Few argued the creative genius of television writer and executive producer, David Milch. As the creator of “NYPD Blue” (ABC, 1993-2005) and “Deadwood” (HBO, 2004-06) – two series that plumed the depths of human fallibility in gritty, violent and often profane ways – Milch offered audiences a more complex and realistic depiction of the police procedural and the western, while reaffirming the human spirit through the suffering and ultimate redemption of his characters. No doubt Milch’s own suffering and redemption informed his writing – he was at times, a heroin addict, alcoholic, degenerate
