CNN interviews UB professor about the TV series that had the greatest impact on programming

By Patricia Donovan

Release Date: March 8, 2012 This content is archived.

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A story on CNN about the most influential TV programs include comments by Elayne Rapping, professor emeriti of American studies, about "Hill Street Blues," cited by experts as the TV series that most changed the direction of television programming. It was "the prototype for a serious complex view of inner-city crime," she said.

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