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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 man that pulled the trigger, not a black one. it was a white one! >> 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. >> don't do it! 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". >> ...

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 sh...

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 th...

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...

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. elsew...