On January 15, 1981, NBC premiered the police drama that would go on to collect 26 Emmy wins during its seven season run. By Gail Williams On January 15, 1981, NBC premiered the police drama Hill ...

What was Hill Street Blues? Hill Street Blues was not the first police procedural. Premiering in 1981, Stephen Bochco’s series quickly changed how television series covered the subject forever. Rather ...

When it premiered on NBC in January 1981, "Hill Street" was unlike anything else on American television. It was a serialized mixture of drama and comedy featuring diverse, colorful and ...

Hill Street Blues premiered on television in 1981. A staple in NBC’s lineup, Hill Street Blues focused on the department and staff of a police station in a large, unnamed city. The show featured an ...

The series, created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll, set the gold standard for its “docudrama” approach: its innovative use of handheld cameras and quick-cut editing and the way in which it ...

For first-time viewers, the carnival of characters which gives the series its richness for addicts such as this viewer, may seem initially confusing. The structure is still the bits-and-pieces-flow-of ...