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Steven Bochco

Writing • Born 1943

Steven Bochco

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About

Attended Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) as a playwriting major. Barbara Bosson (his second wife), Michael Tucker, Bruce Weitz and Charles Haid were classmates; he and Tucker drove cross-country to Hollywood for full-time jobs at Universal, where Bochco would remain for 12 years. In 1978, he moved to MTM Enterprises, who after several attempts gave him carte Blanche to create a show similar to Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) (Hill Street Blues (1981)). In 1985, MTM fired him, in part for his inability to keep HSB on budget. After creating L.A. Law (1986) and Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) for NBC, he struck a $15M deal with ABC in 1987 to create 10 series pilots over 10 years.

Known for

Columbo posterColumboSeries • 1971NYPD Blue posterNYPD BlueSeries • 1993L.A. Law posterL.A. LawSeries • 1986Hill Street Blues posterHill Street BluesSeries • 1981Doogie Howser, M.D. posterDoogie Howser, M.D.Series • 1989The Name of the Game posterThe Name of the GameSeries • 1968Murder One posterMurder OneSeries • 1995Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. posterDoogie Kamealoha, M.D.Series • 2021Commander in Chief posterCommander in ChiefSeries • 2005McMillan & Wife posterMcMillan & WifeSeries • 1971Murder in the First posterMurder in the FirstSeries • 2014Brooklyn South posterBrooklyn SouthSeries • 1997Raising the Bar posterRaising the BarSeries • 2008The White Shadow posterThe White ShadowSeries • 1978Blind Justice posterBlind JusticeSeries • 2005Civil Wars posterCivil WarsSeries • 1991The Bold Ones: The New Doctors posterThe Bold Ones: The New DoctorsSeries • 1969Over There posterOver ThereSeries • 2005Hooperman posterHoopermanSeries • 1987The Invisible Man posterThe Invisible ManSeries • 1975Silent Running posterSilent RunningMovie • 1972Riding with Death posterRiding with DeathMovie • 1976