Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008. The series starred James Spader, William Shatner, and Candice Bergen.

Plot
A spin-off of the long-running Kelley series The Practice, Boston Legal follows the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore at the legal firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

Production Companies
David E. Kelley Productions 20th Century Fox Television

Distributor
20th Television

Aspect Ratios
480i/720p (4:3 SDTV/16:9 HDTV)

GoAnimate in Real Life Channel
ABC (American Broadcasting Company)

Length
60 minutes/120 minutes (2 parts)

The Practice
James Spader as Alan Shore (seasons 1-5; The Practice season 8)

William Shatner as Denny Crane (seasons 1-5; The Practice season 8)

Rhona Mitra as Tara Wilson (season 1, recurring 2; The Practice season 8)

Lake Bell as Sally Heep (season 1, guest 3; The Practice season 8)

Original characters
Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt (seasons 1-5, starting with episode 11)

René Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston (seasons 1-3, recurring 4-5)

Mark Valley as Brad Chase (seasons 1-3, recurring 4)

Monica Potter as Lori Colson (season 1, recurring 2)

Julie Bowen as Denise Bauer (seasons 2-3, guest 5)

Ryan Michelle Bathe as Sara Holt (season 2)

Justin Mentell as Garrett Wells (season 2)

Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson (seasons 4-5, recurring 2-3)

Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms (season 3)

Craig Bierko as Jeffrey Coho (season 3)

Gary Anthony Williams as Clarence Bell (seasons 3-4)

Taraji P. Henson as Whitney Rome (season 4)

Saffron Burrows as Lorraine Weller (season 4)

Tara Summers as Katie Lloyd (seasons 4-5)

John Larroquette as Carl Sack (seasons 4-5)

List of episodes

 * Boston Legal

Total amount of episodes
101