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L. A. Law

The L. A. Law opening title
Format Legal drama
Created by Steven Bochco
Terry Louise Fisher
Starring (See entire cast list below)
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. A legal drama is a work of dramatic Fiction about crime and civil litigation Steven Ronald Bochco (born December 16, 1943) is an American Television producer and writer Terry Louise Fisher (born 1946 in Chicago Illinois) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television producer, Screenwriter and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons 8
No.  of episodes 172
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Steven Bochco
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 15, 1986 – May 19, 1994

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It was co-created by Steven Bochco (who had created the landmark NBC show Hill Street Blues and would later co-create another successful drama series, ABC's NYPD Blue) and former entertainment lawyer Terry Louise Fisher. Steven Ronald Bochco (born December 16, 1943) is an American Television producer and writer Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct Terry Louise Fisher (born 1946 in Chicago Illinois) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television producer, Screenwriter and

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Series history

L. A. Law took over NBC's prized Thursday 10PM (9PM Central) time slot from another Bochco-produced show, Hill Street Blues, and was itself eventually replaced by another hit ensemble drama, ER, which in turn will be replaced with a second season of The Celebrity Apprentice in March 2009. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Celebrity Apprentice may refer to The Apprentice (US Season 7, the "Celebrity Edition" of Donald Trump's reality TV series Bochco had been fired from Hill Street Blues in 1985. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 L. A. Law's original time period was Friday 10PM following Miami Vice but after struggling there, NBC decided to move it to Thursdays as Hill Street Blues was winding down. Miami Vice is an American Television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 The original two-hour movie aired on Monday, September 15, 1986. The series was a critical favorite before it had premiered. An encore of the movie aired in place of Saturday Night Live on September 27 being a rare scripted rerun in that late-night slot. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City

Co-creator Fisher was fired from the series in season 2 and filed a well-publicized lawsuit with Bochco and the studio. Bochco and Fisher had also co-created the 1987 John Ritter series Hooperman for ABC. Jonathan Southworth “John” Ritter ( September 17, 1948 &ndash September 11 Hooperman is a US television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.

The scene where Leland McKenzie, played by Richard Dysart, was shown in bed with his enemy Rosalind Shays, played by Diana Muldaur, was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television (the list originally appeared in an issue of EGG Magazine). Richard A Dysart (born March 30, 1929) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938 in New York City) is an American Television and Film actress. Rosalind Shays' demise, falling into an open elevator shaft, has also been a famous scene from the series.

Boston attorney David E. Kelley was hired by Bochco in the series' first season after having written the feature film, "From the Hip. David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a multi-Emmy award winning American Writer, Executive producer, and creator of the well-known From the Hip, is a 1987 comedy film directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Bob Clark and David E " Kelley went on to critical and commercial success as show-runner of the series before leaving to create Picket Fences. Picket Fences is a 60-minute television drama centering around the residents of the fictional community of Rome Wisconsin. While on L. A. Law, Kelley and Bochco co-created Doogie Howser, M.D. as the first Steven Bochco Productions series for a major, ten-series deal with ABC. Doogie Howser MD is a Television Comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a brilliant teenage doctor who was also faced with the Shortly after, Bochco was offered the job as President of ABC Entertainment but turned it down.

At the height of the show's popularity in the mid-1980s, attention was focused upon a fictitious sexual technique named the "Venus Butterfly". This list of sex positions includes descriptions of various forms of Sexual intercourse and other sexual acts between people The Venus Butterfly is a fictional sexual technique which was first mentioned in an episode of the 1980s American television drama L The only clue describing the technique was a vague reference to "ordering room service". Fans and interested persons flooded the show's producers with letters asking for more details about this curious kink.

