Dick Wolf

In his three-hour interview, Dick Wolf talks about his parents, who worked at NBC publicity in the 1950's, and the fact that, as a child, he was often in the Peanut Gallery of The Howdy Doody Show. Wolf also speaks extensively about his early career in advertising and his original ad campaigns and slogans. He then chronicles his transition into writing, starting with a feature film and then progressing into writing and producing the NBC series Hill Street Blues. Wolf speaks at length about working on Hill Street Blues; about writing in general; about Grant Tinker and the production company MTM Enterprises as well as his MTM colleagues Steven Bochco, Tom Fontana, and David Milch. He also details his rationale for segueing into writing and producing Miami Vice. He then goes into detail about creating Law & Order, as well as its various spin-offs. Michael Rosen conducted the interview in two sessions on March 25 and April 21, 2003 at Wolf's Universal Studios-based office in Los Angeles, CA.