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For the character, see Ally McBeal (character). Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal is the central Fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by Calista Flockhart.

Ally McBeal
Ally intertitle in Season 5
Format	Comedy-drama
Created by	David E. Kelley
Starring	Calista Flockhart Lucy Liu Greg Germann Courtney Thorne Smith Jane Krakowski Lisa Nicole Carson Portia de Rossi Peter MacNicol Robert Downey Jr. Gil Bellows
Opening theme	"Searchin' My Soul" by Vonda Shepard
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of Television and movies in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a multi-Emmy award winning American Writer, Executive producer, and creator of the well-known Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11 1964) is an American Actress, primarily on Television. Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. Gregory Andrew Germann (born February 26, 1958) is an American Actor. Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. Jane Krakowski (born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and Singer. Portia de Rossi (born 31 January 1973 is an Australian actress best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954 in Dallas Texas) is an Emmy Award winning American actor Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian film and television actor Vonda Shepard (born July 7 1963) is a rock Singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of seasons	5
No. of episodes	112 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David E. Kelley Bill D'Elia
Running time	approx. The following is a list of Episodes from the American Television program Ally McBeal. David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a multi-Emmy award winning American Writer, Executive producer, and creator of the well-known Bill D'Elia is an American television screenwriter producer and director 45 minutes
Production company(s)	20th Century Fox Television David E. Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc (on-logo as 20th Century Fox Television) is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio a subsidiary Kelley Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 8, 1997 – May 20, 2002
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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1 Overview
2 Episode list
3 Ally the sitcom
4 Main cast
5 Guest stars
6 Broadcasters
7 DVD
- 7.1 DVD releases
8 Awards and nominations
- 8.1 Awards won
- 8.2 Awards nominated
9 References
10 External links

Overview

The show focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using legal proceedings as plot devices to contrast or reinforce a character's drama. For example, bitter divorce litigation of a client might provide a backdrop for Ally's decision to break up with a boyfriend.

The show had many off-beat and frequently surreal running gags and themes, for example Ally would immediately fall over whenever she met somebody she found attractive, and the character Fish's "wattle" fetish and humorous mottos ("Fishisms") ran through the series. The show used vivid, dramatic fantasy sequences for Ally's and other characters' wishful thinking; particularly notable is the dancing baby. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The Dancing Baby aka "Baby Cha-Cha" refers to a 3D character and 3D-rendered animation of a baby dancing for several seconds

The show also featured regular visits to a local bar where singer and cast member Vonda Shepard regularly performed (though occasionally handing over the microphone to the characters). A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption Vonda Shepard (born July 7 1963) is a rock Singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she

Despite its success, Ally McBeal received much criticism from TV critics and feminists who found the title character annoying and demeaning to women, and specifically professional women,^[1] because of her perceived flightiness, lack of demonstrated legal knowledge, and extreme emotional instability. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Perhaps the most notorious example of the debate sparked by the show was the 25 June, 1998 cover story of Time magazine, which juxtaposed McBeal with three pioneering feminists and asked "Is Feminism Dead?". Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and ^[2]

Courtney Thorne-Smith was brought in to replace Anna Gunn after Smith had left Fox's Melrose Place. Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. Anna Gunn (born August 11 1968) is an American actress best known for her roles as ADA Jean Ward on The Practice, Martha Bullock A fox is an Animal belonging to any one of about 27 Species (of which only 12 actually belong to the Vulpes genus or 'true foxes' of small Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999 created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced Gunn continued to work on Kelley series such as The Practice. The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston

Flockhart's visible loss of weight by the second season also caused much media speculation. However, Ally's search for true love struck a chord with young female audiences, and the eccentric characters around her were developed further, giving the show firm footing. In popular usage eccentricity refers to unusual or odd Behavior on the part of an individual

In the fourth season, Robert Downey Jr. joined the regular cast as Ally's boyfriend Larry Paul, temporarily resurrecting the ratings of a show that had lost its novelty appeal and thus much of its audience. Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American However, when Downey got into legal troubles over his real-life drug addiction, he was forced to leave the show. Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking Shortly thereafter other central cast members also left, and various characters disappeared from the show without an explanation (such as Renee, Mark, Jackson and Jane Wilco), which caused the ratings to sink again. Guest appearances from Jon Bon Jovi, Christina Ricci, Matthew Perry, Heather Locklear, and Dame Edna Everage in season five were not enough to save the show. Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2 1962 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Actor. Christina Ricci (born February 12 1980 is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in Early life and education Perry was born in Williamstown Massachusetts. Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961) is a six time- Golden Globe -nominated American actress. Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Australian Comedian Barry Humphries.

