Steven Bochco, Producer of 'Hill Street Blues,' 'L.A. Law' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74

The Hollywood Reporter ^ | April 1, 2018 | Mike Barnes

[lee martell]

Thanks for the memories, Mr. Bocho. Prime Time in the 80’s and early 90’s belonged to his law and order type shows.

[EdnaMode]

RIP

[Kartographer]

Hill Street Blues Changed Cop completely change Dramas! A great talent lost. RIP

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I heard that baseball’s Rusty Staub passed, as well.

[max americana]

One of the best opening themes on TV. The piano is easy to listen to..

[Mom MD]

Hill street blues was the best of the bunch. I will never forget the first episode and some of the characters. Lets be careful out there!

[OrangeHoof]

He certainly pushed the envelope with his shows, including nudity and foul language. Certainly, his shows were well-received and well written. I did enjoy L.A. Law for their legal dramas and for introducing the tv world to Courtney Thorne-Smith as a Lakers cheerleader. 0_0

[dfwgator]

And then there was “Benny Hill Street Blues”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry_YwP0t99Y

[Secret Agent Man]

Cant wach them now, they’re too unreal and timid to me. At the time they were the most realistic on tv.

[Blue Jays]

Those were a handful of great shows back in the day. NYPD Blue was a favorite for years.

[Lazamataz]

Hill Street Blues Changed Cop completely change Dramas!

Indeed it did. It, in a way, gave birth to the various series that followed, to include Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and so on.

Prior to that was a cruel mix of soap operas, crappy cop shows, sitcoms and game shows.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I confess I probably haven’t watched any of Boscho’s shows (L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues or NYPD Blue), though I do remember how big NYPD Blue was in its day.

The freaky part is that tonight I was watching videos of Boscho talking about his shows on Youtube, and then I switch to his wikipedia entry...to find he died today.

[P.O.E.]

Story editor for several Columbo episodes.

[dfwgator]

Kim Delaney.....SHHHHHWING!!!!!

[tomkat]

RIP Steven .. HSB & NYPD were a couple of my very favorite American shows, groundbreaking quality.

[vladimir998]

RIP

[MarkL]

I loved most of his TV shows, but something I really liked was his participation in the poker games during season 1 of the TV show Castle, where he, and other famous authors, played themselves, playing poker with the fictional writer, Richard Castle (played by Firefly's Nathan Fillion.)

Mark

[Flick Lives]

One of the best opening themes on TV. The piano is easy to listen to..

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That song came to mind when they mentioned “Hill Street Blues”.

[Rastus]

Including the late Stephen J. Cannell.