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?
the success of hill street blues influenced everything that came after. then you saw shows like st. elsewhere. 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 promoted as hill street in a hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you don t know what medications they re on. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. pathetic! bill? what? the doctor needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel on that pint of blood. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things happen to these characters. there was real heartache in these people s lives and you really felt for them. i ve got aids? television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. st. elsewhere challenged
blues as a critical phenomenon influenced everything that came after. then you saw shows like st. elsewhere. you know what people call this place? not st. elegius. 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 in a hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you don t know what medications they re on! you write the worst progress notes! you re pathetic. pathetic! bill? what? the doctor needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel on that pint of blood. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things happen to these characters. there was real heartache in these people s lives and you really felt for them. i ve got aids? television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. st. elsewhere challenged people, and they challenged you
blues, influenced everything after it and you saw shows like st. elsewhere . do you know what people call this had place? a place you want not want to send your mother-in-law. it was pro motorcycled as hill street in the hospital. you give your patients the wrong antibiotics, you write the worst progress notes. you are pathetic. the doctor needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke all the rules and built new rules. the blood bank called and they ran a routine panel on the pint of blood, the t-cell count was off. they had tragic things happen to the characters there s real heart ache in the lives, and you felt for them. i have aids? television at it s best is a mirror of society at the moment. it challenged you as a actor,
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 influenced everything that came after. then you saw shows like st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? 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 in a hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you don t know what medications they re on. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. pathetic! bill? what? the doctor needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel on that pint of blood. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things happen to these characters. there was real heartache in these people s lives and you really felt for them.