Hill Street Blues News

Want something enjoyable to do during the holidays? Skip the overlong, unfunny "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel." Two years ago a new, updated CG version of Alvin and the Chipmunks was released; mildly charming, it apparently resonated with audiences and it became a huge, huge hit earning well over $200 million in the U.S. alone and over ...

Cops have higher addiction rates, fact or fiction? MICHAEL WASILEWSKI & ALTHEA OLSON, LCSW Human Factor Contributors For me, Hill Street Blues has always been the gold standard of cop shows.

Dear Incredible David: My daughter asked about what the sergeant on "Hill Street Blues" said at the end of roll call each episode.

Although she has appeared occasionally in films , Bosson is best-known for her regular TV appearances throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Beginning his career as a sultan of TV sleaze, Dennis Franz rose from character actor to one of television's most enduring leading men with ability to convey his troubled characters' redemptive qualities.

Trevor Eve made Shoestring a hit, to the tune of a staggering 20 million viewers a ' and he avoided becoming Bergerac to boot i oe Did you know that Shoestring used to get more than 20 million viewers an episode when it was first shown? Even in the unfragmented TV market of 1979-1980, that is an unassailable testimony to the power of Trevor Eve's ...

Our review of Tales From The Darkside: The First Season , published February 13th, 2009, is also available.

The cast of Geffen Playhouse's production of Bill Cain's Equivocation , set in the time of Shakespeare, will include Joe Spano as Shakespeare and Tony Award nominee Harry Groener as a leader in the bard's acting troupe.

This scene in Star Wars: A New Hope seals our impression of Darth Vader. We already know he's dangerous and evil.

The governor wants Ohio police to be able to take DNA samples from suspected felons, and the idea makes some people queasy.

Twentytwo years ago this fall, just before ABC premiered "thirtysomething," the producers were keeping their expectations low.

Twentytwo years ago this fall, just before ABC premiered "thirtysomething," the producers were keeping their expectations low.

Twenty-two years ago this fall, just before ABC premiered "thirtysomething," the producers were keeping their expectations low.

ABC The adult cast of 'Thirtysomething' in 1987: from left on the top row, Polly Draper, Peter Horton, Ken Olin, Mel Harris and Melanie Mayron; bottom row from left, Timothy Busfield and Patricia Wettig.

A dark, handsome, sensitive leading actor of television who, after off-Broadway and TV experience, gained some attention amid stiff competition for his recurring role on two seasons of NBC's "Hill Street Blues". Olin.... A dark, handsome, sensitive leading actor of television who, after off-Broadway and TV experience, gained some attention amid ...

Of all the TV shows of the 1980's, how can I choose my all time favorites? Easy, they are the ones I can remember - and they aren't many.

Tall and gangly, with a face, body and manner screaming for comedy, Betty Thomas parlayed a job as a waitress at a comedy club into a career first as an Emmy-winning actress, followed by that of an Emmy-winning director.... Tall and gangly, with a face, body and manner screaming for comedy, Betty Thomas parlayed a job as a waitress at a comedy club ...

TV producer Norman Lear is 87. Singer Harvey Fuqua of The Moonglows is 80. Singer Bobbie Gentry is 65.

Fans of "General Hospital" soap star Brandon Barash will have the perfect opportunity to meet the popular actor who plays mob prince Johnny Zacchara this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Zanies Comedy Nightclub in Vernon Hills.

Last week a new movie, "Public Enemies," was released. Based on a non-fiction book by Bryan Burrough, the movie is a fictional telling of the story of John Dillinger, a bank robber in 1933-34. That was the era of the auto gangs, groups of bandits who took advantage of having the same weapons and better cars than police to flit from state to state ...