Yet another excellent stylistic choice is the frequent use of handheld cameras - Hill Street Blues was one of the first programs to use the technique in television.

After “Hill Street Blues,” Sikking went on to play Dr. David Howser, father of Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris), on the ABC medical sitcom.

Hill Street Blues, an MTM Enterprises series, is produced by Yerkovich and David Anspaugh. Executive in charge at MTM is Abby Singer. — Gail Williams, originally published on Nov. 3, 1981.

“There is no ‘Sopranos’ without ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ” says Syracuse University pop culture professor Robert Thompson, who wrote a book tracing “Hill Street’s” influence. “Matt ...

'Hill Street Blues' actor Joe Spano's Lieutenant Henry Goldblume was an iconic character — and Spano hated Goldblume's accessory.

'Hill Street Blues' is a famous police drama and Barbara Bosson was a fan favorite — but she wasn't originally a series regular.

James Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character’s kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at 90.

In 1981, NBC presented a new police series that went on to make TV history. Hill Street Blues has just been released on DVD in its entirety for the first time.

For seven seasons between 1981 and 1987, “Hill Street Blues” helped define how sophisticated TV drama could be, telling fast-paced, blackly comic stories about jaded lawmen and vicious ...

On "Hill Street," Sikking played Howard Hunter, the martinet head of the station's SWAT-like squad, the Emergency Action Team. Hunter was often the show's comic relief.

After “Hill Street Blues,” Sikking played Dr. David Howser, father of Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris), for all four seasons of the ABC medical sitcom from 1989 to 1993.

Actor James B. Sikking, best known for roles in the TV shows “Hill Street Blues” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.” has died at the age of 90.