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Boston Legal

Summary Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast, "Boston Legal" returns for its fifth and final season to tell the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Sometimes irreverent and funny, sometimes intense and moving, "Boston Legal" prides itself on being at the forefront of issue-oriented t...

Created By: David E. Kelley

  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • ABC

Boston Legal

5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 3, 2004
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 74 User Ratings
8.2
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Summary Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast, "Boston Legal" returns for its fifth and final season to tell the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Sometimes irreverent and funny, sometimes intense and moving, "Boston Legal" prides itself on being at the forefront of issue-oriented t...

Created By: David E. Kelley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
73% Positive
16 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
73% Positive
16 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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100
Jul 23, 2013
Even if you weren't in the practice of watching ABC's 'The Practice,' you might find its spinoff, 'Boston Legal,' habit-forming. [3 Oct 2004]
By Sarah Rodman FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 23, 2013
Boston Legal represents a vast improvement over the final season of The Practice. [1 Oct 2004]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 23, 2013
Whatever one thought of Practice last season, Boston Legal is a separate show -- and it should be viewed with a clean slate. Taken on its own purposely outrageous terms, Boston succeeds as a decent legal comedy led by two broadly amusing characters. [1 Oct 2004]
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 23, 2013
There is no mistaking "Boston Legal" for anything other than a Kelley office drama. The show and its characters have all the trademark tics that have become his calling card: Quirky cases, outrageous characters, legal arguments as sermons on the mount. Everything is just a little bit heightened, at least when it's not completely over the top; caricatures too often sub for characters. [1 Oct 2004]
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 23, 2013
The cases on "Boston Legal" will inevitably become ridiculous; that's the trend in Kelley's shows, as he pushes the envelope beyond reason. But the show's regular cast has great promise. [2 Oct 2004]
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
42
Jul 23, 2013
Its first cases ... play out cheaply as setups for one-liners, only a few of which land squarely. [3 Oct 2004]
By Manuel Mendoza FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 23, 2013
The most unfortunate victims of Kelley's sad attempt at recapturing the funky fun of his past and mixing in what gravitas he can scrounge up are two otherwise fine characters, Spader's impishly amoral Alan Shore and Shatner's extroverted nut case Denny Crane. [2 Oct 2004]
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 74 User Ratings
8.2
84% Positive
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8% Mixed
6 Ratings
8% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 74 User Ratings
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8% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Production Company:
  • David E. Kelley Productions
  • 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Oct 3, 2004
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5 Wins & 26 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations

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