Hill Street Blues



Hill Street Blues was a telelvision drama which aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. The series chronicled the lives of police officers in an unnamed city's police precinct. The show received a total of 98 Emmy Awards, and was surpassed only by The West Wing in the number of Emmys won by a series in its first season.

On episode 2628 of Sesame Street], the series was parodied with "Hill Street Twos." The spoof featured Grover and Ernie as police officers in a precinct where the police chief is having difficulty getting the force to split into pairs of two.

Connections

 * Dennis Franz played Lieutenant Norman Buntz (1985-1987)
 * Jeffrey Tambor played Judge Alan Wachtel