Steven Bocho now showrunner for Commander in Chief

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001262788

There's a new power in the White House. Veteran producer Steven Bochco has been recruited to take the showrunner reins of ABC/Touchstone TV's promising freshman drama "Commander in Chief," Touchstone confirmed Friday. "Chief," which stars Geena Davis as the first female president of the United States, has undergone some behind-the-scenes changes during the past few weeks as series creator-executive producer Rod Lurie turned his attention from supervising the writer's room to directing "Chief" episodes. With Bochco coming on board, Lurie will remain an executive producer on the show but will move on from day-to-day involvement with "Chief" to develop new projects for Touchstone. Bochco, whose long list of credits includes ABC's "NYPD Blue" and most recently, FX's "Over There," signed a three-year overall development and production pact with Touchstone last month (HR 9/26).

Drudge is reporting Lurie got in trouble over a scene he wanted to do.

LAWEEKLY entertainment columnist Nikki Finke: ABC/TOUCHSTONE's COMMANDER IN CHIEF series creator Rod Lurie replaced as showrunner by Steve Bochco today because of what sources say was Lurie's wanting to show a 'rough sex' scene between the President's daughter and a Secret Service agent in the back of a limo... Developing...

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