came after. then you saw shows like st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? not st. eligis. 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? dr. mora 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 as an actor, much less the audience, to think. the stuff they gave y
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 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 hospital. you give 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? dr. morning needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. bobby, 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
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 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. bonnie, 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
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 of you to join us, dr. morrison. the success of hill street blues as a critical phenomenon influenced everything that came after. and then of course 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 hospital. you give 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? dr. morning needs you right away.