I was young when it aired originally. I’ve started watching it from the beginning and so much comes to mind. So far in the first season, the story writing is very good. It’s seems to be a die that all the Law and Order type cop shows tried to repeat looking at it in hindsight.

The characters are well written and don’t seem forced.

I see now that I was way too young to appreciate it when it was on in the 1980s.

And hey, let’s be careful out there.

The cold opening "Roll Call" hooked me from Episode 1.

Now I gotta watch it all again.

A very well done show. I’ve watched it all the way through more than once. Great characters. Who could forget the character often referred to as “Choice Joyce”

This makes me want to revisit it. And I know there are plenty of episodes I missed.

"Buck Naked" (Lee Weaver)

"I'm buck nakeeeeeed!!!!"



He also played the Blind Seer in O Brother, Where Art Thou

I was in college when Hill Street Blues aired, a group of us would watch it each week... then later in the week, I would call my dad and we would talk about the episode that had aired, he loved that show.

After college, I continued watching it when I was stationed at Ft. Knox. I think that I have the first two years on DVD, might have to get them out and re-watch them.

Amazon has the complete series on DVD for $49.97 but it's a sale price.

I love that show. This thread has brought back the memories!

Joyce Davenport!

Best theme song on television.

ALOT of actors got their start on this excellent series

1: there was a time when I believed Veronica Hamill was absolutely the most beautiful woman in the world

2: one of the saddest scenes on TV was when Captain Freedom died in Belker‘s arms.

I remember my father enjoying that show and being in my teen high school years I did not appreciate it. Is this available on any of the streaming services?

Years ago, can't remember exactly when, but probably in the early 1990s, we were having dinner in a NYC deli. Looked up, and sitting at the counter, was Bruce Weitz -- the actor who played Mick Belker.

I was young when it originally aired and did not realize, understand, or appreciate a lot of the off beat humor.

This can be said for St Elsewhere, NYPD Blue and even Barney Miller.

It wasn't till I was older, and working in law enforcement and the Medical Examiner, that I realized how great the show was, and the humor.

Hill Street Blues literally pioneered the TV cop genre we see everywhere today.

Stephen Bochco was a true innovator.

We saw this style mostly perfected in NYPD Blue, the natural progression for Bochco.

Let us not forget:

Sal Benedetto

Norman Buntz

Andy Sipowicz

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
1: there was a time when I believed Veronica Hamill was absolutely the most beautiful woman in the world

VH was definitely HOT. I was a teenager, and oh yeah!

At my university security job I was given a new name from a HSB character. There were two of us with the same name so I became Howard.

I never watched it, but wasn't it the first network that showed some booty?

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
I never watched it, but wasn't it the first network that showed some booty?

That was NYPD Blue, and the booty in question was Dennis Frantz.

Fantastic show, just fantastic. It still holds up.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:

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Originally posted by Schmelby:
I never watched it, but wasn't it the first network that showed some booty?

That was NYPD Blue, and the booty in question was Dennis Frantz.

Fantastic show, just fantastic. It still holds up.

You're right. I never watched that show either, but I remember hubub about it.