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EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Law, Philly and Raising the Bar co-creator Steven Bochco is back on the legal beat with a new project, which has landed at ABC. Legal Affairs, which Bochco will co-write with Raising the Bar writer-producer Jonathan Abrahams, is an ensemble legal drama following the partners and associates at a prestigious L.A. law firm who must balance tangled personal relationships with the demands of family and high-profile cases. The project will be produced by ABC Studios and Gary Fleder’s Mojo Films banner, with Bochco, Abrahams and Fleder executive producing. In addition to TNT’s Raising the Bar, Bochco and Abrahams previously collaborated on another legal drama project, which was in development at A&E. Written by Abrahams, it centered on a happily married couple who are partners in a family law practice specializing in divorce clients. Mojo has several projects in development at ABC this season, including a Beauty and the Beast reboot written by Jonathan E. Steinberg and The Joneses, a Liz Tigelaar-penned drama based on the 2009 indie film. Bochco has a long history at ABC with NYPD Blue; Philly; Commander In Chief, which he ran; as well as Raising the Bar, which was produced by ABC Studios. Abrahams recently worked on Mad Men and Haven.
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Believe this is called “going backwards.”
You’d prefer the McG version of a legal series?
I’d prefer no legal series.
I second that. Bochco is a bit like Dick Wolf: gotta do the same thing over and over.
Why not? McG is doing the FBI version if Jump Street… Good for Boch — I love it when guys older than I am get work.
Hmmm sounds like…L.A. Law?
Oh please…no!
Keep flogging that dead horse, Steven.
Steven Bochco helped establish – and define – the televised novel as we know it. The sense of authenticity; the mixture of the vulgar and sublime in the everyday; the depth of the characterizations that he brought screaming onto the TV screen in the early 80′s with “Hill Street Blues” were previously more associated with the works of Beatty and Morrison, or Mailer or Capote. He moved American culture’s understanding of the legal system a few steps beyond the “Perry Mason” model with “L.A.Law” and brought much of the great complexity of NYC life – and NYC law enforcement – to millions of people with “NYPD Blue.” In each case, he produced these chapters with an inventive, pulsating and memorable score by Mike Post.
I’m just a bit surprised by some of the negative attitudes of some posters. That Arthur Miller continued to write about families or that John Updike continued to explore his character Rabbit, should not be seen pejoratively, necessarily. Sometimes concentration on one big aspect of the culture can produce variety and introduce concepts not so readily apparent. I think Wolf, Kelley and Bochco have done more for the widespread understanding of how law is intertwined with almost every fabric of American life than any writers of the past 40 years.
“[INSERT NETWORK HERE] Buys Steven Bochco Legal Drama.” That’s been a usable headline since about 1984.
Another Bochco legal drama? Sounds great. I can’t wait to… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
creating a show is a joke. i can create 6 shows right now. but i dont have abc on speed dial like bochco here.
Yawn x infinity.
ABC’s new slogan: “3rd Place Isn’t That Bad”
Really? Bocho has a legal drama? What a surprise! Guess all the cop shows and medical shows were taken.
Bocho has taken a giant step backwards.