Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180902:07:23:00
>> 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 yo...