The Thin Blue Line (American TV series) explained

Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Producer:	William H. Parker
Runtime:	30 minutes
Network:	KNBH

The Thin Blue Line is an American panel show that briefly aired weekly on Los Angeles NBC station KNBH in 1952.^{[1] [2]} The show, contemporarily described as "unabashedly propagandistic", was produced by the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, William H. Parker. It featured discussion between a moderator and a panel of experts (often including Parker, who also answered audience questions). Parker intended for the show to "accurate[ly]" inform the public about "police affairs" and to "instill greater [public] confidence" in the LAPD.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Buntin, John . L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City . June 10, 2020 . 2009 . Harmony Books . New York . 9780307352071 . 431334523.
2. Monday TV Logs, August 4 . TV-Radio Life . August 1, 1952 . 25 . 23 .
3. Escobar . Edward J. . Bloody Christmas and the Irony of Police Professionalism: The Los Angeles Police Department, Mexican Americans, and Police Reform in the 1950s . Pacific Historical Review . May 2003 . 72 . 2 . 171–199 . 0030-8684 . 10.1525/phr.2003.72.2.171.
4. Book: Domanick . Joe . To Protect and To Serve: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams . 1994 . Pocket Books . New York . 0671751115 . 622813089.