"Ally McBeal" (1997) TV series 1997-2002

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Creator:

David E. Kelley

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

8 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance

Plot:

Ally McBeal and Billy Thomas were going steady throughout their childhoods. Ally even followed Billy...

Plot Keywords:

Law | Love | Lawyer | Law Firm | Single

Awards:

Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 29 wins & 94 nominations

Cast

Calista Flockhart	...	Ally McBeal (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
Greg Germann	...	Richard Fish (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
Jane Krakowski	...	Elaine Vassal (112 episodes, 1997-2002)
Peter MacNicol	...	John Cage (104 episodes, 1997-2002)
Portia de Rossi	...	Nell Porter (81 episodes, 1998-2002)
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Georgia Thomas (69 episodes, 1997-2002)
Lucy Liu	...	Ling Woo (66 episodes, 1998-2002)
Lisa Nicole Carson	...	Renee Raddick / ... (63 episodes, 1997-2002)
Vonda Shepard	...	Vonda Shepard (56 episodes, 1997-2002)
Albert Hall	...	Judge Seymour Walsh (50 episodes, 1998-2002)
Gil Bellows	...	Billy Thomas (45 episodes, 1997-2002)

Runtime:

45 min | USA:60 min (including commercials) (112 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Malaysia:U (all jurisdictions) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:M18 (season 5) | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Malaysia:(Banned) (one episode) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) (season 3) (season 4) | Singapore:PG (season 1) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Gil Bellows plays William ("Billy") Thomas. In The Shawshank Redemption (1994), he plays Thomas ("Tommy") Williams.

Quotes:

Ally McBeal: I like being a mess. It's who I am.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Big Brother Is Coming: Part 1 (#1.14)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Searchin' My Soul

Ally McBeal

I liked the show, I haven't seen much past the first few seasons, I think I got into it because it was on FOX and I watched a few with Robert Downing Jr. but I didn't really get into it after it went off of Fox and was replaced on Monday nights. I used to look forward to that hour. I liked the characters also, but when you replace good characters and then have new ones come in, you have to establish something else again; in essence rarely works but there are exceptions. Maybe bringing in new writers who'd seen the show and understood it could have made it better as opposed to one person writing the show and running it (matter of opinion here) although David E. Kelley did do some good stuff