Hill Street Blues aired on NBC in the '80s, but the procedural has a cool connection to Chicago P.D. that I never knew about.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After premiering in 1981, Hill Street Blues consistently captured the chaotic, compassionate, and often heartbreaking reality of ...

The One Chicago universe is one of NBC's biggest series right now, and Chicago P.D. shares a secret tie to one of the network ...

The cast of Hill Street Blues, the show that changed American TV. From left to right: Bruce Weitz, Michael Warren, Charles Haid, James B. Sikking That’s a big claim, but it’s true. The show centered ...

Re “Cop drama ‘Hill Street Blues’ helped rewrite the rules of network television” (TV Critic’s Corner, June 6): Jan. 15, 1981. I was 34 years old, almost 35. Alone that evening, I turned on my little ...

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Hill Street Blues rewrote the rules of television drama. Set inside an overworked urban precinct within an unnamed city, Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll's gritty series introduced a level of realism ...