Based on the age-old "odd couple" trope, the buddy cop genre takes the concept and applies it to a law enforcement setting. Rising to prominence in the 1980s with movies like 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon ...

From the gold-standard ensemble sitcom Cheers to the groundbreaking police procedural Hill Street Blues, the 1980s brought some of the greatest TV shows ever made. While cinema took a nosedive ...