Episode list

Main article: List of Ally McBeal episodes

Ally the sitcom

In 1999, at the height of the show's popularity, a half-hour version entitled Ally [1] began being broadcast in parallel to the main program. The following is a list of Episodes from the American Television program Ally McBeal. This innovative version, designed in a sitcom format, used re-edited scenes from the main program, as well as previously unseen footage. The intention was to further develop the plots in the comedy-drama in a sitcom style. It also focused only on Ally's personal life, cutting all the courtroom plots. 13 episodes of Ally were shot, but only 10 were broadcast.

Main cast

Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
Greg Germann - Richard Fish
Jane Krakowski - Elaine Vassall
Peter MacNicol - John Cage (episode 12–103; recurring otherwise)
Lisa Nicole Carson - Renee Raddick (seasons 1–4; one guest appearance in series finale)
Portia de Rossi - Nelle Porter (episodes 34–112; recurring previously)
Lucy Liu - Ling Woo (episodes 34–96; 103; recurring otherwise)
Gil Bellows - Billy Alan Thomas (episodes 1–62; recurring afterwards)
Courtney Thorne-Smith - Georgia Thomas (seasons 1–3; recurring afterwards)
Robert Downey Jr. - Larry Paul (season 4; uncredited appearances afterwards)
Hayden Panettiere - Maddie Harrington (episodes 102–112)
Vonda Shepard - herself (seasons 2–5; recurring previously)
James LeGros - Mark Albert (season 4; recurring previously)
Regina Hall - Corretta Lipp (season 5; recurring previously)
Julianne Nicholson - Jenny Shaw (episodes 91–103)
Josh Hopkins - Raymond Millbury (season 5)
James Marsden - Glenn Foy (episodes 91–103)

Guest stars

The singers who would perform at the bar (most often Vonda Shepard) were accompanied by a trio of back-up singers often referred to as the Ikettes. Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11 1964) is an American Actress, primarily on Television. Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal is the central Fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by Calista Flockhart. Gregory Andrew Germann (born February 26, 1958) is an American Actor. Richard Fish is a Fictional character in the television show Ally McBeal, played by Greg Germann. Jane Krakowski (born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and Singer. Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954 in Dallas Texas) is an Emmy Award winning American actor John Cage is a Fictional character in the television show Ally McBeal, played by Peter MacNicol. Portia de Rossi (born 31 January 1973 is an Australian actress best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. Ling Woo is a Fictional character in the popular US Comedy-drama Ally McBeal, portrayed by Chinese American Actress Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian film and television actor Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American Hayden Leslie Panettiere (born August 21 1989 is an American actress and singer Vonda Shepard (born July 7 1963) is a rock Singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she James LeGros (born April 27, 1962) is an American Film and Television Actor. Mark Albert is a Fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by James LeGros. Regina Hall (born December 12, 1970) is an American Film and Television actress known for her lead role of Brenda Meeks Julianne Nicholson (born July 1, 1971) is an American actress William Josh Hopkins (born 12 September, 1970) is an American Actor. James Paul Marsden (born September 18, 1973) is a Saturn Award nominated American Actor and former Versace model perhaps Vonda Shepard (born July 7 1963) is a rock Singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she The Ikettes were a trio sometimes Quartet of female Backing vocalists for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue a prominent American Rhythm and The singers/actresses who portrayed the Ikettes were:

Renee Goldsberry
Vatrena King
Sy Smith

Whenever Goldsberry, Smith or King were unavailable, they would be replaced by:

Cynthia Calhoun
Melanie Taylor

The show also featured many guest stars, some of whom would return for an extensive number of episodes. Renee Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, Singer and Songwriter. Sy Smith is an African-American R&B / Neo-soul singer/songwriter Guest stars included:

