St elsewhere theme series#

(MTM’s original pitch to NBC actually referred to St. Elsewhere arrived from MTM Enterprises, the same company that made Hill Street. Premiering more than a year and a half after Steven Bochco’s Hill Street Blues changed television’s idea of what a cop show could be and brought a large ensemble to a prime time series, St.

St elsewhere theme series#

Elsewhere a show that tugged at your heart, tickled your funny bone, made your jaw drop at the chances it took and, ultimately, evolved into a program whose secret subject was television itself, camouflaged as a medical series–assuming that any of the stories contained in its 137 episodes actually happened at all, given the controversial series finale. On the occasion of the series’ pearl anniversary, I’ve been fortunate to speak with many of those who participated in making St. If the theme sounds different than you remember it, that’s because the original version of Grusin’s tune wouldn’t run long enough to squeeze in all the performers.

Eligius, but now Press Play has brought them together as fellow alumni of this groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind medical series. Bailey’s psychiatrist Hugh Beale never actually passed resident Seth Griffin (Bruce Greenwood) in the corridors of St.

Elsewhere credit sequence, set to Oscar-winning composer Dave Grusin’s memorable and infectious theme, unites all 26 regular cast members who graced its opening credits for varying lengths of time, ranging from a single season to its entire six-year NBC run, which began 30 years ago tonight. In the video above, for the first time, the St.