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Birth Name: Steven Ronald Bochco |
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'''Steven Ronald Bochco''' (born December 16, 1943) is an American television producer and writer. He has developed a number of television series, including ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[LA Law]]'', ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' and ''[[NYPD Blue]]''. He was also a writer for the detective series ''[[Columbo]]'' in the early 1970s. |
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Birthdate: December 16, 1943 |
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Birthplace: New York, NY |
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Occupations: Director, Writer, Producer |
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Claim to Fame: Writer for detective series ''[[Columbo]]'' (early '70s); Cocreator, writer and executive producer of ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' (1981-87), ''[[LA Law]]'' (1986-94) and ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' (1993-2005) |
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1980/81: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1980/81: Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, "Hill Street Station" episode of ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''; award shared with cowriter Michael Kozoll |
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1981: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1981/82: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1981/82: Emmy: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, "Freedom's Last Stand" episode of ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''; award shared with cowriters Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner and Michael Kozoll |
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1982: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1982/83: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1983/84: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' |
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1986/87: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[LA Law]]'' |
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1986: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[LA Law]]'' |
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1987: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[LA Law]]'' |
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1988/89: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[LA Law]]'' |
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1989/90: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[LA Law]]'' |
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1993: Golden Globe: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1994: People's Choice: Favorite Dramatic Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1994: People's Choice: Favorite New Dramatic Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1994: Writers Guild of America Award: Writing in a Dramatic Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]''; shared award with David Milch; cited for pilot episode |
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1994/95: Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1995: People's Choice: Favorite Dramatic Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1996: Writers Guild of America: Laurel Award, Career Achievement |
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1997: George Foster Peabody Award: ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' |
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1996: BAFTA: Best Foreign Television Program, ''Murder One'' |
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1998: People's Choice: Favorite New TV Drama Series, ''Brooklyn South'' |
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1997: Golden Satellite: Best TV Drama Series, ''[[NYPD Blue]]''; shared award |
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1998: David Susskind Lifetime Achievement in Television (presented by the Producers Guild of America) |
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1999: Directors Guild of America: Diversity Award |
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Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame (1996) |
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Education: |
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High School of Music and Art, New York, New York (1961) |
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Carnegie Institute of Technology (later renamed Carnegie-Mellon University), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; majored in playwriting and theater (BFA 1966) |
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