Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

Premiere	pilot movie January 15, 1981 series January 17, 1981
Finale	May 12, 1987
Creator	Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco
Network/Provider	NBC
Style	60-minute crime drama
Company	MTM Enterprises
Distributor	MTM Television Distribution (1987–1998) 20th Television (1989–2020) Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2020– )
Seasons	7
Episodes	145 + pilot movie
Origin	USA

Hill Street Blues is a crime drama that aired on NBC.

Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct – "blues" being a slang term for police officers – in an unnamed American city.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Daniel J. Travanti	Captain Frank Furillo	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Michael Conrad	Sergeant Phil Esterhaus	*	*	*	*
Michael Warren	Officer Bobby Hill	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bruce Weitz	Detective Mick Belker	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
James B. Sikking	Lt. Howard Hunter	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Joe Spano	Detective Henry Goldblume	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Barbara Bosson	Fay Furillo	*	*	*	*	*	*
Taurean Blacque	Detective Neal Washington	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kiel Martin	Detective J.D. LaRue	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
René Enríquez	Lt. Ray Calletano	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Betty Thomas	Officer Lucille Bates	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Charles Haid	Officer Andy Renko	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Veronica Hamel	Joyce Davenport	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ed Marinaro	Officer Joe Coffey	o	*	*	*	*	*
Robert Prosky	Sergeant Stan Jablonski					*	*	*
Robert Hirschfeld	Leo Schnitz	o	o	o	o	*
Mimi Kuzyk	Detective Patsy Mayo					*
Ken Olin	Detective Harry Garibaldi					*
Dennis Franz	Lieutenant Norman Buntz						*	*
Megan Gallagher	Detective Tina Russo							*
Robert Clohessy	Officer Patrick Flaherty							*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jon Cypher	Chief Fletcher P. Daniels	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gary Miller	Officer Ballantine		*	*	*	*	*	*
George Wyner	ADA Irwin Bernstein		*	*	*	*	*	*
Lisa Sutton	Robin Tattaglia			*	*	*	*	*
Ellen Blake	Natalie DeRoy				*	*
Gerry Black	Sgt. Alf Chesley	*	*	*
Vincent Lucchesi	Captain Jerry Fuchs	*	*	*	*	*
Jeffrey Tambor	Judge Alan Wachtel		*	*	*	*	*	*
Peter Jurasik	Sidney "The Snitch" Thurston			*			*	*

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
NBC
Season One	January 15, 1981	May 26, 1981	16 + movie
Season Two	October 29, 1981	May 13, 1982	18
Season Three	September 30, 1982	May 12, 1983	22
Season Four	October 13, 1983	May 17, 1984	22
Season Five	September 27, 1984	May 16, 1985	23
Season Six	September 26, 1985	April 3, 1986	22
Season Seven	October 2, 1986	May 12, 1987	22