Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

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 series that aired on NBC

NBC

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 from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri

Michael Nouri

Michael Nouri is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer Ziva David, The O.C. as Dr...

, Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard-boiled police detective in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt...

, and Pat Corley

Pat Corley

Pat Corley was an American actor. He was known for his role as bar owner Phil on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown from 1988–1996. He also had a recurring role as Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf on the television drama Hill Street Blues...

, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco

Steven Bochco

Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock....

.

Synopsis

Bay City Blues centers on a Bay City, California

Bay City

-Places:Australia* Westfield Bay City, a shopping centre in Geelong, VictoriaPhilippines* Bay City , the reclamation area of Metro Manila in the PhilippinesUnited States* Bay City, Pope County, Illinois* Bay City, Michigan...

 minor league

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 baseball

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 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

Sharon Stone

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 and Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard-boiled police detective in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt...

.

Scheduled opposite ABC's

American Broadcasting Company

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 Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

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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. The remaining episodes were aired by selected affiliates on Sundays, after the local news broadcasts. It ended up ranking 88th out of 94 programs, averaging only a 10 percent household rating.

Cast

Actor	Role
Michael Nouri Michael Nouri Michael Nouri is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer Ziva David, The O.C. as Dr...	Joe Rohner
Ken Olin Ken Olin Kenneth Edward "Ken" Olin is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for his starring role on the television series Thirtysomething, and most recently as Executive Producer, director, and recurring guest star of the television series Brothers & Sisters .-Career:As an actor, Olin...	Lee Jacoby
Dennis Franz Dennis Franz Dennis Franz is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Sipowicz, a hard-boiled police detective in the television series NYPD Blue. He previously appeared as Lt...	Angelo Carbone
Pat Corley Pat Corley Pat Corley was an American actor. He was known for his role as bar owner Phil on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown from 1988–1996. He also had a recurring role as Chief Coroner Wally Nydorf on the television drama Hill Street Blues...	Ray Holtz
Patrick Cassidy Patrick Cassidy (actor) Patrick Cassidy is an American actor best known for his roles in musical theatre and television.-Personal life:...	Terry St. Marie
Bernie Casey Bernie Casey Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...	Ozzie Peoples
Perry Lang Perry Lang Perry Lang is an American director, writer and actor.He has directed episodes of television series such as Arli$$, ER, Millennium, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Fantasy Island, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, The Twilight Zone, Alias, Las Vegas, Jack & Bobby and...	John "Frency" Nuckles
Larry Flash Jenkins	Charlie Henderson
Mykelti Williamson Mykelti Williamson Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, as Detective Bobby "Fearless" Smith in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful crime drama Boomtown, and recently for appearing as the head of CTU for...	Deejay Cunningham
Jeff McCracken Jeff McCracken Jeff McCracken is an American actor, director, and producer.After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City he began his acting career on Broadway and off-Broadway, including Circle Repertory Company where he originated roles in new works by Lanford Wilson and Beth Henley, as well as...	Vic Kresky
Marco Rodríguez	Bird
Tony Spiridakis Tony Spiridakis Tony Spiridakis is an American film director, writer, actor, producer and playwright best known for such films as Queens Logic, Tinseltown, The Last Word, If Lucy Fell and Ash Tuesday.-External links:...	Lee Jacoby
Sheree North Sheree North Sheree North was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She was known for being 20th Century Fox's answer to Marilyn Monroe from 1954 to 1956...	Lynn Holtz
Sharon Stone Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...	Cathy St. Marie
Michele Greene Michele Greene Michele Dominguez Greene is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, perhaps most well-known for her role as attorney Abigail "Abby" Perkins in L.A. Law from 1986 - 1991. She returned to that role in 2002 for the TV "reunion" film L.A...	Judy Nuckles
Kelly Harmon	Sunny Hayward

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	Pilot	October 25, 1983
1-2	"Beautiful Peoples"	November 1, 1983
1-3	"Zircons are Forever"	November 8, 1983
1-4	"I Never Swung for My Father"	November 15, 1983
1-5	"Going, Going, Gone"	Never aired
1-6	"Look Homeward Hayward (a.k.a. Hurry Home Hayward)"	Never aired
1-7	"Rocky IV-Eyes"	Never aired
1-8	"Play It Again, Milt"	Never aired