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LAPD Detective Sergeant Mitch Preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks. LAPD Patrol Officer Trey Sellars joined the force as a day job until his acting career took off. During an undercover drug buy Mitch was working that Trey botched by calling in for backup and drawing media attention, Mitch's partner is shot with a very exotic 12-gauge automatic weapon; Mitch then shoots the video camera out of the hands of a reporter filming the action when the cameraman refused to shut it down. Faced with a $10 million lawsuit, the department agrees to let producer Chase Renzi film Mitch's investigation for a new reality TV show, and constantly tries to make everything more "viewer friendly" by changing everything about Mitch's life to fit the stereotypical view of police officers—and partners him with Trey..

actors:

Mos Def as Lazy Boy
Robert De Niro as Det. Mitch Preston
Rachael Harris as Teacher
Eddie Murphy as Officer Trey Sellars
Zaid Farid as Police Captain Ben
Alex Borstein as Casting Director
Holly Mandel as Producer
Marshall Manesh as Convenience Store Owner
Nestor Serrano as Ray
T.J. Cross as ReRun
James Roday as 'Showtime' Cameraman
Joel Hurt Jones as Reporter #1
Chris Harrison as Reporter #2
Perri Peltz as Reporter #3
Amy Powell as Reporter #4
directors:
Tom Dey
rating:5.30

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