| Boston Legal | |
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| Information | |
| Title: | Boston Legal |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Legal drama Dramedy |
| Rating: | TV-PG |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | ABC |
| Seasons: | 5 |
| Episodes: | 101 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | 20th Century Fox Television; David E. Kelley Productions |
| Executive producers: | David E. Kelley; Bill D'Elia; Mike Listo; Janet Leahy; Scott Kaufer; Peter Ocko; Jeff Rake |
| Producers: | Janet G. Knutsen; Anne M. Uemura; Andrew Kriesberg; Craig Turk; Sanford Golden; Karen Wyscarver |
| Principal cast: | James Spader; William Shatner; Candice Bergen; Rene Auberjonois; Mark Valley; Julie Bowen; Lake Bell; John Larroquette; Christian Clemenson; Tara Summers; Saffron Burrows; Rhona Mitra |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | October 3rd, 2004 |
| Last aired: | December 8th, 2008 |
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC. The series aired from October 3rd, 2004, to December 8th, 2008. Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley series The Practice, following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
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Notes & Trivia
- Boston Legal's two-hour-long series finale aired on Monday, December 8th, 2008, at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central. David E. Kelley stated in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 7th, 2008 that it was ABC's decision to end Boston Legal, and that he "had to fight to bring it back for a short season of 13 episodes".
- The series features a trademark routine whereby characters would occasionally break the fourth wall and make comments implying they are aware that they are characters in a television show. Shatner, being famous for portraying Captain Kirk, also makes occasional Star Trek references.
- The series currently airs in syndication on TV Land.
Ratings and audience profile
According to Nielsen Media Research, Boston Legal drew the richest viewing audience on television, based on the concentration of high-income viewers in its young adult audience (Adult 18–49 index w/$100k+ annual income).[1]
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Boston Legal on ABC.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. All times mentioned in this section were in the Eastern and Pacific time zones.
| Season | Timeslot | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Season Rank |
Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sunday 10:00 pm | October 3, 2004 | March 20, 2005 | 2004–2005 | #28[2] | 12.5[3] |
| 2nd | Tuesday 10:00 pm | September 27, 2005 | May 16, 2006 | 2005–2006 | #47[4] | 10.3[5] |
| 3rd | September 19, 2006 | May 29, 2007 | 2006–2007 | #62[6] | 9.6[7] | |
| 4th | Tuesday 10:00 pm Wednesday 10:00 pm |
September 25, 2007 | May 21, 2008 | 2007–2008 | #51[8] | 9.6[9] |
| 5th | Monday 10:00 pm | September 22, 2008 | December 8, 2008 | 2008–2009 | #47[10] | 9.6[11] |
See also
External Links
References
- ↑ "ABC Renews BOSTON LEGAL, MEN IN TREES, BROTHERS, UGLY, HOUSEWIVES, GREY'S, LOST, 7 More For Next Season!!", Ain'tItCoolNews.com.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070310210208/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070310210208/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070310210300/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=053106_05
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070310210300/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=053106_05
- ↑ http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060507_05
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