Hill Street Blues on Hulu

[SerMixalot]

For you fans of the Shield, the Sopranos, The Wire, ER, NYPD Blue and all of the large ensemble dramas.  Do yourself a favor and watch this show.  It is the granddaddy of them all.

Set in early 1980's in a parallel to Chicago, you get a great diverse cast, dynamic characters and good storytelling.
Some of its age doesn't sit well-especially the misogyny, but trust me that was indicative of its time and also trust me there are a great deal of strong women and minority characters, shoot in the 1st episode the son of the police captain (star of the show) is going through a gender identity crisis.  A lot of the show is 80's relationship dramas so you get sort of a soft side to a lot of hard type cops.

The show definitely captures the late 70's and early 80's racial dynamics, the poverty of the inner cities, etc. 

And one of the police sergeants bit off a guys nose! 

So do yourself a favor and binge