Bay City Blues
| Bay City Blues | |
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| Genre |
Comedy-drama Sports |
| Created by |
Steven Bochco Jeffrey Lewis |
| Written by | Steven Bochco David Israel Jeffrey Lewis David Milch Thad Mumford Joel Surnow Dan Wilcox |
| Directed by |
Gregory Hoblit Allen Reisner Michael Rhodes Arthur Allan Seidelman Rick Wallace |
| Starring |
Michael Nouri Pat Corley Ken Olin Dennis Franz Sharon Stone Barry Tubb |
| Composer(s) | Mike Post |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Bochco Gregory Hoblit |
| Producer(s) | Jeffrey Wallace Rick Wallace |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MTM Enterprises |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 25 – November 15, 1983 |
Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired prior to its cancellation.
Bay City Blues centers on a Bay City, California minor league baseball team, the Bluebirds. Players varied from young hopefuls to once-great players who were sent to the minors before retirement. Storylines revolve around the players' lives, loves, and problems. Bay City Blues features an ensemble cast of regulars including a then-unknown Sharon Stone, Mykelti Williamson and Dennis Franz.
The series from producer Steven Bochco utilized many character actors who had appeared on Hill Street Blues including Franz, Jurasik, Corley and Rodriguez. After the series' cancellation, Ken Olin joined Hill Street Blues cast in the fall of 1984 and Mykelti Williamson appeared in a recurring role. Michele Greene would later re-join Bochco in 1986 as a cast member of L.A. Law after Bochco was fired from Hill Street. Franz re-joined producer David Milch in a new role on Hill Street Blues in 1985 and later both Bochco and Milch for a career-making role on N.Y.P.D. Blue in 1993.
Michael Nouri portrayed the Joe Rohner, the Bluebirds' kindly manager. He was only a few months removed from a starring role as Nick Hurley in the blockbuster movie Flashdance. In 2006, Nouri had a supporting role in a sports-related film, Invincible, the biopic of Vince Papale, who rose from World Football League reject to a special teams ace with the Philadelphia Eagles. Nouri portrayed Eagles owner Leonard Tose.
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