Homicide-Life on the Streets had not always been a very popular show. The ratings of the show had not been soaring high but the show had always had a loyal fan base and had kept the critics enthusiastic too for the number of seasons that they had been on air.
With the number of people affected by STDs rising each year, it is no surprise that a topic so relevant to today’s society should have begun to appear on television, and particularly in the most popular soaps and sitcoms. No doubt these soap opera characters have often wished that there had been an STD test written into their script, rather than just the negative results.