The show's debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards (which was a debut season record surpassed only by "The West Wing"). In total, the series received 98 Emmy nominations during its run.
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| - The show's debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards (which was a debut season record surpassed only by "The West Wing"). In total, the series received 98 Emmy nominations during its run.
- Hill Street Blues was a television drama which aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. The series chronicled the lives of police officers in an unnamed city's police precinct. The show received a total of 98 Emmy Awards, and was surpassed only by The West Wing in the number of Emmys won by a series in its first season. It's theme song was chosen by TV Guide as one of the 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes, and the character of Mick Belker was chosen as number 54 in Bravo's list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
- Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC and ran for 146 episodes from 1981-1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received high critical acclaim and its innovations proved highly influential on serious dramatic television series produced in North America. Its debut season was honored with eight Emmy awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing, and the show received a total of 98 Emmy Award nominations during its run. The whole series can now be viewed on YouTube here.
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| - Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC and ran for 146 episodes from 1981-1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received high critical acclaim and its innovations proved highly influential on serious dramatic television series produced in North America. Its debut season was honored with eight Emmy awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing, and the show received a total of 98 Emmy Award nominations during its run. The series was unique at the time for being the first to bring together several ideas in TV drama:
* Each episode featured a number of intertwined storylines, some of which were resolved within the episode, while others carried over multiple episodes during a season.
* The conflict between work life and home life is explored, as well as the conflict between doing what is right and doing what works.
* Many camera techniques, such as tight closeups, use of offscreen dialogue, rapid cuts between stories, and use of handheld cameras rather than floor cameras, gave the series a "documentary" feel.
* Almost every episode started with "roll-call", and many episodes were written to take place over the course of a single day (a technique later used by LA Law). The whole series can now be viewed on YouTube here.
- The show's debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards (which was a debut season record surpassed only by "The West Wing"). In total, the series received 98 Emmy nominations during its run.
- Hill Street Blues was a television drama which aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. The series chronicled the lives of police officers in an unnamed city's police precinct. The show received a total of 98 Emmy Awards, and was surpassed only by The West Wing in the number of Emmys won by a series in its first season. It's theme song was chosen by TV Guide as one of the 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes, and the character of Mick Belker was chosen as number 54 in Bravo's list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
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