It’s here that they bungle their first attempted arrest when they confront a gang of bikers but forget the Miranda rights Going on to join the police force, the bad-ass mofos are soon rescuing frisbees and keeping Metairie’s Lafreniere Park free from illegal duck feeding. Much of the filming was to the west of the city, around Metairie.Ī little south, toward the Mississippi, the neighbourhood of Jefferson is home to Riverdale High School, 240 Riverdale Drive, seen in the ‘2005’ prologue, as both the younger Schmidt ( Jonah Hill) and Jenko ( Channing Tatum) realise they won’t be going to the prom. Until it became an actors' showcase, though, 21 Jump Street was probably the best drama on TV.Demonstrating that there’s more to the city than its picturesque French Quarter, New Orleans becomes the fictitious ‘Anytown, USA’ in the big-screen version of the TV show that launched the career of Johnny Depp.

The end result was faltering ratings, and cancellation. With this pushing of the stars, the storylines took a back seat to character preening. He became a teen-age heartthrob for a while, but never achieved the momentum to carry his career skyward. Richard Greico was most heavily promoted, to an audience that didn't really care. The show kind of faltered in its last few seasons Johnny Depp was becoming a star, and execs started pushing other 'stars' into the spotlight, hoping for cash rewards and spin-offs. Almost every episode touched upon subjects that were taboo for the big 3 networks (and still are)- AIDS, statutory rape, drug use, abortion, child abuse- and presented it in a moralistic way, but without being maudlin. unlike the Mod Squad, though, the storylines were always passable, and quite often excellent. They would infiltrate schools, drug rings, gangs, wherever teenagers were in trouble. Kind of like a Mod Squad for the 80s, the 'teens' in 21 Jump Street were cops.

Luckily for those stars, 21 Jump Street was a rather good vehicle, and stood on its own merits.

Like WB now, Fox wanted to lure in a teenage audience with its good-looking young stars. This was one of the first Fox hour-long dramas, and Fox definitely wore its heart on its sleeve.

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