Steven Bochco
- Writing
- December 16, 1943 · New York City, New York, USA
- April 1, 2018
Biography
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
Filmography
- Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. · Original Series Creator
- Spielberg · Self
- The Nineties · Self
- Murder in the First · Story, Creator
- Raising the Bar · Executive producer, Story
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas · Self
- Fuck · Self
- Hollis & Rae · Executive producer
- Over There · Executive producer, Creator
- Commander in Chief · Story
- Blind Justice · Producer, Creator
- TV Revolution
- NYPD 2069 · Writer, Producer
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- L.A. Law: The Movie · Original Series Creator
- Philly · Writer, Executive producer
- Without a Net: Creating NYPD Blue · Self
- City of Angels · Producer, Writer
- Total Security · Writer, Producer
- Brooklyn South · Writer, Executive producer
- Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer · Writer
- Public Morals · Producer, Creator
- Murder One · Writer, Story
- The Byrds of Paradise · Producer
- NYPD Blue · Story, Executive producer
- Color Adjustment · Self
- Capitol Critters · Creator
- Civil Wars · Teleplay, Executive producer
- Cop Rock · Writer, Creator
- Doogie Howser, M.D. · Writer, Creator
- Hooperman · Writer, Creator
- L.A. Law · Writer, Executive producer
- Bay City Blues · Writer, Creator
- The Magic Statue · Writer
- Hill Street Blues · Executive producer, Writer
- Vampire · Writer, Executive producer
- Paris · Producer, Writer
- Turnabout · Writer
- The White Shadow · Writer
- The Case of the Baltimore Girls · Producer
- The South Bank Show
- Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours · Executive producer, Writer
- Gemini Man · Creator
- Riding with Death · Writer
- The Invisible Man · Writer
- The Invisible Man · Producer, Creator
- Double Indemnity · Teleplay
- Griff · Producer
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife · Producer, Writer
- Silent Running · Writer
- McMillan & Wife · Writer
- Columbo · Writer, Teleplay
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors · Creator
- The Name of the Game · Writer
- The Counterfeit Killer · Writer
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Writer
- Television: The Ultimate Drug · Self