Heart, high action mix magnetically in the ABC cop show 'High Incident'.(Originated from Orange County Register)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: November 18, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

CHATSWORTH, Calif. _ Meet The Little Cop Show That Could, and does _ ABC's ``High Incident.''

At 8 p.m. ET Thursdays, this funny, humane, harrowing SoCal-set cop caper has the temerity to take on NBC ratings king ``Friends,'' like a little engine straining up Nielsen hill.

Every week, ``High Incident'' hones its saga of Southern California craziness, following its 10 primary patrol cops through the dusty San Fernando Valley suburb of Chatsworth, which doubles for fictional El Camino. These cops live where they work _ in a bustling, racially mixed city of nutty ...

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