1 April – 1 September 1952 |
References edit
- ^ Buntin, John (2009). L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 9780307352071. OCLC 431334523. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Monday TV Logs, August 4" (PDF). TV-Radio Life. 25 (23). August 1, 1952.
- ^ Escobar, Edward J. (May 2003). "Bloody Christmas and the Irony of Police Professionalism: The Los Angeles Police Department, Mexican Americans, and Police Reform in the 1950s". Pacific Historical Review. 72 (2): 171–199. doi:10.1525/phr.2003.72.2.171. ISSN 0030-8684.
- ^ Domanick, Joe (1994). To Protect and To Serve: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 0671751115. OCLC 622813089.