The “Police Academy” movies are handily numbered, with the exception of the seventh. As such:
- “Police Academy” (1984)
- “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” (1985)
- “Police Academy 3: Back in Training” (1986)
- “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol” (1987)
- “Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach” (1988)
- “Police Academy 6: City Under Siege” (1989)
- “Police Academy: Mission to Moscow” (1994)
After the release of “Miami Beach” in March of 1988, the animation company Ruby-Spears, the company behind “Turbo Teen,” “Pound Puppies,” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” released an animated “Police Academy” series that ran for two seasons and 65 episodes. It featured none of the live-action film’s actors. The animated series’ run overlapped with the release of “City Under Siege,” released in March of 1989. The final episode aired in September of that year. It seems that the combination of a below-average TV show running concurrently with two lackluster sequels pushed “Police Academy” into overexposure and audiences began to stay away. “City Under Siege” seemed to be the last nail in the coffin, a sure sign that the 1980s had come to an end. It was a glorious six years.
Regardless, there was an attempted “Police Academy” resurgence in the 1990s. Perhaps feeling nostalgic, the makers of the series returned in 1994 with a bizarro movie about bootleg Game Boys in Moscow. Ron Perlman is in that one. That was followed by an obscure one-season “Police Academy” sitcom in 1997. That show only centrally featured one of the film’s cast members, Michael Winslow. Other stars Leslie Easterbrook, David Graf, Tim Kazurinsky, Art Metrano, George Gaynes, and Colleen Camp returned for guest spots in single episodes.