Series Description

The Hill Street Blues TV show was a 60 minute drama series on NBC about the people who work at a big city Police precinct. It followed them from their over-worked jobs to their homes where the stressfull jobs often took their toll. It presented a more realistic portrayal of crime and dealing with it than most shows that had come before. Often, there would be an unhappy ending where the bad guys would get away with their crime.

Hill Street Blues Cast

Daniel J. Travanti .... Captain Frank Furillo
Taurean Blacque .... Detective Neal Washington
Pat Corley .... Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf
Jon Cypher .... Chief Fletcher Daniels
Karen Davis .... Police Official
Rene Enriquez .... Lieutenant Ray Calletano
Dennis Franz .... Detective Sal Benedetto (83) / Lt. Norman Buntz (85-87)
Charles Haid .... Andrew Renko
Veronica Hamel .... Joyce Davenport
Mimi Kuzyk .... Detective Patsy Mayo
Dana Elcar .... Pete Thornton
Vincent Lucchesi .... Captain Jerry Fuchs
Kiel Martin .... John (Segment "J.D.") La Rue
Gary Miller .... Officer Jack Ballantine
Lynne Moody .... Martha Nichols
Lawrence Tierney .... Sergeant Jenkins
James Sikking .... Lieutenant Howard Hunter
Trinidad Silva .... Jesus Martinez
Joe Spano .... Henry Goldblume
Jeffrey Tambor .... Judge Alan Wachtel
Betty Thomas .... Lucy Bates
Michael Warren .... Bobby Hill
Bruce Weitz .... Mick Belker
Barbara Bosson .... Fay Furillo
Ed Marinaro .... Officer Joe Coffey
George Wyner .... Assistant D.A. Irwin Bernstein
Barbara Babcock .... Grace Gardner
Robert Hirschfeld .... Officer Leo Schnitz
Michael Conrad .... Sergeant Phil Esterhaus
Lisa Sutton .... Officer Robin Tataglia
Robert Prosky .... Sergeant Stan Jablonski
Peter Jurasik .... Sid the Snitch

Hill Street Blues Trivia

Hill Street Blues generated a "spin-off" series when Dennis Franz's character, "Lieutenant Norman Buntz" left New York and moved to southern California to open his own detective agency. Unfortunately, that series only lasted nine episodes, mostly due to Buntz's personality being changed from a hard-nosed cop to a funny guy who sometimes even acted like a buffoon! Franz would later recover from terrible encounter with comedy by starring for 12 seasons on "NYPD Blue"!

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

1. Hill Street Station (1/15/1981)
2. Presidential Fever (1/17/1981)
3. Politics As Usual (1/22/1981)
4. Can World War III Be An Attitude? (1/24/1981)
5. Double Jeopardy (1/31/1981)
6. Film at Eleven (2/7/1981)
7. Choice Cut (2/14/1981)
8. Up In Arms (2/21/1981)
9. Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind (2/28/1981)
10. Gatorbait (3/7/1981)
11. Life, Death, Eternity (3/14/1981)
12. I Never Promised You A Rose, Marvin (3/21/1981)
13. Fecund Hand Rose (3/28/1981)
14. Rites Of Spring - Part 1 (5/19/1981)
15. Rites Of Spring - Part 2 (5/19/1981)
16. Jungle Madness - Part 1 (5/26/1981)
17. Jungle Madness - Part 2 (5/26/1981)

Season 2

18. Hearts And Minds (10/29/1981)
19. Blood Money (11/5/1981)
20. The Last White Man On East Ferry Avenue (11/12/1981)
21. The Second Oldest Profession (11/19/1981)
22. Fruits Of The Poisonous Tree (12/3/1981)
23. Cranky Streets (12/10/1981)
24. Chipped Beef (12/17/1981)
25. The World According To Freedom (1/7/1982)
26. Pestolozzi's Revenge (1/14/1982)
27. The Spy Who Came In From Delgado (1/21/1982)
28. Freedom's Last Stand (1/28/1982)
29. Of Mouse And Man (2/11/1982)
30. Zen And The Art Of Law Enforcement (2/18/1982)
31. The Young, The Beautiful And The Degraded (2/25/1982)
32. Some Like It Hot-Wired (3/18/1982)
33. Personal Foul (3/25/1982)
34. Shooter (5/6/1982)
35. Invasion Of The Third World Body Snatchers (5/13/1982)

Season 3

36. Trial by Fury (9/30/1982)
37. Domestic Beef (10/7/1982)
38. Heat Rash (10/14/1982)
39. Rain Of Terror (10/21/1982)
40. Officer Of The Year (10/28/1982)
41. Stan The Man (11/4/1982)
42. Little Boil Blue (11/11/1982)
43. Requiem For A Hairbag (11/18/1982)
44. A Hair Of The Dog (11/25/1982)
45. Phantom Of The Hill (12/2/1982)
46. No Body's Perfect (12/9/1982)
47. Santaclaustraphobia (12/16/1982)
48. Gung Ho (1/20/1983)
49. Moon Over Uranus (1/27/1983)
50. Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel (1/3/1983)
51. Moon Over Uranus: The Final Legacy (2/10/1983)
52. The Belles Of St. Marys (2/17/1983)
53. Life In The Minors (2/24/1983)
54. Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (3/3/1983)
55. Spotlight On Rico (4/28/1983)
56. Buddy, Can You Spare A Heart? (5/5/1983)
57. A Hill Of Beans (5/12/1983)

