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>> at the time, steven bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas and wanted to try something brand-new. >> we're the police! we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. they began to sing. life in the hood ain't no pizza pie, everybody die when the bullets fly. ♪ life in the hood ain't no pizza pie, people die when bullets fly ♪ >> and i said wait a minute. i thought this is it. this is great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ...

Something brand new. >> this is police we have a warrant for your arrest. >> so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail. and they began to sing. ♪ life in the hood ain't no pie, anybody can die when the bullets fly ♪ >> i said, wait a minute. ♪ >> i thought, well, this is it. this is gawk to be great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ♪ he's guilty, judge, he's guilty, you could see it in his eyes ♪ he did the crime and now he's got to pay ♪ >> ah! it just -- it circl...

Original programming for cable, but they were airing movies. so, we needed to compete and i felt that if we didn't, we were going to, you know, kind of get swept out. and so i came up with the notion of doing a cop show that was r rated. when abc's broadcast standards read our skipt, they went berserk. >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts showing them what we would and wouldn't show. grown-ups in a room doodling. >> then we started in on the language. >> we saw the low life asshole with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >> it premiered with an advert...

Successful producer of our dramas. and wanted to try something brand new. >> police, we have a warrant for your arrest. and so, his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. >> i saw one in which a bunch of gang bangers were in jail and they began to sing, life in the hood ain't no pizza pie. everybody die. when the bullets fly. >> and i said wait a minute. i thought this is it. this is great. this is going to be as innovative as anything i have ever done. ♪ he is guilty, he is guilty, judge, you can see it in his eyes ♪ ♪ he did the crime and now he's got to pay ♪

Whole lot of original programing for cable, but they were airing movies. so we needed to compete and i felt that if we didn't, we were going to kind of get swept out. so i came up with a notion of doing a cop show that was r rated. when abc's broadcast standards read our script, they went berserk. >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn't show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> we heard some reported the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >> the program premi...