The reason for the cast introduction is to get the main repertory out of the way in regard to trivia guest stars and later recurring characters will be dealt with in the episode in which they first appear.īefore starting that, though, a note: in some ways, this show practically killed the careers of almost everyone involved in it. Today, we’re going to introduce those members of the pilot episode cast who, at some point, were listed as main cast members in the credits (even if not here in the pilot), and also introduce our format for the individual episode posts.

Dallas may have had more characters, but outside of a small handful everyone else was just incidental with temporary subplots being largely driven by in-and-out guest stars Hill Street‘s ensemble consisted of as many as fifteen main cast members at a time, with as many as a dozen additional major recurring characters (who themselves often had key recurring storylines) alongside them. Hill Street Blues had an extensive ensemble cast, in some ways large even compared to the primetime soap operas which had arisen in the same era.

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