| Bay City Blues | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Composer(s) | Mike Post |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (4 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Bochco Gregory Hoblit |
| Producer(s) | Jeffery Wallace Rick Wallace |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MTM Enterprises |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | October 25, 1983 – November 15, 1983 |
Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco.
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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 and Dennis Franz.
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. 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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Michael Nouri | Joe Rohner |
| Ken Olin | Lee Jacoby |
| Dennis Franz | Angelo Carbone |
| Pat Corley | Ray Holtz |
| Patrick Cassidy | Terry St. Marie |
| Bernie Casey | Ozzie Peoples |
| Perry Lang | John "Frency" Nuckles |
| Larry Flash Jenkins | Charlie Henderson |
| Mykelti Williamson | Deejay Cunningham |
| Jeff McCracken | Vic Kresky |
| Marco Rodríguez | Bird |
| Tony Spiridakis | Lee Jacoby |
| Sheree North | Lynn Holtz |
| Sharon Stone | Cathy St. Marie |
| Michele Greene | Judy Nuckles |
| Kelly Harmon | Sunny Hayward |
| 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 |
In 2011, ESPN Classic began reairing all 8 episodes of Bay City Blues.