A.E.S. Hudson Street

*A.E.S. Hudson Street*
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	Danny Arnold
Producer	Roland Kibbee
Running time	24 mins.
Production company	Four D Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 16 –; April 20, 1978

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 ET.

Synopsis

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

Cast and characters

Gregory Sierra as Dr. Tony Menzies
Bill Cort as Dr. Jerry Meckler
Rosanna DeSoto as Nurse Rosa Santiago
Ralph Manza as Ambulance Aide Stanke
Allan Miller as Dr. Glick, the psychiatrist
Susan Peretz as Foshko, the ambulance driver
Barrie Youngfellow as Dr. Gloria Manners
Ray Stewart as Nurse Newton
Stefan Gierasch as J. Powell Karbow, the hospital administrator
Bob Dishy as Dr. Friedman
Julienne Wells as Nurse Rhonda Todd

Pilot

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]

Remake

The series was remade as Stat in 1991. That version lasted 6 episodes.

References

^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.

External links

A.E.S. Hudson Street at IMDb

[Brooks_and_Marsh-1] Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-09.

[2] 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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