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Television's Great Writer, David Milch

April 20, 2006

David Milch television writer

David Thorburn moderator

David Milch discusses his career as a writer with historian David Thorburn and shows clips distilled from some of his best work.

David Milch has been called television's first artistic genius, its great writer. His powerful dramas have troubled the censors in the networks and in Congress and have explored human weakness and violence in disturbing and artful ways. One of television's most honored writers, his credits include Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue (co-created with Steven Bochco) and the pioneering HBO series Deadwood.

Topics: Art & Architecture | Media & Technology | People & Places

Tags: Interviews | TV & Radio | Profiles | Drama | Writing Process

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