John Langley (1 Juin 1943-26 Juin 2021) is an American telly an film director, writer, an producer who is best kent as the creautor an executive producer o the lang-runnin telly show COPS, which premiered on FOX in Mairch 1989.
Prior tae that, he wis amang the reality telly pioneers as a producer o various twa-oor event specials in syndicatit televeesion mercats durin the 1980s. In fact, Langley is aften creditit as bein the "Godfather of Reality Television"[1] wi the appearance o COPS in 1989.[2]