Jon Bon Jovi – Victor Morrison (Season 5 / 10 Ep. Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2 1962 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Actor. ): A plumber who was Ally's boyfriend for a short period of time
Dyan Cannon – Judge Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone (Season 1–3 / 17 Ep. Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen on January 4 1937) is an American Film and Television actress, ): Judge who had a relationship with Richard Fish for a while. She later started her own law firm together with Renee Raddick
Taye Diggs – Jackson Duper (Season 4 / 10 Ep. Taye Diggs (born Scott L Diggs; January 2, 1971) is an American Theatre, Film and television Actor. ): a lawyer who worked at Cage and Fish for a while and was a love interest for Ling Woo
Lisa Edelstein – Cindy McCauliff (Season 4 / 5 Ep. Lisa Edelstein ( "LEE-suh EDDLE-steen" born May 21 1966) is an award-winning American actress and playwright ): a transsexual whom Mark Albert dated for a while
Josh Groban – Malcolm Wyatt (Season 4–5 / 2 Ep. ): A teenager who hires Ally and ends up taking her to his high school prom; gets help from Ally with the loss of his mother. (also sings "You're Still You" and "To Where You Are")
Albert Hall – Judge Seymore Walsh: A stern judge with little sense of humor and a general dislike of the Cage and Fish law firm
Anne Heche – Melanie West (Season 4 / 7 Ep. Albert P Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor Born in Brighton, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University Anne Celeste Heche (ˈheɪtʃ born May 25 1969 is an American actress, director and Screenwriter. ): A school teacher who had Tourette syndrome. Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or more commonly simply Tourette's She dated John Cage for a while
John Michael Higgins – Steven Milter (Season 4–5 / 13 Ep. For the Australian metallurgist and businessman see John Michael Higgins (metallurgist; for other people named John Higgins see John Higgins (disambiguation ): An attorney who was also Ally's therapist for a while
Jennifer Holliday – Lisa Knowles (Season 1–4 / 6 Ep. Jennifer-Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960, Riverside Texas) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning American Singer ): Lead choir singer at the local church who had a history with the reverend
Barry Humphries (credited as Dame Edna Everage) – Claire Otoms (Season 5 / 12 Ep. John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Australian Comedian Barry Humphries. ): A client of Cage & Fish who later started working at the firm as a secretary
Gregory Jbara - Reverend Compton (Season 4 / 1 Ep. Gregory Jbara (born September 28, 1961, Westland Michigan) is an American film television and stage actor of Lebanese and Irish descent ): Reverend who testifies about his relationship with the nymphomaniac whose husband is seeking an annulment from the very marriage for which the reverend had performed the ceremony in the episode titled "Reach Out and Touch".
Phil Leeds – Judge Dennis 'Happy' Boyle (Season 1–2 / 5 Ep. Phil Leeds ( April 6, 1916 &ndash August 16, 1998) was a Hollywood character Actor. ): A very old judge who was obsessed with dental hygiene
Jesse L. Martin – Dr. Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping the Mouth and Teeth clean in order to prevent dental problems and bad breath. ---- Jesse Lamont Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins, January 18, 1969) is an American Theatre, Film, and Television Greg Butters (Season 1–2 / 11 Ep. ): A doctor whom Ally dated for quite a while
Harrison Page – Reverend Mark Newman (Season 1–4 / 6 Ep. Harrison Page (born August 27, 1941) is an American Television and Film Actor who has appeared in many popular shows including ): The reverend at the local church, who had a history with lead choir singer Lisa Knowles
Matthew Perry – Attorney Todd Merrick (Season 5 / 2 Ep. Early life and education Perry was born in Williamstown Massachusetts. )
Gina Philips – Sandy Hingle (Season 3 / 13 Ep. Gina Philips (born May 10, 1970) is an American actress. Philips was born Gina Consolo in Miami Beach Florida. ): Billy Thomas' secretary whom he briefly dated after his divorce
Christina Ricci – Debbie 'Liza' Bump (Season 5 / 7 Ep. Christina Ricci (born February 12 1980 is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in ): a lawyer who worked at Cage and Fish and married Richard Fish in the last episode
Tracey Ullman – Dr. Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British -born naturalized U Tracey Clark (Season 1–3 / 6 Ep. ): Ally's unusual therapist; recommended to her by John Cage
Bruce Willis – Dr. Walter Bruce Willis (March 19 1955 is an American actor and Singer-songwriter. Nickle (Season 2 / 1 Ep. ): Filling in for Ally's therapist, Dr. Tracey Clark

