Hill Street Blues, one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed series in recent television history, aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. Revolutionising the TV 'cop show', combining it with elements from the sitcom, soap opera, and cinema verite-style documentary.
In an overworked and understaffed police precinct in an anonymous inner city, we follow the lives of many characters, from the lowly traffic beat cops to the captain of the precinct himself.