`NYPD BLUE' STARTS MANHUNT.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Steven Bochco Steven Ronald Bochco (born December 16, 1943) is an American television producer and writer. He has been involved in a number of popular hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue. expects the search to heat up this week for the actor who'll replace Jimmy Smits on ``NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an Emmy Award-winning hour long-running American television police drama set in New York City. It was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch and inspired by Milch's relationship with a former member of the New York City Police Department Bill Clark (who .'' The super-producer says that he and fellow creator-executive producer David Milch David S. Milch (March 23, 1945, Buffalo, New York) is an American television writer and producer. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale and won the Tinker Prize in English. He earned an MFA from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. have already begun ``seeing actors, reading (auditioning) people'' for the highly coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. position Smits is vacating this fall. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether the casting will take a week or a month or whatever,'' Bochco says. ``It would be nice to have the person in place before we actually start shooting (in August), though we might not meet the character for four or five episodes into the new season.'' Smits certainly shines in the stunning, critically acclaimed two-part ``Lost Israel'' episode of ``NYPD Blue,'' which begins its repeat airing tonight. The searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. story has Smits' Detective Bobby Simone choking back his revulsion toward a man suspected of abusing and then murdering his small son - in order to get to the truth of the matter. ``The Jon-Benet (Ramsey murder) case certainly set us to thinking in certain terms, though we didn't do that story by any means,'' says Bochco. ``David Milch is such a gifted, gifted writer that all this stuff just poured out of him. ... We're all parents; we all feel for children,'' he adds. Bochco says he and Milch milch giving milk or kept for milking. do have an idea of what they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in Smits' replacement. Their ``general inclination'' is to go with a lesser-known rather than a name star this time around. ``I've always been of the belief that TV creates its own stars. ... But at this stage of the game, we're not going to turn our backs on anyone.'' Tick, tick, tick Dan Rather, honored by the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills the other evening, noted during a chat with this column that plans for CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. to come up with a second ``60 Minutes'' won't come to fruition for a while. On the one hand, there's the ``60 Minutes'' team, including Mike Wallace, Morley Safer and Ed Bradley, who don't want a second show. They also don't like the fact that producer Don Hewitt, 75, might have to divide his time between the two shows. On the other hand, CBS top brass very much want to clone the king of the magazine shows, and as Dan notes, ``They usually get what they want.'' Most of the CBS brass - plus such luminaries as Angela Lansbury, Harry Shearer, E! Entertainment President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Lee Masters, producer David Gerber and Barbara Eden - were on hand for what was a very lovely dinner tribute to their star anchor. The videoland view Though NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. did not find a place on its fall schedule for George Schlatter's ``Prime Time Comedy,'' the show could still find a place on the airwaves. Schlatter informs this column that he's having talks with other networks about the series, which would feature sketch comedy performers. He stresses that ``Prime Time Comedy'' is not the new ``Laugh-In'' he's been trying to bring to the air for quite a while. He notes that the latter has been tough to find a home for because ``shows dealing with current events have no shelf life.'' However, even if a buyer is found, Schlatter doesn't want to do a new ``Laugh-In,'' he says, ``unless I really have the freedom to do it right, and that's difficult today because of the various pressure groups. You can't talk against guns, you can't use accents - oh, for the good old days of `Life With Luigi' and `Molly Goldberg.' '' Chain gang Think they've been controversial before? Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche were doing something really controversial in the Viper Room on the Sunset Strip the other night - openly, defiantly smoking cigarette after cigarette. And, yep, it was bothering people, even in a rock nightclub, here in health-enlightened L.A. Also there for the show by the band Live were members of Counting Crows and Rage Against the Machine. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dan Rather Guest of honor |
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