FOX turns Borat into a cop
The FOX network has announced plans for a brand new cop show about a police officer from Albania who is transplanted to the US.
The one hour project, currently tittled Raffik, will be a fish-out-of-water story focusing on the officer's reactions to the wonders of America.
The only details of the project that have been revealed are that Anthony Horowitz is the creator. Horowitz previously created Foyle's War and also worked on Poirot both for ITV.
If the show ends up being a comedy, the comparisons to Borat will be hard to avoid. Hopefully, the main character will be smarter than Borat and a little more familiar with social customs.I, for one, am unfamiliar with the Albanian judicial system but the premise seems chock full of wackiness. I can just see the main character arresting a rapist or murderer and forgetting to read him his rights causing the criminal to go free. Hilarious! What about a scene where the Albanian officer continuously tries to make "sexy time" with his new female partner.
I'm sure the show will be better than the examples I've given, but will it be much better?

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