During the seventh season, the executive producers John Tinker and John Masius were fired midseason, and while the show went on hiatus, William Finkelstein was brought in to fix it. John Tinker may refer to John Joseph Tinker (1875&ndash1957 British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leigh 1923&ndash1945 John Tinker John Masius is an American writer and producer of television series Bochco and Kelley each returned to pen episodes until Finkelstein took over. Tinker and Masius had brought a whimsical, soapy tone to the series which they were known for on St. Elsewhere. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. Dan Castellaneta who does the voice of Homer Simpson appeared in a Homer costume and hired the attorneys in the seventh-season premiere. Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellaneta ( October 29, 1957) is an American voice actor, Actor and Comedian, best known for providing Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. That episode also reflected on the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Finkelstein reined in the series to the serious legal cases that made the series famous.

In the final eighth season, the characters of Denise Ianello (Debi Mazar) and Eli Levinson (Alan Rosenberg) were transplanted from the cancelled Bochco legal series Civil Wars, which had run on ABC from 1991-93. Deborah "Debi" Mazar (born August 15 1964 is an American actress, perhaps best known for her trademark Jersey Girl -type appearances and as edgy Alan Rosenberg (born October 4 1951) is an American actor of both stage and screen and current president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal Civil Wars is an American Legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Eli Levinson was revealed to be Stuart Markowitz's cousin. During the final season, the series was rested in January 1994 to launch the second season of Homicide: Life on the Street. Homicide Life on the Street is an American Television Police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore When that series succeeded wildly with a guest appearance by Robin Williams, it was expected that L. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance A. Law would conclude that May and Homicide: Life on the Street would succeed it on Thursdays in the fall. Homicide Life on the Street is an American Television Police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore However, ER tested so well that Warner Bros. executives campaigned network president Warren Littlefield to give that series the prized Thursday slot. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Warren W Littlefield (born 11 May 1952 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American former television executive

After the end of the regular series in 1994, it returned for a single broadcast in 2002 as L.A. Law: The Movie. LA Law The Movie ( 2002) is a television movie which reunited most of the original cast of the popular 1986 - 1994 television drama On May 24, 2007, the AmericanLife TV Network announced that it would begin rebroadcasting L. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The AmericanLife TV Network, formerly the GoodLife TV Network and The Nostalgia Channel, is an American Cable television network A. Law starting June 3, 2007, Sundays at 10 pm. [1] From 2000 until 2004, A&E had been rebroadcasting the show. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, [2] Lifetime Television also reran the show until the late 1990s. Lifetime Television is an American Television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and Dramas all of which are either geared toward

Cast and characters

The show's original ensemble cast:

Over the run of the show, additional cast members included:

Awards

The show won numerous awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991. Cecil Hoffman (also known as Cecil Hoffmann) (born 1963 is an American actress best known for her portrayal of district attorney Zoe Clemmons in the television series Sheila Kelley (born October 9, 1961) is an American actress One of her most famous roles is that of Gwen Taylor in L Conchata Galen Ferrell (born March 28, 1943) is an American actress most recently known for her role as Berta the housekeeper in the CBS Michael Cumpsty (born February 26 1960) is a British Actor. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Cumpsty received a degree A Martinez (born Adolfo Larrue Martinez III September 27, 1948) is an American Actor and Singer with prominent roles Elizabeth Frances "Liza" Zane (born April 5, 1961) is an American actress who has starred on stage in film and television Alan Rosenberg (born October 4 1951) is an American actor of both stage and screen and current president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal Deborah "Debi" Mazar (born August 15 1964 is an American actress, perhaps best known for her trademark Jersey Girl -type appearances and as edgy Some of the actors, such as Larry Drake, also received Emmys for their performances. The series shares the Emmy Award record for most acting nominations by regular cast members (excluding the guest performer category) for a single series in one year with Hill Street Blues and The West Wing. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987

For the 1988-1989 season, nine cast members were nominated for Emmys. Larry Drake was the only one to win (for Supporting Actor). The others nominated were Michael Tucker (Lead Actor), Jill Eikenberry and Susan Dey (for Lead Actress), Richard Dysart and Jimmy Smits (Supporting Actor), Amanda Plummer, Susan Ruttan and Michele Greene (for Supporting Actress).

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