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In February Mr Bratton asked them, publicly, not to keep broadcasting live coverage of car chases, watched by too many people hoping to see crashes and violence. (They get alerts to their pagers when a chase starts.) The police reckon that such coverage encourages show-offs to embark on wild escapades, and gives the impression of a city rife with crime.
ECONOMIST: A delicate task for William Bratton in Los Angeles
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The show made money with spin-offs, films, books, dolls and foreign rights, bringing much-needed cash into the Public Broadcasting Service whose subsidy is always under threat from Congress.
ECONOMIST: Jon Stone
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The show that spawned the most spin-offs was US sitcom All in the Family.
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