Phil Esterhaus would say, "Let's be careful out there." Sgt. Įach week after roll call, from Season 1 until Michael Conrad's death, partway through Season 4, Sgt.
Hill street blues cast professional#
The series dealt with real-life issues and employed professional jargon and slang to a greater extent than had been seen before on television. Travanti) and public defender Joyce Davenport ( Veronica Hamel) in a domestic situation, often in bed, discussing how their respective days went.
From season three on, a "Previously on." montage of clips of up to six episodes preceded the roll call.Īlmost all episodes took place over the course of a single day, many concluding with Capt. Almost every episode began with a pre-credit sequence (or teaser) consisting of (mission) briefing and roll call to start the day shift. The series featured a strong focus on the workplace struggle between what is right and what works. The conflicts between the work lives and private lives of the characters were also significant. Each episode featured intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, with others developing throughout a season. The writers were allowed freedom to create a series that brought together a number of fresh ideas in TV drama. MTM Enterprises developed the series on behalf of NBC, appointing Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll as series writers. 4.1 Broadcast history and Nielsen ratings.The show won a total of 26 Emmy Awards (out of 98 Emmy Award nominations) during its run, including four consecutive wins for Outstanding Drama Series. In its debut season, the series won eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record later surpassed only by The West Wing. The show received critical acclaim and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms. The show chronicles the lives of the staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city.
Hill street blues cast serial#
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. Republic Studios, Los Angeles, California