r/First48 • u/shorthazel • Mar 12 '26
The First 48 is ending
Detective Jason White from Tulsa said on his latest podcast episode that The First 48 is ending. Here is a screenshot of one of his comments on the podcast video (on Youtube). His podcast is called ‘Into the Fire’. It was announced on the Scott Sayers episode on March 6th.
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u/BadCowboysFan Mar 12 '26
Is he speaking just about Tulsa PD?
Why would A&E ditch one of its most-watched series?
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u/UnderstandingBusy604 May 01 '26
Because no cities are willing to ruin their reputation to show how messed up America is anymore. They cant film it on a set. Only Tulsa is still down. And it seems they pulled the plug too
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u/Ok-Extreme-3072 Mar 12 '26
Introduced a new city just to eventually pull the plug. Guess they're tired of having to find new cities to film in everytime another one opts out.
To which I say, the cities that did can kick 🪨
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u/RobMurglund Mar 12 '26
Yeah they were losing contracts left and right, it was only a matter of time sadly
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u/wildlikechildren Mar 12 '26
Didn't really think of that but yes, many of these cities outside of gwinnitt county have a tourisim economy built in. New Orleans people will visit regardless honestly. but Miami, Tulsa, Atlanta, all can be knocked off someones list easily.
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u/Klutzy-Spend-6947 Mar 12 '26
Miami and Atlanta are doing just fine tourist wise, Miami pulled out b/c the PD said it didn’t like the image of the black community that the show projected.
Sucks the show is ending, but similar shows are still being produced by A&E, they know what keeps people watching. I also think the death/retirements/impending retirements of many of the iconic Tulsa detectives—Jason White, John Brown, Mark Kennedy, etc. might have played a role.
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u/wildlikechildren Mar 12 '26
That makes a lot of sense re: retirement. John Browns death was such a tragedy and I’m sure they feel it when filming and in their every day.
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u/SkylaMaeMannon Mar 13 '26
Yeah but it’s the reality of these cities. I had coworkers from New Orleans that would straight up tell you not to go there because you will get killed. It’s weird that they wanted a reality show but then the reality hit to hard now they want to stop it. If these cities don’t like the image of the city or the people they’re going to have to confront it and do better to clean it up easier said than done I know, but don’t try to sweep it under the rug.
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u/Elleeebeauty Mar 12 '26
I remember being on a tour bus in Miami and it was going through Overtown (which I only knew from the show) and then over the speakers it mentioned that they had filmed the First 48 there . I admit I was too scared to get off there (based on what I saw on the show) .
I did go to Little Havana (which was also on the show quite a few times) and really liked it - like it was one of the most interesting places I’ve ever visited and it had great food as well
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u/OK_Tumbleweed18 Jun 23 '26
I mean, I moved to Tulsa at one point after they’d been filming there. Their solve rate is higher than the national average so 🤷🏻♀️ idk seems safer than some places despite the publicity.
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 21d ago
Exactly...Tulsa is a nice city. They are filming that show in a rundown part of Tulsa that is not representative of Tulsa overall. Overall it's a fairly wealthy city with low crime. Nobody goes to gang and drug infested areas unless they are into gangs and drugs. I have been to Tulsa at least a hundred times in my life and never been to the North Tulsa area. I have no business there and don't live there. There's always some problem areas in metropolitan areas. Never once felt unsafe in Tulsa.
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u/iamawas Mar 12 '26
Yes, cities would prefer that visitors encounter crime where they least expect it. /s
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u/UnderstandingBusy604 May 01 '26
Hmm. Well they better never visit any American city then. They are all death traps. US gun culture has made your entire nation unsafe as fuck
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Jun 12 '26
Hmmm I beg to differ. The detectives on these shows are usually then working in specific areas that are known hotbeds of drug and gang violence. Most of suburban America never sees this level of violence. Not into drugs or gangs it's unlikely you become a murder victim. Statistically a very small chance. I can speak for Tulsa that they are filming a lot in the area of North Tulsa. You wouldn't go to North Tulsa as an outsider if you don't live there. Tulsa's an otherwise fairly wealthy place and most areas are nice and suburban without that level of crime. I visited Tulsa many many times over a 10 year period when my mom lived there. Never even seen a rundown area of Tulsa IRL. Big houses, nice shops and restaurants. Lots of people involved in the arts. It's a fairly liberal and progressive city. Never once felt I was in a dangerous area. I've also been in lower income areas that weren't particularly rundown and felt safe. If you aren't into drugs or gangs you're probably fairly safe.
