went on to win eight emmys and it put us on the map literally and that s when people finally checked us out. programming chief of one of the networks used to say about shows like hill street and st. elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheese burger and what you re trying to give them is a french delicacy. your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while they ll say that doesn t taste bad and maybe even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. the success of hill street blues is a critical phenomenon, influenced everything that came after and of course you saw shows like st. elsewhere. do you know what people call this place, st. elsewhere, a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was actually promoted as hill street in the hospital. you give the patients the wrong antibiotics, you don t know what medications they re on. you write the worst progress notes, you re pathetic. phil?
it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. we wanted to make a show that made you participate, made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. and the winner is hill street blues. we got 21 nominations, and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map literally, and that s when people finally checked us out. programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street and st. elsewhere, what the american people wants is a cheeseburger. what you are trying to give them is a french delicacy. and he said, your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while, they ll say, that doesn t taste bad. and maybe they ll even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. nice for you to join us.
that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed, even though they are wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. don t do that. no biting. we wanted to make a show that made you participate, made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. and the winner is hill street blues. we got 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. and it put us on the map. literally. and that s when people finally checked us out. programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street and st. elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheeseburger. and what you re trying to give them is a french delicacy. and he said, your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while, they ll say, that doesn t taste bad. and maybe they ll even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. nice of you to join us, dr. morrison. the success of hill street
it set a trend that the audience can accept the charact characters being deeply flaws even in a uniform. that was important to get across. we wanted to make a show that made you participate. made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. and the winner is had hill street blues. we had 21 nominations, and we went on to win eight emmys. and it put us on the map, literally, that s when people finally checked us out. programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street, what the american public wants and a cheeseburger and what you are trying to give them is a french delicasy, and your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until they say after a while, maybe that does not taste bad and maybe believe and order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. the success of hill street
don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. the first thing they see is a white face, and all they want to do listen to me. it was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it was a white one! it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. we wanted to make a show that made you participate, made you pay attention. and i think that worked pretty well. and the winner is we got 21 nominations, and we went on to win eight emmys. it put us on the map literally, and that s when people finally checked us out. programming chief of one of the networks used to say to me about shows like hill street and st. elsewhere, what the american people want is a cheeseburger. what you are trying to give them is a french delicacy. and he said, your job is to keep shoving it down their throat until after a while, they ll say, that doesn t taste bad.