Tag: Hill Street Blues
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Holiday hiatus
Hiya, folks! Happy Independence Day! I just wanted to take a quick moment of your time to announce that there will be no Summer Watch pieces on Cheers or Hill Street Blues this week. Most television series take time off for holidays and therefore, it seems fitting to take some time off now, especially since I’m…
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Hill Street Blues, “Film at Eleven” and “Choice Cut”

This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheers on Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. This week, I have a…
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Hill Street Blues, “Can WWIII Be An Attitude?” and “Double Jeopardy”

This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheerson Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. Much like I did in…
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Hill Street Blues, “Presidential Fever” and “Politics as Usual”

This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheerson Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. “…for all its singularity, Hill…
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Surveillance Summer Watch: Hill Street Blues, “Hill Street Station”

This is the next post in 2011’s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheers on Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post. Just a quick house-keeping…
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Surveillance Summer Watch: History Lesson — Announcing this summer’s viewing projects

As most of you know, the summer months are light on quality television or even decent television worth writing about. Because of this, many television critics and fans use this time to re-watch some of their favorite series or catch up on things they have missed over the years. Not only does it keep the…
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Test Pilot: File #3, Law & Order

Test Pilot #3: Law & Order Debut date: September 13, 1990 on NBC Series legacy: The prototype procedural for late 20th century and 21st century television, particularly the broadcast networks, a series that was once great for what it was, but something that wore out its welcome due to ubiquity all across cable thanks to…