Adam Scott tweeted today that Bochco have hom hos first tv job on Murder One. I have watched the whole show at least three times and never connected that to him. He also tweeted the photo.
On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:39 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue set standards other shows had to struggle > to meet. Murder One was ahead of its time in terms of an evening drama with > a season-long story arc, and Brooklyn South was ahead of its time in terms > of how gritty a series could be. Of course one has to mention his part in > creating the universe in which Peter Falk could wear a trenchcoat in LA and > solve homicides. Even his flops were memorable in their badness (Cop Rock & > Public Morals... I liked Public Morals). His later years, he seemed to have > shrunken into the formula of so many cop and lawyer shows, often stating in > interviews that broadcast TV would not dare attempt something > groundbreaking like NYPD Blue in 2018. > > I was in college when NYPD Blue premiered and one of my close friends was > a conservative guy who had read all the publicity surrounding the show's > violence and sex and language, and he was ready to write the network and > advertisers to complain. I urged him to wait until the show was actually on > the air, and invited him over to watch it. And that's what he did, and > every Tuesday that year he'd come over to watch it, because he was hooked. > > Also worth noting the episode of Politically Correct when Chevy Chase lost > it at Bochco, blaming his TV shows for the downfall of western > civilization. It was unfair of Chase, and Bochco held it together for a > long time before fighting back... regardless, it made for good TV. And > Bochco liked good TV. > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Made a lot of good TV. >> >> Link >> <https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
