shoving it down their throat until after a while they ll say, that s 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 is a critical phenomenon, influenced everything that came after. and then of course you saw shows like st. elsewhere. do you know what people call this place? st. elsewhere. a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was promoted as hill street hospital. you give your patients the wrong antibiotics. you don t know what medications they re on. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. pathetic! bill? what? dr. moore needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. bobby, the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel on that pint of blood. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things happen to the
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. 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. 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 and st. elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheeseburger and what you re 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 s 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 is a critical phenomenon, influenced everything that came after. and then of course you saw shows like st. elsewhere. do you know what people call
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 s doesn t taste bad. and maybe they ll even order it themselves when they go to the restaurant. nice for you to join us. the success of hill street blues influenced everything that came after. and then st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? st. elsewhere. a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was promoted as hill street hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. pathetic. bill? what? dr. morning needs you right away. i m sorry. st. elsewhere broke every rule there was and then built some new rules. bobby, the blood bank called a little while ago. they ran a routine panel. t-cell count was off. they would have tragic things
white face and all they want to do is do him in. listen to me, it was a white finger that pulled the trigger, not a black one, it was a white! it set a trend. the idea that the audience can accept their characters being deeply flawed even though they re 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. 21 nominations. and we went on to win eight emmys. 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 and st. elsewhere, what the american public wants is a cheeseburg cheeseburger, and what you re 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 s doesn t taste bad. and maybe the
emmys. 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 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 s doesn t taste bad. and maybe they ll even toward order it for themselves when they go to the restaurant. the success of hill street blues influenced everything that s came after. and then st. elsewhere. you know what people call this? st. elsewhere. a place you wouldn t want to send your mother-in-law. when it first came on, it was promoted as hill street hospital. you gave your patients the wrong antibiotics. you write the worst progress notes. you re pathetic. bill? what? dr. morning needs you right away. i m sorry.