How Will They Get it on DVD? Fox’s “Cops” is in its 17th season and is about to celebrate its 600^th episode. The four-time Emmy Award-nominated series airs the first of four new episodes Saturday, April 30, 2005, 8 to 10 p.m. The show’s been renewed for an 18^th season, too. It premiered March 11, 1989 and is the longest continuously running Fox series.