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Boston Legal is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. The show is a spin-off of the long-running legal drama The Practice. The series, like its predecessor, was created by David E. Kelley. It follows attorney Alan Shore (a character introduced during the last season of The Practice, played by James Spader) to his new law firm, Crane, Poole & Schmidt. It also stars veteran television actors Candice Bergen and William Shatner.
Main Cast and Characters:
- James Spader as Alan Shore
- William Shatner as Denny Crane
- Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
- Mark Valley as Brad Chase
- Rene Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston
- Julie Bowen as Denise Bauer
- Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms
- Gary Anthony Williams as Clarence Bell
Former/Recurring Cast and Characters:
- Lake Bell as Sally Heep
- Monica Potter as Lori Colson
- Rhona Mitra as Tara Wilson
- Christian Clemenson as Jerry 'Hands' Espenson
- Henry Gibson as Justice Clark Brown
- Michael J. Fox as Daniel Post
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Donny Crane
- Betty White as Catherine Piper
- Al Sharpton as Himself
- Craig Bierko as Jeffrey Coho
- Shelley Berman as Justice Robert Sanders
- Larry Miller as Edwin Poole
- Tom Selleck as Ivan Tiggs
- Leslie Jordan as Bernard Ferrion
- Meredith Eaton-Gilden as Bethany "The Badger" Horowitz
Alan and Denny from the episode Finding Nimmo.
William Shatner, born March 22, 1931, is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian actor, who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of Star Trek. He also played the title role as veteran police sergeant T.J. Hooker, from 1982 to 1986, on both ABC and CBS networks. Now plays Denny Crane in the multi award-winning dramedy Boston Legal.
Before the show's premiere, it had a working title of Fleet Street, an allusion to the real street in Boston where the fictitious Crane, Poole & Schmidt had its offices. The working title was later modified to The Practice: Fleet Street, but this title was dropped in favor of Boston Legal before the show premiered.
Awards Won:
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series James Spader (Emmys 2005)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series William Shatner (Emmys 2005)
- Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series Craig Hunter, Peter Kelsey, Clark King, William Butler (Emmys 2006)
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Christian Clemenson (Emmys 2006)
US airdate: 10:00PM 03 Apr 2007
3.18, "Son Of The Defender" Denny relives his first case. (...more to come)
AU airdate: 10:30PM 02 Apr 2007
3.07, "Trick Or Treat" On Halloween, Denise receives bad news about her fiancee, Daniel Post, and goes on a bizarre search for him. Meanwhile, Alan defends Jerry Espenson for lying about his death penalty beliefs on a Federal jury questionnaire.
Creator: David E. Kelley
Broadcasters:
In the US on ABC, Tue 10:00PM.
In AUS on Seven, Mon 10:30PM and W., Sun 8:30PM.
In CAN on CH, Tue 10:00PM.
In the UAE and the Arab World on One TV, Sun 9:00PM.
Denny Crane: Sally that was not a pleasant meeting. Typically when associates are unhappy, I give them a hug.
Sally: I don’t want a hug Mr. Crane.
Denny Crane: Okay. May I have one?
| Boston Legal |
| Characters: Alan Shore | Denny Crane | Shirley Schmidt | Paul Lewiston Brad Chase | Denise Bauer | Tara Wilson | Sally Heep Lori Colson | Sara Holt | Garrett Wells | Jeffrey Coho Claire Simms | Clarence Bell |
| Crane, Poole & Schmidt |
| List of Boston Legal episodes |
| The Boston Legal Portal |
