Steven Bochco
Known for: Writing
Born: December 16, 1943
Died: April 1, 2018
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
19 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
7.8
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
2021
7.5
Spielberg
2017
6.9
The Nineties
2017
5.8
Murder in the First
2014
6.3
Raising the Bar
2008
NR
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
6.4
Fuck
2006
8.0
Hollis & Rae
2006
6.8
Over There
2005
7.5
Commander in Chief
2005
6.1
Blind Justice
2005NR
TV Revolution
20047.0
NYPD 2069
2004
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.7
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
7.3
Philly
2001
9.0
City of Angels
2000
7.0
Total Security
1997
9.6
Brooklyn South
1997
7.0
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997
7.0
Public Morals
1996
7.7
Murder One
1995
5.7
The Byrds of Paradise
1994
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
6.9
Color Adjustment
1992
5.4
Capitol Critters
1992
4.5
Civil Wars
1991
4.3
Cop Rock
1990
6.7
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
6.1
Hooperman
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
7.5
Bay City Blues
1983
NR
The Magic Statue
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
6.1
Vampire
1979
6.5
Paris
19796.0
Turnabout
1979
7.1
The White Shadow
1978
NR
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
7.0
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
6.8
Gemini Man
1976
2.9
Riding with Death
1976
7.7
The Invisible Man
1975
6.2
The Invisible Man
1975
4.7
Double Indemnity
19736.5
Griff
1973
7.0
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
6.4
Silent Running
1972
7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971
8.1
Columbo
1971
4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
8.0
The Counterfeit Killer
19685.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
NR
Television: The Ultimate Drug
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