Hill Street Blues is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15,1981,to May 12,1987,for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large city,although the opening credits show scenes from the city of Chicago,contrasted with New York City inferences,including:a discussion,at the start of the eighth episode,of the police department running a summer camp for juvenile delinquents in New York's Allegany State Park;a stolen police vehicle being found in the East River in the 11th episode;and a mention,in the 13th episode,that Detective LaRue lives on the Lower East Side. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms. The show received critical acclaim,and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada. In 1981,the series won eight Emmy Awards,a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing,in 2000. The show won a total of 26 Emmy Awards during its run,including four consecutive wins for Outstanding Drama Series.
USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43),a Midway-class aircraft carrier,was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea. She earned the affectionate nickname "Ageless Warrior" through her long career. Initially classified as an aircraft carrier with hull classification symbol CV-43,the contract to build the ship was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News,Virginia,on 14 June 1943. She was reclassified as a "Large Aircraft Carrier" with hull classification symbol CVB-43 on 15 July 1943. Her keel was laid down on 10 July 1944 in Shipway 10. She was launched on 2 April 1946 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas C. Kinkaid and commissioned on 1 October 1947 with Captain A.P. Storrs III in command.
Homicide:Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. Created by Paul Attanasio,it ran for seven seasons and 122 episodes on NBC from January 31,1993,to May 21,1999,and was succeeded by Homicide:The Movie (2000),which served as the series finale. The series was created by Paul Attanasio and based on David Simon's book Homicide:A Year on the Killing Streets (1991). Many of the characters and stories used throughout the show were based on events depicted in the book.
Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off,Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King,and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night.
Turner &Hooch is a 1989 American buddy cop comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog as the eponymous characters respectively. The film also co-stars Mare Winningham,Craig T. Nelson and Reginald VelJohnson. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode and co-written by Daniel Petrie Jr.,who also served as an executive producer. Touchstone Pictures acquired the screenplay for Turner &Hooch for $1 million,which was the highest amount ever paid by Touchstone for any script at the time.
Parley Edward Baer was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films,he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio version of Gunsmoke,and as the Mayor of Mayberry in The Andy Griffith Show.
Preston Stratton Foster,was an American actor of stage,film,radio,and television,whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Douglas Fowley was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs,He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter in Singin' in the Rain (1952),and for his regular supporting role as Doc Holliday in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He was the father of rock and roll musician and record producer Kim Fowley.
Donald Theophilus Beddoe was an American character actor.
The following is a list of players and managers (*),both past and current,who appeared at least in one regular season game for the Chicago White Sox franchise.
John Francis Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.
Turk 182 is a 1985 American action comedy-drama film directed by Bob Clark and starring Timothy Hutton,Robert Urich,Kim Cattrall,Robert Culp,and Peter Boyle. It is also one of the first movies to receive a PG-13 rating.
Raymond William Hatton was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Wounded Bird Records is an American compact disc only re-issue record label that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland,New York.
James William Flavin Jr. was an American character actor whose career lasted for nearly half a century.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth,Corby and Manchester Central,and a mayoral election in Bristol.
Bosch is an American police procedural television series produced by Amazon Studios and Fabrik Entertainment starring Titus Welliver as Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. The show was developed for Amazon by Eric Overmyer,and the first season takes its inspiration from the Michael Connelly novels City of Bones (2002),Echo Park (2006),and The Concrete Blonde (1994). It was one of two drama pilots that Amazon streamed online in early 2014,and viewers offered their opinions on it before the studio decided whether to place a series order. The seventh and final season was released on June 25,2021.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
