OT TV Show Openings
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Yes. They are TV Shows and they had openings. Not sure what point you are trying to make.
I still think Hill Street Blues was the best show ever. The pilot was fantastic with a stunning ending.
My understanding is that it was based upon Pittsburgh’s Hill District.
Yes. They never mentioned the city but it was assumed to be Pittsburgh. The producer, Steven Bochco went to school at what was then Carnegie Tech.
All in the Family. How many other shows open with the two stars singing the theme song?
Is that what you meant?
Is that what you meant?
That’s awesome I never saw or even heard of the show. I am overlooking Pittsburgh own Mister Rodgers.
Others not mentioned:
Buck Rodgers (TV show 80s)
Fame
Growing Pains
Family Ties
Dukes of Hazzard (show now erased due to PC)
Charlie's Angels (Original TV show 70s)
CHiPs
Love Boat
And I could add many more good ones
Edit: posted at same time above poster added Rockford Files
Buck Rodgers (TV show 80s)
Fame
Growing Pains
Family Ties
Dukes of Hazzard (show now erased due to PC)
Charlie's Angels (Original TV show 70s)
CHiPs
Love Boat
And I could add many more good ones
Edit: posted at same time above poster added Rockford Files
For us really old people, “The Man From Uncle” had great openings that were similar to the James Bond movies, but predated them.
Actually, although Bochco went to CMU and one of the head writers is from Pittsburgh (and a HS classmate of mine), the name of the show comes from Hill Street in Los Angeles, and the show is loosely based on that area, which runs from a heavily Hispanic area in the north, through downtown LA and then down into the predominantly black South Central LA area.
Been watching Cheers on my phone in bed most nights just to have a last burst of something light before I fall asleep the last few months. I remember really liking it as a kid in HS, but rewatching it is so incredibly well written and acted even by todays standards.
Cheers is definitely one of the top 5 sitcoms in history along with All in the Family, Barney Miller, Mash and Seinfeld.I usually watch one or two episodes of the wire followed up with a Seinfeld before lights out for the same reason.
HMM, I just assumed it was based on the Pittsburgh Hill district because of Bochco.
Here's what Wiki has to say, FWIW.
"Although filmed in Los Angeles (both on location and at CBS Studio Center in Studio City), the series is set in a generic unnamed inner-city location with a feel of a U.S. urban center in the Midwest or Northeast. Bochco reportedly intended this fictional city to be a hybrid of Chicago, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.[4]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Street_Blues
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LOL.....I can remember my Organic Chemistry class in HS. Friday AM classes were mostly spent discussing the Hill Street Blues episode the night before.
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