Hill Street Blues

*Hill Street Blues*
Hill Street Blues
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Steven Bochco; Michael Kozoll;
Starring	Daniel J. Travanti; Veronica Hamel; Michael Conrad; Bruce Weitz; Joe Spano; Michael Warren; Charles Haid; James B. Sikking; Betty Thomas; Kiel Martin; Taurean Blacque; René Enríquez; Ed Marinaro; Barbara Bosson; Robert Prosky; Ken Olin; Mimi Kuzyk; Dennis Franz; Robert Clohessy; Megan Gallagher;
Theme music composer	Mike Post
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	146 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations	Republic Studios, Los Angeles, California
Running time	49 minutes
Production companies	MTM Enterprises; 20th Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 15, 1981 –; May 12, 1987
Related
	Beverly Hills Buntz
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Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981,^[1] to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes.^[2] The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large U.S. city. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms.

The show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada and has been widely regarded by many as one of the greatest television shows of all time.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] In 1981, the series won eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing, in 2000. 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.

^ Starr, Michael (May 24, 2021). "How 'Hill Street Blues' made us care about the police". New York Post. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
^ Shales, Tom (May 12, 1987). "'HILL STREET,' HAIL AND FAREWELL". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
^ The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (Collector's ed.). New York: Entertainment Weekly Books. 1998. pp. 22–23. ISBN 1883013429.
^ "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS.
^ Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time". TV Guide. pp. 16–17.
^ "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time". tvguide.com. December 23, 2013.
^ "101 Best Written TV Series". Writers Guild of America West. June 2, 2013.

[NYP_Starr-1] Starr, Michael (May 24, 2021). "How 'Hill Street Blues' made us care about the police". New York Post. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

[WaPo_SHales-2] Shales, Tom (May 12, 1987). "'HILL STREET,' HAIL AND FAREWELL". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

[EW_100_Greatest-3] The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (Collector's ed.). New York: Entertainment Weekly Books. 1998. pp. 22–23. ISBN 1883013429.

[4] "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS.

[5] Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time". TV Guide. pp. 16–17.

[6] "TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time". tvguide.com. December 23, 2013.

[7] "101 Best Written TV Series". Writers Guild of America West. June 2, 2013.

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