September 26, 1990. On this day one of television's weirdest experiments began. Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, convinced ABC to air a grim, gritty urban police show in which characters inexplicably burst into song several times each episode. I remember wondering "What were they smoking when they dreamed this up?" It lasted eleven weeks. TV Guide ranked it as the 8th worst TV series of all time. Saturday, September 26, 2015
9/26/1990 Cop Rock starts singing
September 26, 1990. On this day one of television's weirdest experiments began. Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, convinced ABC to air a grim, gritty urban police show in which characters inexplicably burst into song several times each episode. I remember wondering "What were they smoking when they dreamed this up?" It lasted eleven weeks. TV Guide ranked it as the 8th worst TV series of all time. 
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I never understood this one. I guess it is GLEE on the streets. Whatever it was, we thought it was horrible and gave up on it after ten minutes.
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