well. and the winner is hill street blues . we got 21 nominations and we went on to win 8 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. 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 even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. nice for you to join us. the success of hill street blues is a critical phenomenon and influenced everything that came after. then you saw shows like st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? not st. allegis. st. elsewhere. a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was promoted as hill street hospital. you gave your patients the
with you, man? i ll tell you something, they 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 is do him in. listen to me, it was a white finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one, it was a white! it set a trend. the idea that the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though they re wearing this uniform. i thought that was important to finally get across. 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. 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. 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 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
finally get across. 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. 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. 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 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 s 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 blues is a critical phenomenon, influenced everything that came after. and then of course you saw shows like st. elsewhere. do you know what people call
deal with animals like this. all they see is a white face and all they listen to me. it was a white man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it set a trend. the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they are caring 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. 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. 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 and st. elsewhere what the american people want is a cheeseburger.
accept characters being deeply flawed, even though they are wearing a 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 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. and maybe they ll even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. nice for you to join us. the success of hill street blues is a critical phenomenon. it influenced everything that