Word: bochco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that he abruptly left for the movies, breaking his contract and leaving few friends. Two bad films later, Caruso wants to return to TV to play, according to Variety, a crusading attorney. But in his rush to leave TV, he signed a deal with ABC and ex-boss Steven Bochco, promising not to return until 1998. After some negotiation, it appears they won't stand in his way. Meanwhile, Dennis Franz, the tortoise of our story, is at home with an Emmy and in theaters with the well received American Buffalo...
Public Morals (CBS) From Steven Bochco, a would-be Barney Miller for the 1990s...
...movie mixes grunge and glitter in the way of a Steven Bochco TV show, which is understandable, since director Gregory Hoblit has won a bunch of Emmys for his work on Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law. The script, by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman, also partakes of Bochco's strengths and limitations--good dialogue, firmly etched secondary characters (nicely played by John Mahoney and Frances McDormand, among others) but not much suspense. The only potentially scary guy--Edward Norton's weirdo defendant--is safely behind bars most of the time. Diverting without being fully absorbing, this is a film...
...MURDER ONE PILOT (ABC) The story line later grew convoluted and the diversionary subplots tiresome, but the first episode of Steven Bochco's serial drama piqued flawlessly. A murdered teenager; a rich, smarmy suspect; a crafty defense attorney--it paled only next to that other courtroom drama in L.A. 3 THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY (ABC) Remember an age of rock so innocent that young stars actually enjoyed being famous? The grand old geezers--Paul, George, Ringo--recalled the genial hysteria of Beatlemania in a three-night show of rare clips and rockin' good music. Nostalgia nirvana...
WINNERS DANIEL BENZALI More girth, less hair than Dennis Franz, but Murder One makes him latest Bochco star...