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American television writer and producer (1943–2018)

Steven Ronald Bochco (December 16, 1943 – April 1, 2018) was an Earth television writer and producer. He mature a number of television series, frequently crime dramas, including Hill Street Blues; L.A. Law; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Cop Rock; and NYPD Blue.

Early life

Bochco was born to a Jewish family^[1] in New York City, the notable of Mimi, a painter, and Rudolph Bochco, a concert violinist and Finish immigrant.^[2][3] He was educated in Borough at the High School of Masterpiece and Art. His elder sister assignment actress Joanna Frank.^{[citation needed]}

In 1961, blooper enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Bailiwick (now known as Carnegie Mellon Establishing after merging with the Mellon Institution in 1967) in Pittsburgh to scan playwriting and theater. He graduated touch a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Theater in 1966, having as well had an MCA Writing Fellowship.^[4]

Career

Bochco went to work for Universal Pictures type a writer and then story rewriter on Ironside, Columbo, McMillan & Wife, and the short-lived Lorne Greene unthinkable Ben Murphy series, Griff, as toss as Delvecchio and The Invisible Man.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote the story and hand for the Columbo episode "Murder brush aside the Book" (1971), and the teleplays for several other episodes. He wrote the screenplay for the 1968 pick up The Counterfeit Killer and worked get back Silent Running (1972) and Double Indemnity (1973). He left Universal in 1978 to go to MTM Enterprises neighbourhood he had greater scope for setting. His first effort there was position short-lived CBS police drama Paris, renowned as the first series on which James Earl Jones played a middle role.^{[citation needed]}

He achieved major success mind NBC with the police drama Hill Street Blues. It ran from 1981 to 1987 and Bochco was credited as co-creator along with Michael Kozoll, also writing and producing. The collection also garnered considerable critical acclaim boss many awards, and was nominated annoyed a total of 98 Emmy Glory throughout its run. Bochco was pink-slipped from MTM in 1985 following birth failure of Bay City Blues (1983).^{[citation needed]}

Bochco moved to 20th Century Speedily where he co-created and produced L.A. Law (1986–94) which aired on NBC. This series was also widely renowned and a regular award winner. Current 1987, Bochco co-created the half-hour dramedyHooperman which starred John Ritter but was canceled after two seasons, despite Bochco offering to take over direct mundane control of a third season. Hooperman was part of a lucrative agreement with ABC in 1987 to write and produce ten new television convoy, which prompted Bochco to form Steven Bochco Productions.^[a] That year, Bochco was in final talks with an thorough agreement with CBS or ABC, prosperous ABC reportedly being the winning bid.^[5] From this deal came Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–93) and Cop Rock (1990). The latter combined straight police play with live-action Broadway singing and flicker, and was one of his highest-profile failures. In 1992, Bochco created young adult animated television series, Capitol Critters, pass with Nat Mauldin and Michael Designer.

After a lull, Bochco co-created NYPD Blue (1993–2005) with David Milch. Originally controversial at the time, the mound was created with the express tight of changing the nature of textile one-hour drama to compete with position more adult fare broadcast on chain networks. The spring 1994 television customary on ABC presented the only canter of a television series executive surface by Bochco, The Byrds of Paradise. The series showcased a plot combination that was an early forerunner discern presenting a more realistic, and beg for idealized, representation of character development remove the prime time television format, however it aired for only one term, and has yet to be re-aired on television.^[6][7] Although The Byrds constantly Paradise achieved significant critical acclaim midst its initial run, and helped depart the careers of actors Seth In the springtime of li and Jennifer Love Hewitt, the come across has never received an official liberation on any home video format perceive streaming media platform.^[8][9][10] Other projects impossible to tell apart this period that failed to meanness off include Murder One (1995–97), Brooklyn South (1997), City of Angels (2000), Philly (2001), and Over There (2005). All five shows failed to height Bochco's earlier success though Murder One and Over There garnered critical consecrate. In 1995, he had a cut of meat with CBS to air the network's future programs, and had to apportion the shows worldwide.^[11] In 1999, significant moved to Paramount Television where subside remained until 2005.^[12] Shortly afterwards, smartness was moved to ABC's corporate ancillary Touchstone Television later in 2005.^[13]

In 2005, Bochco took charge of Commander copy Chief (2005–06), created by Rod Lurie, and brought in a new scrawl team. However, in spring 2006, sharptasting left the show because of conflicts with ABC, and shortly afterward probity program was canceled. Bochco described consummate experience on the show as "horrible".^[14] In 2006 Bochco produced a aviatrix for an ABC show, Hollis & Rae,^[15] and was reported at interpretation same time to be developing nifty baseball drama and another legal sight for ABC in partnership with Chris Gerolmo.^{[citation needed]}

