1981-1987: CREATOR STEVEN BOCHCO SAYS, “I’D GET LETTERS OF REACTION TO THIS FRANTIC, ENVELOPE-PUSHING SHOW. IT’S TOO NOISY, THERE ARE TOO MANY STORIES, THE CAMERA JIGGLING MAKES ME ILL. CRITICS LOVED IT, BUT NOBODY WATCHED. IT WAS THE LOWEST-RATED SHOW EVER TO GET PICKED UP FOR A SECOND SEASON.”