Boston Legal

Boston Legal

Premiere	October 3, 2004
Finale	December 8, 2008
Creator	David E. Kelley
Network/Provider	ABC
Style	60-minute legal drama / comedy
Company	David E. Kelley Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Seasons	5
Episodes	101
Origin	USA

Boston Legal is a spinoff program of The Practice that stars James Spader and William Shatner as two hilarious lawyers disrupting everyone's life they come in contact with.

The show had a wildly successful first season, which ended abruptly, 5 episodes short, due to scheduling conflicts with Grey's Anatomy.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5
James Spader	Alan Shore	*	*	*	*	*
Monica Potter	Lori Colson	*	o
Rhona Mitra	Tara Wilson	*	o
Lake Bell	Sally Heep	*		o
Julie Bowen	Denise Bauer		*	*		o
Mark Valley	Brad Chase	*	*	*	o
Rene Auberjonois	Paul Lewiston	*	*	*	o	o
Justin Mentell	Garrett Wells		*
Ryan Michelle Bathe	Sara Holt		*
Craig Bierko	Jeffrey Coho			*
Constance Zimmer	Claire Simms			*
John Larroquette	Carl Sack				*	*
Christian Clemenson	Jerry "Hands" Espenson		o	o	*	*
Gary Anthony Williams	Clarence / Clarice Bell			*	*
Tara Summers	Katie Lloyd				*	*
Saffron Burrows	Lorraine Weller				*
Taraji P. Henson	Whitney Rome				*
Candice Bergen	Shirley Schmidt	*	*	*	*	*
William Shatner	Denny Crane	*	*	*	*	*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4	5
Takayo Fischer	Court Clerk	*	*	*	*	*
Henry Gibson	Judge Clark Brown	*	*	*	*	*
Michael Ensign	Judge Paul Resnick	*	*	*		*
Betty White	Catherine Piper	*	*	*		*
Ron Canada	Judge Willard Reese		*	*	*	*
Currie Graham	ADA Frank Ginsberg		*	*	*	*
Shelley Berman	Judge Robert Sanders		*	*	*
Jill Brennan	Gracie Jane		*	*	*
Anthony Heald	Judge Harvey Cooper		*	*	*
Marisa Coughlan	Melissa Hughes		*	*
Meredith Eaton	Bethany Horowitz			*	*	*
David Dean Bottrell	Lincoln Meyer			*
Roma Maffia	Judge Victoria Peyton				*	*

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
ABC
Season One	October 4, 2004	March 20, 2005	17
Season Two	September 27, 2005	May 16, 2006	27
Season Three	September 19, 2006	May 29, 2007	24
Season Four	September 25, 2007	May 21, 2008	20
Season Five	September 22, 2008	December 8, 2008	13