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A police drama (https://web.archive.org/web/20140403160244/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3121077-hill-street-blues/page-4#entry16229034) was never supposed to look or feel like this (https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/453500-hill-street-blues-how-does-hold-up.html). Crowded rooms, overlapping voices, stories that refused to end neatly every week. What started as an experiment soon became a series (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/134739-hill-street-blues-general-discussion/) that confused viewers, impressed critics, and somehow survived some of the lowest ratings ever given to a renewed show.
Hill Street Blues (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031123834/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/hillstreetblues.htm) took shape behind the scenes, how its unusual cast came together, why the music became a hit on its own, and how production challenges, cast changes and network decisions pushed the series into unexpected territory.
How did a series (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HillStreetBlues) that struggled to stay on the air end up rewriting the rules of modern television (https://miamiviceonline.com/index.php?/topic/893-hill-street-blues-appreciation-thread/)? The full story is more surprising than you think.