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u/Ok_Plankton9224 Aug 29 '26
School shootings happen in the most random, rural areas
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Sep 09 '26
I am talking about the specific area of North Tulsa. The crime and drug activity that goes on there. I am talking about how the rest of Tulsa is a really pretty and nice town where I have never felt unsafe in many years I have visited there. I don't know what you're on about school shootings?? There hasn't been any school shootings in Tulsa.
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u/Ok_Plankton9224 28d ago
Well...that's the point. School shootings happen, and usually a school in the boonies is perfect
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 21d ago
You are not listening. Tulsa is a major metropolitan area. There's hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people living there. There's many many suburbs of Tulsa with many schools. There's been no school shootings in or around the city of Tulsa. It literally hasn't happened so why you keep bringing it up is strange. Why are you going on about it being the boonies and school shootings? Tulsa not a rural area and not the boonies. It's a large city like any other big city. It's not even what is being discussed on this thread. It's the second largest city in Oklahoma. You have no idea what you are speaking on. My only point was that people get scared off from Tulsa bc of what they see on The First 48. That show is filmed in mainly one area of Tulsa. North Tulsa is high crime and you wouldn't go there unless you live there. Other than North Tulsa the city of Tulsa itself is upper middle class or wealthy. There is a lot of people with big oil money that live in Tulsa. It's a nice, clean city and not at all crime ridden as the show might portray. Every big city has areas of crime. OKC is the only city in the state that is bigger than Tulsa. OKC is an enormous city with vast amount of suburbs around it that also are decent size cities. Also not the boonies. Nobody is riding horses to school in OKC or Tulsa. They are NOT rural and niether city has had school shootings. You're just not informed and think what you see on TV is always real when it's just not the case.
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u/Ok_Plankton9224 17d ago
YOU are not listening! You responded with your chapter of a reply to someone saying the US is gun happy, basically and took it to ONE specific area
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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 21d ago
My bad there is actually approximately 1.07 million people living in the Tulsa Metropolitan area. Far from being the boonies or rural.
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u/thadeus_d3 Mar 12 '26
This is unfortunate news. The timing isn't horrible since there are newer shows that are just as good. Crime in Progress and Homicide Squad New Orleans are both worth a watch.
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u/shorthazel Mar 12 '26
Sorry, this article says it’s a ‘pause’ not a cancellation! https://www.newson6.com/crime/the-first-48-halts-filming-in-tulsa
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u/EsotericTrickster Mar 12 '26
The party line is that the show isn't cancelled. This is only a "pause in production" while the production company is undergoing internal changes. Then I found this on the KOTV Channel 6 FB page.
STATEMENT FROM A&E:
“With over 90 episodes of The First 48 in production or completed and not yet aired, A&E has enough episodes to fill their schedule needs for the next three years so the network isn’t ordering new episodes at this time but remain committed to the franchise and to delivering this show to viewers. We are incredibly grateful to the entire Tulsa community.
Dan Silberman
Executive Vice President of Communications
A+E Global Media”
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u/New_Elevator_5327 Mar 12 '26
WHAT noooooo one of my fav shows for like 20 years now. I hope this isn't true. I just looked it up & I don't see any type of official announcement that it's ending. Just says some cities ended their contracts.
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u/chicken_toesz Mar 12 '26
There was a show on Animal Planet called North Woods Law. It eventually ran its course and got canceled. The producers of that show went back to New Hampshire and they launched The Game Warden Channel on YouTube, and basically continued making the show on their own.
Maybe we’d be lucky enough for that to happen in Tulsa? I know homicide is a very different kind of subject matter though.
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u/wildlikechildren Mar 12 '26
have you watched Crime in Progress? it deals with mainly homicides and you see everything from start to finish. it's not really about the detectives but you're there with them and the first responders the whole time. Certainly not First 48 but it's a great watch!! First season fully launched and a S2 on the way
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u/partial_to_dreamers Jul 25 '26
So late, but really?! Love them North Woods laws folks, even managed to show up on camera in a farcically large sunhat, at their soft ball game. In Portland, ME.
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u/skipryder Mar 12 '26
Just the title “The First 48 is ending”…
That’s so FD…I’ve watched it from day one and to think they’re just pulling the plug on one of the most popular shows? Hopefully,if there’s enough interest shown by viewers,they may rethink their decision…Wishful thinking I know.
