Steven Bochco gave his blessing to a Doogie Howser, M.D. remake before he died in 2018

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“Literally in the last days of my dad’s life, my dad’s like — and he was never one to repeat himself — but he said you have something here, and they’re yours. So go do it,” Jesse Bocho, Steven Bochco's son, said at the TV press tour. Bochco created Doogie Howser with David E. Kelley. Jesse Bochco and Steven Bochco's widow, Dayna Bochco, are among the executive producers on Disney+'s Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.