The cast of Hill Street Blues, the show that changed American TV. From left to right: Bruce Weitz, Michael Warren, Charles Haid, James B. Sikking That’s a big claim, but it’s true. The show centered ...

Hill Street Blues rewrote the rules of television drama. Set inside an overworked urban precinct within an unnamed city, Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll's gritty series introduced a level of realism ...

Before there was "The Wire," before there was "The Shield," before there was even "Law & Order," there was "Hill Street Blues." While it may not be as well remembered in the 21st century as other ...

The Prisoner and miniseries told serial stories before Hill Street, and The Fugitive hung a years-long chase on its otherwise self-contained episodes. But Steven Bochco’s cop drama popularized the ...

Jen Vestuto is a TV Features Writer for Collider. A born and raised New Yorker, she started her career on set as a production assistant for shows like Law & Order: SVU and Person of Interest. In LA, ...