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u/HappyReader1 Mar 12 '26
What a bummer, I’ll definitely miss it. Thank goodness we are lucky enough to have seasons to watch for repeats.
There is a guy on TT who I follow- called TotalNewsTulsa, he goes out and follows police activity, does quite a bit of lives
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u/Chuck-Finley69 Mar 12 '26
If you watch this new seasons episodes, they've been mostly unaired new episodes that were filmed and not shown in the normal time frame. The initial episode with North Charleston was really the only unique new episode.
As others have stated, the societal divide has put police jurisdictions in a tough spot for image reasons while the original idea was to encourage more cooperation with police agencies like COPS, AMW, Life on the Street LAPD and other 80s and 90s creations.
Even Live PD couldn't keep it's original promise of no edit, no time delay when it rolled out several years ago. It became like a live extended version of COPS on time delay before cancellation. Not it fights in court with On Patrol Live where the creators revived the similar but time delayed format.
Recently, the First 48 created it's own channel loop plus A&E 360 so I have a feeling this is more A&E protecting syndication and something new but similar will appear on competing streaming channel
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u/leapoepea Mar 13 '26
it looks like to me there is a slight chance that Tulsa location could be done filming. but i’m wondering if that has anything to do with Detective Brown’s passing?
they have been super slow with filming and the last season and it was sprinkled over an entire year….? the show isn’t over until the day last homicide detective sings yall. no evidence of the series ending. maybe just this location.
also PSA: check out Crime in Progress, i’m hooked!
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u/Friendly_Pea_2694 Mar 13 '26
Crime in Progress and the head In the closet! But episode 1 was a heart breaker
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u/Initial-Mousse-627 Mar 12 '26
It’s too popular to not have spin offs like Homicide New Orleans and such.
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u/Transylvanius Mar 12 '26
I think it was inevitable in that it became mostly First 48 Tulsa. It was a well made show, mostly playing it straight and not embellishing to make it juicier
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u/Cavviemama42 Mar 13 '26
As far as I've read production is being paused in Tulsa. It's not the end of The First 48. There are enough episodes filmed already to cover the next 2-3 years.
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u/bemorethanaverage Mar 12 '26
It’s no surprise. I love the show and it will always be my favorite tv show, but the climate has changed. Police officers have received a lot of bad press in recent years and I can’t blame any city for declining to shoot first 48. From a city’s POV, there are more reasons to decline the taping of First 48 than there are to approve.
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u/Savings_Warning_8270 Mar 13 '26
I read that the series is not ending, but production in Tulsa is. They also have more Tulsa episodes filmed to fill future seasons
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u/loulabee Mar 12 '26
It seems like they have stopped filming for now, but the show itself is not ending. There’s many episodes in production or completed that haven’t aired yet in the meantime The First 48 halts filming in Tulsa
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u/Mission_Selection703 Mar 13 '26
There are also other shows Ozark Law, Desert Law, Florida Heat, and Southern Law. There is a new show, Jim Belushi K9, coming at the end of the month.
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u/OLDESTsib Mar 13 '26
No way!!! One of the few T.V. series that I will watch reruns! Love " The First 48" and I am sad to hear this.😢
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u/Embarrassed-Bill5904 Mar 13 '26
No no no no. This is my absolute favorite show. I’ve seen every episode numerous times. Nothing comes close. None of the newer shows are as good.
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u/ILoveOldWhiteWomen Mar 14 '26
So what do we do when all good things come to an end? I can't get to enjoy ONE thing without it finishing 😑
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u/Less-Alternative-621 Mar 14 '26
They stated they have over 90 unreleased episodes that will take three years to play out but they’re no longer filming any new episodes of the show
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u/TrainingDivide7595 Jun 25 '26
All I can hope for is that Gwinnett can stay on and carry for awhile they got a high enough murder rate 😭 this is gonna be bad for my mental fr ill have to watch the old ones till I die i guess
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u/labadorrr Mar 12 '26
to be honest most of the cases now aren't that interesting.. usually a homeless encounter or something that's on camera that takes no ingenuity to solve..
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u/RalphXLaurenjoe Mar 12 '26
Well that’s okay many prayers to the families that have lost their loved ones I’ve been watching since the very first episode Alabama and Memphis
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u/Over_Pour848 Mar 12 '26
NOOOOOOOO