HILL STREET BLUES
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that aired on NBC in primetime from 1981 to 1987 for a total of 146 episodes. The show chronicled the lives of the staff of a single police station located on the fictional Hill Street, in an unnamed large city, with “blues” being a slang term for police officers for their blue uniforms. The show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada. Its debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing. The show received a total of 98 Emmy nominations during its run. (More from Wikipedia)
Mike Post’s many later musical credits include producing the first three albums for the First Edition (where Kenny Rogers got his start) and creating the theme music for Law & Order, The Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, and many other TV shows.
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Natasha Shneider also worked as an actress, most notably starring as the female cosmonaut Irina Yakunina in the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey called 2010 (1984). In one touching scene, Shneider is shown in a clutch with star Roy Scheider during a particularly frightening part of the voyage to Jupiter. She also appeared in episodes of the TV shows Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues, sometimes being credited as Natasha Detente.
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