David S. Milch

Trivia

• In October 2007 HBO renewed its contract with Milch. He is currently developing Last of the Ninth, "a drama set in the New York Police Department during the 1970s, when the Knapp Commission was formed to ferret out corruption in the force" with NYPD Blue collaborator and friend Bill Clark.
• The series was canceled after its first season. Initial ratings had been lower than expected but increased steadily. Ratings for the final episode were more than 3 million.
• Milch began production in 2006 on John from Cincinnati, another dramatic series for HBO.
• From 2002-2006, Milch produced Deadwood, a dramatic series for HBO. Milch served as creator, writer, and executive producer. The series ended in 2006, following its third season. There were plans for two feature length movies to conclude the series, but after many rumours, star Ian McShane has said that the sets have been struck and the films are highly unlikely to be produced.
• Milch created NYPD Blue with Steven Bochco and served as Executive Producer of that series for seven seasons. After NYPD Blue, Milch created a CBS series called Big Apple.
• In 1982, Milch wrote a script for Hill Street Blues which became the episode "Trial by Fury". This began his career in television. He worked five seasons on Hill Street Blues as executive story editor and then as executive producer. Milch earned two more Writers Guild Awards, a second Humanitas prize, and another Emmy while working on that show.
• He is an American writer and producer of television series.