This show was canceled after just 6 episodes and, I must say, it's justified. Although Naked Gun franchise that I love is based on this show, this was pretty much boring to me. If I saw it as a kid back in 80's I would probably be thrilled, but I do not see how anyone passed elementary school could like this. I can not say it's crap, but it is overrated and I think the main reason for it cult status is the very fact it was canceled so soon. People has strange habit to oppose and many shows grew instant popularity as soon as they were canceled. In some cases, like with Firefly, it's justified, but in this case, the only credit this show deserves is for spawning Naked Gun franchise. 5/10

The inspiration for the "Naked Gun" movies casts Leslie Nielsen - who had only recently started doing comedy* - as the incompetent but heroic Frank Drebin, always having to solve an absurd case. Like "Airplane!" and the movies based on the series, the humor relies on Mel Brooks-style spot gags and silly comments (namely the "yes it is" remarks), along with the fact that Nielsen remains very serious despite the nonsense around him. And of course, the final frame, in which something keeps moving.It's too bad that the show only had six episodes. At least it spawned the movies. You can't go wrong with Leslie Nielsen in these sorts of roles. I suspect that they all had fun filming it. Really funny.*Before "Airplane!", Leslie Nielsen had starred in movies like "Forbidden Planet", "Harlow" and "The Poseidon Adventure". As late as 1987 he co-starred in "Nuts" alongside Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. But since the first "Naked Gun" movie it's been all comedy all the time.

1. Describing a criminal suspect: "Married, one child....that didn't work out so he married a grown woman..." 2. Thug to the locksmith: "I'd hate to see something happen to your little keystore(pronounced 'keester'" 3. Ex con, wearing a jacket that says Penn State on the front: "Every time I turn around people are telling me who I am and where I've been!" He turns around and on the back the jacket says "State Pen" 4. Looking at a file on a criminal: "From what I gather, he was a model prisoner." Then he pulls out a glam photo of the guy posing like a model. 5. "I drove back to the station." Then they show Drebin driving his car backwards through town. 6. The whole exchange in the back with "Howie did it.", etc--like the Airplane witness stand exchange with "Over Macho Grande?" 7. To tall guy Al whose head is never shown, eating a banana: "You have something on the side of your mouth..." "Oh, thanks..." He moves his arm to get it off, and about half of the banana falls off to the floor. 8. Drebin trying to buff a newly made key on the machine, and it flies off the machine upward. You then see the ceiling and about 200 keys are stuck in the ceiling.

I still count "Police Squad!" as the absolute funniest TV show of the 1980s. Somewhere, on BetaMax no less, I have all six episodes. I knew that a show this good wouldn't last and that I had to preserve it for myself. How stupid was ABC? They were quoted as saying that viewers didn't know that "Police Squad!" was a comedy because it had no laugh track! Right! When Drebin has a line like "You take chances just getting up in the morning, driving to work, or sticking your face in a fan.", how can THAT be comedy!?!? I've seen every episode at least ten times and still see something new I missed before. Even the deep backgrounds always have gags ongoing. Don't miss it if you have chance to see an episode, but if you're reading this then you probably already have copies squirreled away someplace as I do.