Season 4

58. Here's Adventure, Here's Romance (10/13/1983)
59. Ba-bing, Ba-bing (10/20/1983)
60. The Long Law Of The Arm (10/27/1983)
61. Death by Kiki (11/3/1983)
62. Doris In Wonderland (11/10/1983)
63. Praise Dilaudid (11/17/1983)
64. Goodbye, Mr. Scripps (11/24/1983)
65. Midway To What? (12/1/1983)
66. Honk If You're A Goose (12/8/1983)
67. The Russians Are Coming (12/15/1983)
68. Ratman And Bobbin (1/12/1984)
69. Nichols from Heaven (1/19/1984)
70. Fuchs Me? Fuchs You! (1/26/1984)
71. Grace Under Pressure (2/2/1984)
72. The Other Side Of Oneness (2/9/1984)
73. Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow (2/16/1984)
74. The End Of Logan's Run (3/1/1984)
75. The Count Of Monty Tasco (3/8/1984)
76. Nutcracker Suite (3/15/1984)
77. Hair Apparent (5/3/1984)
78. Lucky Ducks (5/10/1984)
79. Eva's Brawn (5/17/1984)

Season 5

80. Mayo, Hold The Pickle (9/27/1984)
81. Watt A Way To Go (10/4/1984)
82. Rookie Nookie (10/18/1984)
83. Fowl Play (10/25/1984)
84. Bangladesh Slowly (11/1/1984)
85. Ewe And Me, Babe (11/8/1984)
86. Blues For Mr. Green (11/15/1984)
87. Fuched Again (11/22/1984)
88. Low Blow (11/29/1984)
89. The Rise And Fall Of Paul The Wall (12/6/1984)
90. Last Chance Salon (12/13/1984)
91. Intestinal Fortitude (1/10/1985)
92. Of Human Garbage (1/17/1985)
93. Dr. Hoof And Mouth (1/24/1985)
94. Davenport In A Storm (1/31/1985)
95. Washington Deceased (2/7/1985)
96. Passage To Libya (2/14/1985)
97. El Capitan (2/21/1985)
98. The Life And Time Of Dominic Florio Jr. (3/21/1985)
99. G.Q. (3/28/1985)
100. Queen For A Day (4/11/1985)
101. You're In Alice's (5/9/1985)
102. Grin And Bear It (5/16/1985)

Season 6

103. Blues In The Night (9/26/1985)
104. Hacked To Pieces (10/3/1985)
105. Seoul On Ice (10/17/1985)
106. In The Belly Of The Bus (10/24/1985)
107. Somewhere Over The Rambo (10/31/1985)
108. Oh, You Kid (11/7/1985)
109. An Oy For an Oy (11/14/1985)
110. Fathers And Huns (11/21/1985)
111. What Are Friends For? (12/5/1985)
112. The Virgin And The Turkey (12/12/1985)
113. Two Easy Pieces (1/9/1986)
114. Say It As It Plays (1/16/1986)
115. Das Blues (1/23/1986)
116. Scales Of Justice (1/30/1986)
117. I Want My Hill Street Blues (2/6/1986)
118. Remembrance Of Hits Past (2/13/1986)
119. Larry Of Arabia (2/27/1986)
120. Iced Coffey (3/6/1986)
121. Jagga The Hunk (3/13/1986)
122. Look Homeward, Ninja (3/20/1986)
123. Slum Enchanted Evening (3/27/1986)
124. Come And Get It (4/3/1986)

Season 7

125. Suitcase (10/2/1986)
126. A Case Of Klapp (10/9/1986)
127. The Best Defense (10/16/1986)
128. Bald Ambition (10/30/1986)
129. I Come On My Knees (11/6/1986)
130. Say Uncle (11/13/1986)
131. Amazing Grace (11/27/1986)
132. Falling from Grace (12/2/1986)
133. Fathers And Guns (12/9/1986)
134. More Skinned Against Than Skinning (12/23/1986)
135. She's So Fein (1/6/1987)
136. A Wasted Weekend (1/13/1987)
137. City Of Refuse (1/20/1987)
138. Der Roachenkavalier (2/3/1987)
139. Norman Conquest (2/10/1987)
140. Sorry Wrong Number (3/3/1987)
141. The Cookie Crumbles (3/10/1987)
142. Dogsbreath Afternoon (3/17/1987)
143. Days Of Swine And Roses (3/31/1987)
144. The Runner Falls On His Kisser (4/7/1987)
145. A Pound Of Flesh (5/5/1987)
146. It Ain't Over Till It's Over (5/12/1987)