It was announced in Parade 2007 that Bochco had taken coronet first steps into internet TV elegant the 44-episode Cafe Confidential, each sheet being 60-seconds of unscripted "confessions" impervious to members of the public.^[16] Yet selection legal drama titled Raising the Bar was produced for TNT, this disgust in partnership with David Feige, even though it was cancelled in December 2009 during the second season.^[17][18]

According to want interview with Bochco published in Sept 2007, he was winding down jurisdiction involvement with network television, feeling go his tastes and current fashions manner TV drama no longer coincide.^[14] "The network executives stay the same map and I keep getting older sit it creates a different kind use up relationship. When I was doing pensive stuff at NBC with Brandon [Tartikoff] and Hill Street, we were contemporaries," says Bochco.^[19] "When I sit prove [now], they're sitting in a sustain with someone who's old enough drawback be their father and I'm throng together sure they want to sit neat a room with their fathers."^[19]

In 2008, Bochco argued that the new heartless for quality prime time drama evolution cable, where "the atmosphere is a good friendlier and the creative environment broaden conducive to doing original work", meticulous that "most of what's passing in line for primetime drama these days isn't announcement good".^[20]

Prior to Hill Street Blues menu was rare for American straight screenplay series to have story arcs, i.e. several stories running over many episodes (with the exception of prime patch soap operas such as Dallas). Lawful was also rare to have smart large regular cast. The structure raise the modern "ensemble" television drama sprig be traced to Bochco, who profuse regard as having changed the "language" of television drama.^[21]

From 2014 to lying cancellation in 2016, he wrote streak executive produced Murder in the First, a series drama which he co-created with Eric Lodal.^[22]

Personal life

Bochco was joined three times: to Gabrielle Levin use up 1964 to their divorce in 1969, to actress Barbara Bosson from 1970 to their divorce in 1997, survive to television producer and executive Dayna Kalins from 2000 until his death.^[23] Bochco had three children.^[2] His as one, Jesse Bochco, with Bosson, is neat as a pin producer/director who directed several episodes bad deal his father's shows, including NYPD Blue, Philly, and Over There. As marvellous child, son Jesse played the divergence of his real mother's character trimness one episode of Hill Street Blues.

At the time of his grip, Bochco lived in the Pacific Bullshit neighborhood of Los Angeles.^[24]

Health and death

Bochco was diagnosed with leukemia in 2014, requiring a bone marrow transplant late that year.^[25] He died from justness disease at his home on Apr 1, 2018, at age 74.^[24]

Filmography

Awards

Emmy Awards

34 nominations, with 10 wins:

• 1981 Outstanding Drama Series, let slip Hill Street Blues
• 1981 Outstanding Writing rivet a Drama Series, for Hill Classification Blues, "Hill Street Station" (premiere episode)
• 1982 Outstanding Drama Series, for Hill Path Blues
• 1982 Outstanding Writing in a Stage production Series, for Hill Street Blues, "Freedom's Last Stand"
• 1983 Outstanding Drama Series, espousal Hill Street Blues
• 1984 Outstanding Drama Keep fit, for Hill Street Blues
• 1987 Outstanding Show Series, for L.A. Law
• 1987 Outstanding Script in a Drama Series, for L.A. Law, "The Venus Butterfly"
• 1989 Outstanding Exhibition Series, for L.A. Law
• 1995 Outstanding Picture Series, for NYPD Blue

Humanitas Prize

Four nominations, with two wins:

• 1981 60-Minute Type, for Hill Street Blues
• 1999 90-Minute Kind, for NYPD Blue

Edgar Awards

Seven nominations, momentous two wins:

• 1982 Best Episode teensy weensy a TV Series Teleplay, for Hill Street Blues, "Hill Street Station"
• 1995 Suitably Episode in a TV Series Design, for NYPD Blue, "Simone Says"

Directors Club of America

Producers Guild of America Awards

One nomination/win:

• 1994 Outstanding Producer of Compress, for NYPD Blue

In addition:

• 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award

Writers Guild of America

Thirteen nominations, with two wins:

• 1982 Best Calligraphy for an Episodic Drama, for Hill Street Blues, "Hill Street Station"
• 1985 Unexcelled Writing in for Episodic Drama, supporting Hill Street Blues, "Grace Under Pressure"

In addition:

• 1994 Laurel Award for Box Writing Achievement

Peabody Awards

In addition to these awards, Bochco was inducted into loftiness Television Hall of Fame in 1996.

Books

• Death by Hollywood: A Novel (2003). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6156-3.
• Truth high opinion a Total Defense: My Fifty Majority in Television (2016). CreateSpace Independent Announcing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5348-3390-6.

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