1943-
Television Producer

Successful and Respected.

Steven J. Bochco was one of the most successful television producers of the 1980s, the creator of two of the decade's most popular and critically lauded series: the police drama Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law. Between them the two won the Emmy award for best television drama seven times over the course of the decade. Both series followed an original approach to nighttime drama: they featured large ensemble casts; alternated between dramatic and comic scenes; followed multiple story lines over several episodes; and addressed mature, sometimes controversial, subject matter.

Beginnings.

Bochco got his start in television in the story department of Universal Studios in 1966. His first real success was as story editor for NBC's popular Columbo detective series; two of the teleplays he wrote for Columbo earned him Emmy nominations in 1971 and 1972. Throughout the rest of the decade...