Steven Bocho is another person you might not recognize by name, but you're definitely familiar with his work. In fact, he's been celebrated by the Emmy Awards more times than almost any other person in history. During his career as a producer and screenwriter he was nominated an incredible thirty times, winning on ten of those occasions. That should tell you a lot about the quality of his work.
It was crime fiction that seemed to interest Bocho in particular. He was the man behind both "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue". Anyone who worked with him knew his passion; he had a strong and singular vision for how the characters and shows he created ought to be played, and often fought against studios or other writers who wanted to change them. Bocho succumbed to a rare form of leukemia in April. He was 74.