finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it was a white one! it set a trend. this idea the audience can accept characters being deeply flawed even though they were 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. it got 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 and st. elsewhere, what the american people 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.
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 elsewhere, what the public wants is a cheeseburger 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 order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. the success of hill street blues is a critical phenomenon. influenced everything that came after. then 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 zipped your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was actually promoted as hill street in the hospital. you give your patients the wrong antibiotics. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. phil! what?
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 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.
you fill it out. what the hell is the matter 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 they want 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 the audience can accept its characters being deeply flawed even though they were in 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. we got 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 and st. elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheese burger and what you re
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 listen to me. it was a white finger 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. and 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. 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 and what you re trying to give them is a french delicacy. and he said, your job is to keep shoving it