Remembering Steven Bochco, Winnie Mandela, Anna Chennault

Описание: Revolutionary Television

NOT JUST ANOTHER COP SHOW, TWO WOMEN WITH MIXED LEGACIES

Steven Bochco was the writer and creator of a number of groundbreaking television shows including LA Law, NYPD Blue, and Doogie Howser. His greatest creation was the iconic police drama Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), which revolutionized the crime story on television. Winnie Mandela was the South African activist who was married to Nelson Mandela, and who fought with him to end apartheid. Her later career was marred by a number of scandals that marred her legacy. Anna Chennault was Washington doyenne who was married to Brig. General Claire Chennault of The Flying Tigers. After his death, she became embroiled in politics and negotiations between Richard Nixon and South Vietnam that may have influenced the 1968 presidential election.

Steven Ronald Bochco (December 16, 1943 – April 1, 2018) was a television producer and writer. He developed a number of television series, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D., and NYPD Blue. Bochco went to work for Universal Pictures as a writer and then story editor on Ironside, Columbo, McMillan & Wife, and the short-lived Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy series, Griff, as well as Delvecchio and The Invisible Man. He achieved major success for NBC with the police drama Hill Street Blues. It ran from 1981-87 and Bochco was credited as co-creator and also wrote and produced. The series also garnered considerable critical acclaim and many awards, and was nominated for a total of 98 Emmy Awards throughout its run. Bochco was fired from MTM in 1985 following the failure of Bay City Blues (1983). Bochco moved to 20th Century Fox where he co-created and produced L.A. Law (1986–94) which aired on NBC. This series was also widely acclaimed and a regular award winner. In 1987, Bochco co-created the half-hour dramedy Hooperman which starred John Ritter but was canceled after two seasons, despite Bochco offering to take over direct day-to-day control of a third season. Hooperman was part of a lucrative deal with ABC in 1987 to create and produce ten new television series, which prompted Bochco to form Steven Bochco Productions.[a] From this deal came Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–93) and Cop Rock (1990).

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela OLS (born Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936[1] – 2 April 2018),[2] also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003,[3] and from 2009 until her death,[4] and was a deputy minister from 1994 to 1996. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) political party, she served on the ANC's National Executive Committee and headed its Women's League. Madikizela-Mandela was known to her supporters as the "Mother of the Nation".

Anna Chennault, born Chan Sheng Mai[3] later spelt Chen Xiangmei (陳香梅, actual birth year 1923[4] but reported as June 23, 1925 – March 30, 2018), also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was a war correspondent and prominent Republican member of the US China Lobby.[5] She was married to U.S. WWII aviator Claire Chennault.Recorded in Nixon, A Life, by Jonathan Aitken, notes of Patrick Hillings, the former congressman accompanying the candidate's 1967 trip to Taipei, Nixon interjected just after an unexpected encounter with Mrs. Chennault, "Get her away from me, Hillings; she's a chatterbox." Yet according to records of President Lyndon B. Johnson's secret monitoring of South Vietnamese officials and his political foes, Anna Chennault played a crucial role on behalf of the Nixon campaign[29][30] which sought to block a peace treaty in what one long-term Washington insider called "activities ... beyond the bounds of justifiable political combat."[31] She arranged the contact with South Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Diem whom Richard Nixon met in secret in July 1968 in New York.[32] It was through Chennault's intercession[33][34] that Republicans advised Saigon to refuse participation in the talks, promising a better deal once elected.[35][36][37] Records of FBI wiretaps show that Chennault phoned Bui Diem on November 2 with the message "hold on, we are gonna win."[38][39] Before the elections President Johnson “suspected (…) Richard Nixon, of political sabotage that he called treason”.