“Hill Street Blues” premieres on NBC 44 years ago today. (1981)
“If this is the Golden Age of television,” wrote USA Today at the time, “Steven Bochco launched it and helped sustain it. Every great modern drama owes ‘Hill Street’ a debt.”
“If this is the Golden Age of television,” wrote USA Today at the time, “Steven Bochco launched it and helped sustain it. Every great modern drama owes ‘Hill Street’ a debt.”
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Hill Street owed a big debt to Robert Altman’s films, really bringing a different look and sound to TV.
Truly groundbreaking
Let’s be careful out there