Jimmy Smits, Don Johnson and Niecy Nash-Betts are arrestingly funny in TV cop tribute

 

Jimmy Smits, Don Johnson and Niecy Nash-Betts are arrestingly funny in TV cop tribute 

From CNN's Alli Rosenbloom

Jimmy Smits, Niecy Nash-Betts and Don Johnson pulled up to the Emmys stage to reflect on their roles as TV cops. 

Smits described his “NYPD Blue” character, Det. Bobby Simone, as a “strong and sensitive, street-smart type,” while Nash-Betts joked her “Reno 911!” character, Deputy Raineesha Williams, got by on the job by only having “marginal knowledge of the law.” 

Johnson’s character in “Nash Bridges,” meanwhile, played by his own rules but always brought the bad guy to justice. 

Smits begrudgingly then pointed out that his “NYPD Blue” character died by the end of it, but Nash-Betts had better luck — her characters always survive. 

“Hell, I’m Black and I survived Dahmer,” she said, referring to her Emmy-winning role on the 2022 Netflix drama “Dahmer.”