Hill Street Blues

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American television series police drama television series television series

Hill Street Blues is an influential American police drama television series that aired in the 1980s, renowned for its ensemble cast, gritty realism, and innovative, serialized storytelling.

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Label	Occurrences
Hill Street Blues canonical	54
"Hill Street Blues"	1
Hill Street Blues (director on episodes)	1
Hill Street Blues (television series episodes)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television series ⓘ police drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
castMember	Barbara Bosson ⓘ Betty Thomas ⓘ Bruce Weitz ⓘ Charles Haid ⓘ Daniel J. Travanti ⓘ Dennis Franz ⓘ James Sikking ⓘ Joe Spano ⓘ Michael Conrad ⓘ Taurean Blacque ⓘ Veronica Hamel ⓘ
composer	Larry Carlton ⓘ Mike Post ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Michael Kozoll ⓘ Steven Bochco ⓘ
executiveProducer	Greg Hoblit ⓘ Steven Bochco ⓘ
firstAired	1981 ⓘ January 15, 1981 ⓘ
formatInnovation	handheld camera work ⓘ multi-plot narrative structure ⓘ overlapping dialogue ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ police drama ⓘ serial drama ⓘ
influenced	ER ⓘ Homicide: Life on the Street ⓘ NYPD Blue ⓘ The Wire ⓘ
lastAired	1987 ⓘ May 12, 1987 ⓘ
leadActor	Daniel J. Travanti ⓘ
leadCharacter	Captain Frank Furillo ⓘ
notableFor	ensemble cast ⓘ gritty realism ⓘ multiple overlapping storylines ⓘ serialized storytelling ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	146 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	7 ⓘ
openingTheme	Hill Street Blues self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Hill Street Blues"
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
originalRunDecade	1980s ⓘ
productionCompany	MTM Enterprises ⓘ
setIn	fictional city ⓘ
settingType	urban police precinct ⓘ
themeMusicComposer	Larry Carlton ⓘ Mike Post ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s television ⓘ

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this entity surface form: "Hill Street Blues"

Lindsay Crouse → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Dennis Franz → appearedIn → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama → notableWinner → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Stan Lathan → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Corey Allen → directed → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hill Street Blues (television series episodes)

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Grant Tinker → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Stan Shaw → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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MTM Enterprises → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Veronica Hamel → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Bruce Weitz → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Joe Spano → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Daniel J. Travanti → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Michael Conrad → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Greg Hoblit → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Lindsay and Crouse family (theatrical family) → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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38th Primetime Emmy Awards → notableNominee → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Betty Thomas → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Michael Kozoll → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Georg Stanford Brown → directed → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Charles Haid → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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Dominique Dunne → appearedIn → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

Barbara Bosson → notableWork → Hill Street Blues ⓘ

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