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Hill Street Blues
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| Name: | Hill Street Blues |
| Abbreviation(s): | HSB |
| Creator: | Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll |
| Date(s): | 1981-87 |
| Medium: | Television |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | Wikipedia. |
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Hill Street Blues was an American serial police drama broadcast from 1981-1987.
HSB had a small but active fandom. Many fans came to the show through Starsky & Hutch, due in part to the subject matter and because there were at least two actors (Michael Conrad and Veronica Hamel) who were in both shows.
Communities
Zines
While HSB never had a complete fiction zine of its own, it did share a three-issue anthology with Simon & Simon called Brothers 'n Blues and a one shot with Starsky & Hutch called Blue Warriors, as well as a mini-zine with poetry, art, and puzzles called All Sorts of Heroes. There were a number of stories and poems in multifandom zines during the late '80s and through the '90s.
There was also a HSB letterzine called Catchin' the Blues.
Two proposed zines which never made it off the ground were: "Marv Box Memorial Zine" (fiction and such) and "On the Hill" (letterzine).
Online
- The Hill Street Blues Web Site, a fan page.
Fan Comments
1981
If anyone were to ask me if there has been a show which seriously offended me, I'd say yes: Hill Street Blues. I tried 1½ shows before giving up. Officially sanctioned illegal weapons, incredibly stupid male chauvinists, a maniacal detective who bites his suspects, a general attitude of not caring.. .there was more than enough to get me to turn off the set. It is my understanding that the show will probably not be back next season. America has rejected it and turning it off. Which is as it should be. [1]
References
- ^ from an LoC in The Clipper Trade Ship #33/34