RIP Mr Bochco..your Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue in particular were as close to the real thing as were possible.Thanks for hard work..
RIP Steven Bochco
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He will be missed my favorite shows of his are L.A. Law and Murder One: Season 1
He was a writer for one of my most beloved little shows:
Columbo
In the episode Ashes to Ashes, Columbo is trying to figure out the initials S.B. that were written on the back of a funeral memorial handout. He's guessing Sandra Bullock, Sonny Bono and the funeral director says, Steven Bocho. And Columbo is so impressed that this funeral director caters to the hollywood elite.
It's a very cute scene.
R.I.P.
Columbo
In the episode Ashes to Ashes, Columbo is trying to figure out the initials S.B. that were written on the back of a funeral memorial handout. He's guessing Sandra Bullock, Sonny Bono and the funeral director says, Steven Bocho. And Columbo is so impressed that this funeral director caters to the hollywood elite.
It's a very cute scene.
R.I.P.
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So many shows, so many memories. May he rest in peace.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
R.I.P. Mr. Bochco. Hill Street Blues was one of my favourite shows when I was younger.
He changed television.
He changed cop shows, and doing that, he changed television. Before he came along, the cop, lawyer, doctor, whatever shows were more formulaic. The issue came up, the star attacked it, and by the end of the show, it was resolved.
Hill Street Blues changed all that. The issues weren't as important as the people involved. Sure, you had your crimes to be solved, but the characters, their interactions, and their evolutions are what drew us in. Suddenly, the TV shows were not just neatly packaged boxes to be offered the viewer but a storyline that took place, episode to episode, season to season.
I didn't watch it much, and the episodes have faded. But the memory of the shift commander saying, "Let's be careful out there," the undercover cop with the onion sandwiches yelling "dirtbag!", and the police captain and female DA hooking up, remain. And I may not have those details right, but you get the picture.
We all hope to leave our mark before leaving this world. Mr. Bochco left his. Good on you, sport.
He changed cop shows, and doing that, he changed television. Before he came along, the cop, lawyer, doctor, whatever shows were more formulaic. The issue came up, the star attacked it, and by the end of the show, it was resolved.
Hill Street Blues changed all that. The issues weren't as important as the people involved. Sure, you had your crimes to be solved, but the characters, their interactions, and their evolutions are what drew us in. Suddenly, the TV shows were not just neatly packaged boxes to be offered the viewer but a storyline that took place, episode to episode, season to season.
I didn't watch it much, and the episodes have faded. But the memory of the shift commander saying, "Let's be careful out there," the undercover cop with the onion sandwiches yelling "dirtbag!", and the police captain and female DA hooking up, remain. And I may not have those details right, but you get the picture.
We all hope to leave our mark before leaving this world. Mr. Bochco left his. Good on you, sport.
Have been at a couple of briefings that suddenly took a somber turn, when they announced Sgt Esterhaz's death (real life actor Michael Conrad died of cancer) the shock and hard punch to the gut strikes real..
