Was Jonathan Rollins on L.A. Law Based on Barack Obama?

Was Jonathan Rollins on L.A. Law, the first black Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review, based on the actual first black Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama?

Was an Episode of Hill Street Blues Re-Shot to Bring Officer Joe Coffey Back to Life?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: A Hill Street Blues episode was actually re-shot after airing to show a character who was killed […]

Were Renko and Hill Originally Meant to Die in the First Episode of Hill Street Blues?

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far. TV URBAN LEGEND: Officers Renko and Hill were intended to be killed off at the end of the first episode […]