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.
Awards & recognition
- Directors Guild of America Award · 1999
- Humanitas Prize · 1999
- Peabody Awards · 1998
- Peabody Awards · 1996
- Edgar Awards · 1995
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1995
- Laurel Award — TV Writing Achievement · 1994
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1989
- Peabody Awards · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series · 1987
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1984
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1983
- Edgar Awards · 1982
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series · 1982
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1982
- Humanitas Prize · 1981
- Peabody Awards · 1981
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Drama Series · 1981
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series · 1981
Filmography17 titles
Columbo
Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
Murder One
Spielberg
Commander in Chief
Hill Street Blues
NYPD Blue
L.A. Law
The White Shadow
McMillan & Wife
The Nineties
Over There
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Silent Running
Raising the Bar
Murder in the First
Jimmy Kimmel Live!