DVD: Reno 911 (2nd Season) - 2003 Comedy, Mockumentary-style Parody of Law

Description: Reno 911! is an American comedy television series created by Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver for Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically Cops, with comic actors playing the police officers. Lennon, Garant and Kenney-Silver all starred in and are billed as creators of the series. The series initially aired from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central. A revival premiered on May 4, 2020, on streaming platform Quibi, which was renewed for an additional season (the show's eighth) on September 3, 2020. Quibi later announced in October 2020 that it would be shutting down while the eighth season was in production. According to star Niecy Nash, the eighth season would debut on another platform, which was later revealed to be The Roku Channel. The eighth season, entitled Defunded, premiered on February 25, 2022, on The Roku Channel. The show is a direct parody of the reality show Cops, which follows actual police officers through their daily duties, such as chasing criminals, and intervening in domestic disputes. Reno 911! features members of the fictitious, massively inept "Reno Sheriff's Department" (in reality, Reno is under the jurisdiction of the Reno Police Department and the Washoe County Sheriff's Office). In the course of their duties patrolling both the city of Reno and the rest of Washoe County, Nevada, the deputies sometimes address the camera directly (as though being interviewed for a documentary). The show deals heavily in politically incorrect and racy humor, including many jokes about race, sexual orientation, substance abuse, rape, pedophilia, and mental disorders. Another main comedic aspect of the show is the outlandishly severe incompetence of the deputies—often resulting in their being outsmarted by the criminals they are attempting to control. Unlike Cops, which the show parodies, Reno 911! Sheriff's deputies are constantly cursing, causing much of their dialogue to be censored for broadcast. The actors often perform their own stunts. Criminals on the series are portrayed by a variety of comedians, and sometimes by main cast members performing a dual role; in these instances, the cast member's face will be blurred in the style of Cops. The show's characters occasionally refer to their own program. They insist that the show's producers told them the videotaped footage was going to be used for a Fox Television documentary series titled Heroes on Patrol, and often say in frustration that they have no control over what is aired, and that the show only seems to capture their moments of incompetence. The many "good" incidents, they allege, are left out of the (show-within-a-show's) final edit. Also, some suspects in the show refer to the film crew, and the program being aired on television; occasionally, they will attempt to get arrested just to be on TV.

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Video Format: NTSC

Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Rating: M

Subtitle Language: None

Director: Lee Roy Myers

Sub-Genre: Mockumentary

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent

MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play IN Aust & NZ

Studio: Comedy Partners MTV Entertainment Studios

Edition: Box Set

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Type: TV Series

Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)

Format: DVD

Language: English

Actor: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenny-Silver, Michael Patrick Jann

Features: Over 90 Minutes Of Alternative/deletes Scenes, Director And Cast Commentary, Drug Arrest Prevention Seminar, Comedy Arts Festival Live Performances

Genre: Comedy

Run Time: 340 Mins

Season: The Complete Second Season (All 16 Episodes), Created by Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon Kerri Kenney-Silver

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Movie/TV Title: Reno 911! (TV Series)