Hill Street Blues: Season Five (DVD), Shout Factory, Drama

Ride along with the men and women of the Hill Street precinct in the fantastic fifth season of Hill Street Blues, the groundbreaking series created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll that revolutionized the television cop genre and is universally hailed as one of the greatest programs in the history of television. Combining gritty realism and surprising humor to document both the personal and professional challenges of the officers and detectives who protect and serve, the fifth season of Hill Street Blues continued the series' tradition of high-quality, compelling television. With top-notch writing, directing, and ensemble acting (from cast veterans Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Bruce Weitz, Barbara Bosson, Joe Spano, Betty Thomas as well as new arrivals Robert Prosky and Mimi Kuzyk), the fifth season of Hill Street Blues maintained the program's dominance as one of the greatest television series of it's time, and further solidified it's place as one of the all-time finest.