A.E.S. Hudson Street

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A.E.S. Hudson Street
Genre Situation comedy
Created by Danny Arnold
Tony Sheeman
Chris Hayward
Directed by Noam Pitlik
Starring Gregory Sierra
Rosanna DeSoto
Theme music composer Jack Elliott
Allyn Ferguson
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Executive producer(s) Danny Arnold
Producer(s) Roland Kibbee
Running time 24 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Audio format Monaural
Original run March 16, 1978 (1978-03-16) – April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20)
Chronology
Related shows Barney Miller
A.E.S. Hudson Street is an American comedy television show that aired on ABC in 1978 on Thursday night from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm est.


Synopsis[edit]

The series follows the antics of the staff of a run-down Adult Emergency Service hospital on Hudson Street, on the lower west side of Manhattan. It was cancelled after five episodes.[1]

Cast and characters[edit]

Pilot[edit]

The series pilot aired July 21, 1977 with F. Murray Abraham starring as Dr. Tony Menzies. When the five series episodes were filmed, only Dishy and Stewart remained from the original cast. All of the other characters were either dropped or re-cast. In the pilot, A.E.S. stood for Ambulance Emergency Service.[2]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
  2. Jump up ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.

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