The Waterkooler

"Over There," produced by "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blues" creator Steven Bochco, hits the US FX cable network on Wednesday, telling the story of the Iraqi conflict from the viewpoint of eight American soldiers.

The show, heralded by a major advertising campaign, begins with the eight military personnel -- six men and two women -- leaving their homes in the United States to join their units, according to previews.

While FX is part of Australian-born US media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's Fox Television group, which is a vocal supporter of the US military presence in Iraq, the channel denies it is trying to make a political statement.