Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!dartvax!holly From: holly@dartvax.UUCP (Holly Cabell) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Hill Street Format Change Message-ID: <3287@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 17:51:48 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3287 Posted: Mon Jun 24 17:51:48 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 01:14:39 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 28 I'm not sure where to post this, but I thought net.misc would be the best place. In the news this week: "Reports a few months back that NBC's award-winning cop show, HILL STREET BLUES, would be simplified next season may have been premature. If anything, it will be more complex. Viewers no longer will be able to count on the familier roll-call- to-nightfall formula and the roster will vary from show to show. The Newspaper article goes on to say that there will no longer be a roll-call, it will no longer just be one show covering one day, and that the cast will not be constant from night to night. Now I have watched Hill Street Blues, if not constantly, at least frequently, and I think that the old format was perfect for the show. It was often hectic, hard to follow and intruiging, but it was always interesting to watch. The article mentions that the show has dropped roughly 10% in the ratings since it's peak, and I think that it will drop even farther with the new format. Oh well, I guess I'll still have St. Elsewhere. Anyone else have feelings on this subject? I guess there wont be much, so it's safe to say "post it". --johnc at [the.world] ! dartvax ! holly -- --johnc at [the.world] ! dartvax ! holly