Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on NBC from October 25 to November 15, 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.
Synopsis
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 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. Michael Nouri, fresh off his starring role as Nick Hurley in the successful motion picture Flashdance, portrayed Joe Rohner, the Bluebirds' kindly manager. His love interest on the show was played by Kelly Harmon (whose brother, Mark, was starring simultaneously on another NBC drama, St. Elsewhere).
Franz joined the cast of Hill Street Blues in the fall of 1985, and Michele Greene was cast in another Bochco show, L.A. Law, when it premiered in the fall of 1986.
Filming Filming took place in a parking lot in Pacoima, a neighborhood town in Los Angeles, California. Production for Bay City Blues was started in August 1983.
Broadcast Scheduled opposite ABC's Hart to Hart and CBS's Tuesday Night Movies, Bay City Blues drew poor ratings and was pulled from NBC's lineup after airing four of the eight episodes that were produced at 10 pm. The four remaining episodes were aired by selected affiliates in two-hour blocks on Sunday July 1 and Sunday July 8, 1984, after the local news broadcasts. The prime-time run ended up ranking 93rd out of 101 programs, averaging only a 10 household rating and a 17 percent audience share.
The remaining four episodes had not been seen again in prime-time until 2011, when ESPN Classic acquired the rights to the series and aired all eight episodes.
Cast Michael Nouri as Joe Rohner Ken Olin as Rocky Padillo Dennis Franz as Angelo Carbone Pat Corley as Ray Holtz Patrick Cassidy as Terry St. Marie Bernie Casey as Ozzie Peoples Perry Lang as John "Frenchy" Nuckles Larry "Flash" Jenkins as Charlie Henderson Mykelti Williamson as Deejay Cunningham Jeff McCracken as Vic Kresky Marco Rodríguez as Bird Tony Spiridakis as Lee Jacoby Sheree North as Lynn Holtz Sharon Stone as Cathy St. Marie Michele Greene as Judy Nuckles Kelly Harmon as Sunny Hayward Eddie Velez as Pepe Garcia
American television ratings
Season Episodes Start date End date Nielsen rank Nielsen rating 1983-84 8 October 25, 1983 July 8, 1984 92 10.0
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