Steven Bochco

Steven Bochco

WriterActorProducerCrewProduction Dec 16 (died age 74) New York City, New York, USA 1963–2021 (58 year career)
6.6 avg rating

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 par…

Known For

Filmography

Crew (62)

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Television (47)

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

2021

Original Series Creator

7.8
Murder in the First

Murder in the First

2014

Story

5.8
Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

2008

Executive Producer

6.6
Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

2008

Story

6.6
Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief

2005

Story

7.6
Over There

Over There

2005

Executive Producer

6.5
Blind Justice

Blind Justice

2005

Producer

5.8
Philly

Philly

2001

Executive Producer

6.8
Philly

Philly

2001

Story

6.8
Philly

Philly

2001

Writer

6.8
City of Angels

City of Angels

2000

Producer

9.0
City of Angels

City of Angels

2000

Writer

9.0
Brooklyn South

Brooklyn South

1997

Producer

9.7
Brooklyn South

Brooklyn South

1997

Writer

9.7
Total Security

Total Security

1997

Producer

7.0
Total Security

Total Security

1997

Writer

7.0
Public Morals

Public Morals

1996

Producer

4.0
Murder One

Murder One

1995

Executive Producer

7.8
Murder One

Murder One

1995

Producer

7.8
Murder One

Murder One

1995

Story

7.8
Murder One

Murder One

1995

Writer

7.8
The Byrds of Paradise

The Byrds of Paradise

1994

Producer

4.5
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

1993

Story

7.0
Civil Wars

Civil Wars

1991

Producer

3.3
Civil Wars

Civil Wars

1991

Teleplay

3.3
Cop Rock

Cop Rock

1990

Writer

4.0
Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D.

1989

Writer

6.5
Hooperman

Hooperman

1987

Writer

5.7
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986

Creator

7.1
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986

Executive Producer

7.1
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986

Story

7.1
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986

Writer

7.1
Bay City Blues

Bay City Blues

1983

Writer

5.0
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

1981

Executive Producer

7.6
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

1981

Writer

7.6
Paris

Paris

1979

Producer

5.0
Paris

Paris

1979

Writer

5.0
Turnabout

Turnabout

1979

Writer

5.5
The White Shadow

The White Shadow

1978

Writer

7.1
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

1975

Producer

6.1
Griff

Griff

1973

Producer

5.0
Banacek

Banacek

1972

Associate Producer

8.6
Columbo

Columbo

1971

Teleplay

8.1
Columbo

Columbo

1971

Writer

8.1
McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife

1971

Writer

6.9
The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

1968

Writer

6.8
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Writer

5.7