The landmark NBC drama, created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll, took the ensemble cast and intertwined serial storylines from soap opera, fused them with a police procedural, and came up with one of the most influential shows of all time.
Let’s be careful out there. The landmark NBC drama, created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll, took the ensemble cast and intertwined serial storylines from soap opera, fused them with a police procedural, and came up with one of the most influential shows of all time. Each episode followed a day shift for the blue-uniformed officers at Hill Street precinct in an unnamed US city. Jerky camerawork gave it a naturalistic street-level feel, real world issues were tackled and police jargon littered the script. Groundbreaking and game-changing.