Ally McBeal

American legal comedy-drama television series

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Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

Aired: 1997–2002
Seasons: 5 · 112 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: David E. Kelley
Network: FOX
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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Genre: Comedy drama Cringe comedy Legal drama Surreal comedy
Created by: David E. Kelley
Starring: Calista Flockhart Courtney Thorne-Smith Greg Germann Lisa Nicole Carson Jane Krakowski Vonda Shepard Portia de Rossi Lucy Liu Peter MacNicol Gil Bellows
Theme music composer: Vonda Shepard
Opening theme: Searchin' My Soul
Composers: Danny Lux Vonda Shepard
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 112 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: David E. Kelley Bill D'Elia
Producers: Kayla Alpert (2000–01) Kim Hamberg (1998–2002) Mike Listo (1997–2000) Jack Philbrick (2000–02) Steve Robin (1997–2002) Pamela J. Wisne (1997–2002)
Cinematography: Thomas F. Denove Billy Dickson David A. Harp Tim Suhrstedt
Camera setup: Single-camera
Running time: 45–48 minutes
Production companies: David E. Kelley Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Release: September 8, 1997 ( 1997-09-08 ) –, May 20, 2002 ( 2002-05-20 )

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Official website: www.foxhome.com/ally/index_frames.html

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start time: 1997-09-08
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number of seasons: 5
number of episodes: 112

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Encyclopedic overview

Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley that originally aired on Fox from September 8, 1997, to May 20, 2002. It revolves around Calista Flockhart in the title role as a lawyer working in the Boston law firm Cage & Fish. Although the series is ostensibly a legal drama, its main focus is the romantic and personal lives of the main characters. The series was produced by David E. Kelley Productions and 20th Century Fox Television, with Kelley serving as executive producer alongside Bill D'Elia.

Ally McBeal received critical acclaim in its early seasons, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 1998 and 1999, and also winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1999. Despite these achievements, it was canceled by Fox after five seasons. In March 2021, it was reported that a revival as a limited series was in early development at 20th Television with Flockhart possibly returning. In August 2022, it was reported that ABC was in early development of a sequel series and had approached Flockhart to reprise her role and executive-produce. However, despite the report, neither project has eventuated yet.

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