For first-time viewers, the carnival of characters which gives the series its richness for addicts such as this viewer, may seem initially confusing. The structure is still the bits-and-pieces-flow-of ...

The pilot for the 1981 drama "Hill Street Blues" opens on chaos. Police officers and other employees mill around a drab, disorganized meeting room. Bleary-eyed yet clearly comfortable with each other, ...

The Wire revolutionized the police procedural with its dark realism and serialized storytelling, but it never would’ve existed if it hadn’t been for Hill Street Blues. David Simon channeled his years ...