[8] In order to make the show, Langley had convinced officials of the Broward County, Florida Sheriff's Department to allow cameras to accompany them on a previously-scheduled drug bust.
Langley recalled that the Cops concept was initially difficult to sell to television network executives, and that all were "very negative" to his fundamental idea.
[8]Ultimately a pilot episode was ordered, which garnered mixed reviews among Fox executives owing to the overly graphic nature of a murder scene which was featured.
[8] After viewing the pilot, the network's executives, along with News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch, began to debate the future of the show with Langley in attendance.
[10] In June 2020, Paramount Network pulled the program from its schedule in response to national protests against the murder of George Floyd while being arrested by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department,[11] and announced its cancellation days later.
Langley also produced a television series called Inside American Jail for TruTV with his son Morgan.
Father and son then produced Las Vegas Jailhouse as yet another examination of crime and the justice system in America.
Langley was a producer of Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.
On June 26, 2021, Langley died of a heart attack while competing in the coast-to-coast Ensenada to San Felipe 250 off-road race in Baja California, Mexico.
Other awards include the Cine Golden Eagle and Houston International Film Festival winner for the documentary Cocaine Blues.
His DVDs, moreover, have won various awards for greatest sales records in the mid 1990s when he founded Real Entertainment and pioneered the reality DVD market with VHS releases of multiple reality titles like Cops: Too Hot for TV and The Amazing Video Collection.
The term Too Hot for TV was coined and trademarked by Langley during this period and was used in marketing until he sold the company.
[citation needed] Langley was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2011 for his contributions to television.