 Steven Bochco (qv), who would later became one of the most  successful television producers of the 1980s and 90s, worked on  the series very early in his career. He had been hired by Executive  Producer Frank Price (I) (qv) at the start of the first season to  write a few extra minutes worth of scenes in the first six episodes,  which were too short. After looking at these episodes, Bochco asked  Price if it was really necessary for him to do this for all six  because he didnt think the show would last that long. According to  Bochco, Price was not happy with the remark and this was the start  of a strained relationship between the two of them that continued  when Price was in charge of Universal Television and Bochco was a  writer there.