Apart from these frequently recurring actors the show also saw a lot of cameo appearances by singers (as themselves), along with numerous other one-off celebrity guest stars:

Barry White: Appeared for one of John Cage's birthday party and at Richard Fish's wedding
Al Green: Ally saw him in her hallucinations
Tina Turner: Ally won a contest to appear as backup singer for her
Gloria Gaynor: Appears at the bar and in Ally's hallucinations after the death of Billy
Chubby Checker: Appears at a twist contest
Anastacia: Appears in a club when Richard and John go to Los Angeles
Sting: Takes Larry as his lawyer for being sued by man accusing him to break up his marriage
Elton John: Sung one night at the bar. Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, &ndash) was an American Record producer, Songwriter and Singer. Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer best-known for the Disco era hits " I Will Survive Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans on October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the The Twist Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17 1968 is a Multi-platinum American singer and songwriter Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Ling did not know him.
Barry Manilow: Appears as a hallucination to Ally when Larry goes to Detroit to visit his son. Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor Also sings at the bar later that night and Ally tries to punch him thinking him to be her hallucination.
Mariah Carey: Appears as Candy Cushnip, a woman in a trial against a company claiming to find the perfect match for everybody. She carries a technician with a spotlight at all times because she believes ". . . a woman is prettier when she feels good about herself. "
Macy Gray: Performs in the bar in one episode ("Hope and Glory", episode 20 of season 3)

Broadcasters

Country	TV network
Arab World	MBC
Australia	Seven Network and FX (Now W. Channel)
Austria	ORF1
Belarus	Belsat
Belgium	Kanaal Twee, Plug tv (French), La Deux (French)
Brazil	FOX Life (cable)
Bulgaria	BTV and FOX Life
Canada	CTV (English), ARTV (French), TVA (French)
Chile	Canal 13 , FOX Life (cable)
Colombia	RCN, Citytv Bogotá, FOX Life (cable)
Croatia	Nova TV, HRT
Czech Republic	Česká televize
Denmark	TV2
Estonia	TV3
Finland	MTV3
France	Téva, M6
Germany	VOX, Comedy Central
Hong Kong	ATV world
Hungary	Viasat 3
India	STAR World, Zee Cafe
Indonesia	RCTI
Ireland	originally screened on RTE Two repeats air on TV3
Israel	Channel 2, Channel 3
Italy	Canale 5, Italia 1, FOX Life
Japan	NHK
Kenya	Kenya Television Network
Lithuania	TV3
Malaysia	NTV7
Mexico	FOX Life (cable)
Netherlands	RTL 8
New Zealand	TV2
Norway	TV 2
Pakistan	STAR World
Philippines	RPN-9
Poland	Polsat, TV4, FOX Life
Portugal	TVI, FOX Life
Romania	PRO TV, Pro Cinema
Russia	Ren-TV
Serbia	RTS, RTV BK Telecom, FOX Life (cable)
Slovenia	POP TV, Kanal A
South Africa	SABC 3
South Korea	Home CGV
Spain	Telecinco (former broadcaster), Cuatro, FOX
Sweden	TV4
Taiwan	Eracom
Thailand	True Series
Turkey	CNBC-E and Fox Life
United Kingdom	Channel 4, Paramount Comedy 1, Paramount Comedy 2, TMF, Zone Romantica
United States	FX
Venezuela	Televen

DVD

DVD releases

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DVD Name	Region 1	Region 2
Ally McBeal The Complete First Season	N/A	February 21, 2005
Ally McBeal The Complete Second Season	N/A	February 21, 2005
Ally McBeal The Complete Third Season	N/A	February 21, 2005
Ally McBeal The Complete Fourth Season	N/A	May 9, 2005
Ally McBeal The Complete Fifth Season	N/A	May 9, 2005

Awards and nominations

Awards won

Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Comedy Series (1999)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Peter MacNicol (2001)

Golden Globe Awards:

Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical (1998-1999)
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical Calista Flockhart (1998)
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series Robert Downey Jr. (2001)

Screen Actors Guild:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Robert Downey Jr. (2001)

Awards nominated