moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (06/27/85)
In article <355@petfe.UUCP> evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes: >One of the biggest changes viewers can expect is the ELIMINATION OF THE MORNING >ROLL-CALL at the beginning of each episode; some opening segments will take >place at night. Also, the sequential day-in-the-life approach may be scrapped. > I'm not sure this is a bad thing, if it is done correctly. Remember, please, that one of the main reasons Hill Street took off critically at the beginning of it's run was it's new approach to a story. I, for one, will follow through almost any changes in the format of the show, as long as the quality of the scripts and the acting and characterization does not go downhill. >Some weeks will revolve around 3 or 4 characters instead of the cast of 14, and >Capt. Furillo, Mick Belker, and Hill, & Renko will appear every episode. Hmm... I had expected more to be on the "permanent list". Hope Washington, Bates & Coffey have something to do. >Ray Calletano will be REPLACED on the Hill by a new 'amoral' character played >by Dennis Franz. Ray will finally make Captain and be reassigned, although >he will make occasional appearances. More cast changes are to be announced. No big surprise here -- apparently Rene Enriquez was not one of the easier actors to work with. > >Prediction: 1985-86 will be the last season for HSB. It will slip into >mundanity and begin to look like every other show, and vanish. > >Thanks Brandon. I don't think so -- the people who are in charge of the show have been the writers for the last few seasons -- they've done good work before, so I'm betting on good work from now on. >PS Notice, no mention of Patsy or Harry. Also, it is worth noting that the >actress who plays Fay Furillo (Barbara Bosson) is Bochco's wife, and since >he left...would that really be such a loss?? In a TV Guide article of a month ago, it was revealed that Patsy and Harry would not be back. As to Bosson, they said she was one of the people who WOULD stay with the show... In article <280@savax.UUCP> behr@savax.UUCP (Marc D. Behr) writes: > A veteran recurring character will do something wrong "and stop being >a cop" "Veteran"? I don't know if "recurring" means regular, i.e. on the credits, but -- Chief Daniels? Nah, he's never *been* a cop. Harry? It's mentioned that he'll be in the first episode and then disappear. Mick's friend Robin? God, I hope not... >I don't know if I like all of these changes that will be taking place. Some of >them such as Ray getting reassigned were expected but others such as not >starting with roll call may take some getting used to. I guess we will have to >wait and see in September. Precisely! "You are still dead, then?" "Oh yeah, hey, totally." Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsri}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA