Legendary show creator Steve Bocho passed away on April 1st at the age of 74 after a long battle with Leukemia.
Before there was CSI, NCIS and Law & Order, there were the shows created by Steven Bocho that opened the door to shows like the former. He was the man behind Hill Street Blues, Cop Rock (a cop drama musical), Doogie Howser, MD, L.A. Law, Murder One, Brooklyn South, NYPD Blue and Murder in the First to name a few. Before he changed television with those shows, he started out on The Invisible Man, McMillian & Wife and Columbo. It is a dream resume for more television writers and it belonged to him.
Whenever you watch any procedural on television from now on, you have to thank him for it. It was his groundbreaking shows that broke the ground for today’s show. He took what came before him, and made it more true to life. A simple addition that forever changed the way we watch television today.
Honor him by watching one of his brilliant shows again or maybe discovering them for the first time. I will remember him by watching Cop Rock again, a show that did not get the respect it so richly deserves.
