Hill Street Blues

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Hill Street Blues ranks 1,587 out of the 18,229 shows on TV.com.

The 253 users who count themselves as Hill Street Blues fans have written a total of 11 reviews.

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This groundbreaking and award-winning NBC crime drama provided a very realistic view into the lives of the dedicated cops and detectives of an urban police station.

From January 1981 to August 1986, the show ran on Thursdays at 10/9 Central, with occasional repeats on Saturdays at 10/9 Central. From August 1986 to August 1987 first-run episodes aired Tuesdays at 10/9 Central.

This groundbreaking and award-winning NBC crime drama provided a very realistic view into the lives of the dedicated cops and detectives of an urban police station.

From January 1981 to August 1986, the show ran on Thursdays at 10/9 Central, with occasional repeats on Saturdays at 10/9 Central. From August 1986 to August 1987 first-run episodes aired Tuesdays at 10/9 Central.less «

• Why didn't Michael Warren make it big like...

  ...Denzel Washington? Of all the actors from HSB I would've thought he'd make it big the most.

  ...Denzel Washington? Of all the actors from HSB I would've thought he'd make it big the most. less «

  TelFan7 Last online Jun 25, 2008
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• Where is season 3?

  After ordering season 2 and finding an insider stating "Season 3 coming Fall 06" I am beginning to worry that we won't see ...more »

  After ordering season 2 and finding an insider stating "Season 3 coming Fall 06" I am beginning to worry that we won't see season 3+ on DVD after all.... This is really a kick in the teeth if it happens, one of TV's best, unique starter cop shows locked up in the vaults. Same with NYPD Blue, why do studios persist on doing this to fans?!? Does anyone have the slightest piece of news on the issue I'd be grateful. No bootleg advertisements either please, I want news/rumours about the FOX release not some expensive rip off bootleg junk. Thanks! less «

  70sTVlover Last online Oct 2, 2008
  4 comments, last one Jul 24, 2007 + Add Comment

• Entertainment Tonight Presents: Hill Street Blues - Behind the Badge -- anyone?

  I really want to get a copy of this special, which aired in 2000. Any one have one? Please send me if you do... Anybody see it? Any thoughts or comments?

  I really want to get a copy of this special, which aired in 2000. Any one have one? Please send me if you do... Anybody see it? Any thoughts or comments?less «

  bbartelt Last online Jan 30, 2008
  10 comments, last one Feb 6, 2007 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  The quintessential cop show hide « show »

  There is a very, very special place in my heart for this ground breaking, all time classic cop show. One of the best ever, and even though my own opinion that truth is stranger than fiction and is a recurring theme in my own writing, Hill Street Blues always did it's very best to make this point with every episode even though it was a work of fiction in itself. Alot of really great actors cut their teeth on this series and made names for themselves in this series, and it was a spring board for some very impressive careers in the years that came after the phenomenom known as Hill Street Blues. There is a place of honor for this series in my own personal video collection. What great memories this show brings back and always will!

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  jawsthecabbie Added Jan 7, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  It is one of best shows ever. hide « show »

  It has everything. People who we can all associate with. The stories were always keeping up with the times. The everyday struggles of different people and how their lives interact through everyday routine. It made you go through an emotional roller coaster every week. The characters were awesome. I especially loved Belker. The way he treated the trash he cleaned off the streets. He acted the way toward criminals that we all like to see. All the actors were excellent. the way sgt. Esterhaus said "Let's be careful out there". It was always nice to her those words. Now when I watch the show, it's like visiting an old friend.

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  brain57 Added Feb 3, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Really best cop show that set the bar of other shows! hide « show »

  This show set the bar for other cops shows like NYPD Blue, Law & Order, and Homicide:Life on the Street. As it had great acting and writing. Along with an awesome ensemble cast. Led by the great Daniel J Travotti as the long-suffering but level-headed Captain Frank Furillo. As the cops battle both their professional and personal lives. While trying to bring the criminals down. Really loved Bruce Weltz's cop as he barked at the criminals as he was really cool. While future NYPD star Dennis Franz was on there. The show dealt with problems head on and come as you are type of shows that you just don't see these days.

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  JPPT1974 Added Oct 16, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Fantastic show hide « show »

  Characters from this show are forever etched in my mind. The writers crafted such a wonderful collection of personalities--I doubt if they will ever be matched. I rarely send my crews out to a job site without first reminding them "Hey, let's be careful out there." Every now and then I pick up something too heavy and yell "Bobby, I think I done herniated myself!" My kids poo pooed the show as a relic from the 80's until they got me a season collection for Christmas. I made them sit down and watch a couple of episodes with me. They're hooked too. Our Hill Street collection is one of the few we travel with. Vacation, family visit, whatever, pop it in the player and you're wide awake and entertained for at least an hour!

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  halfaulkner Added Sep 13, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Hill Street Blues is set in “Any City” and “Any Police Department”. The show was a fictional place that brought you to the action... and even closer to the emotions and hardships of the officers at Hill Street Station. hide « show »

  Hill Street Blues is a timeless show and still the pinnacle of police dramas. There will never be another show like it. Of this television series, most importantly,was the honesty and integrity that we witnessed in such an unscrupulous community. The lives of the men and women of this police precinct became important to us. The success and failures of the characters we bonded with brought elation... and sadness. We were allowed to ride along as silent partners of the “street cops”, and to be a fly on the wall behind the closed doors where the most important and private conversations were held. As Sergeant Phil Esterhaus might have said “As it were, Hill Street Blues is as close to perfect as mere mortals can get”.

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  johnie226 Added Jul 2, 2006 All my reviews