The Practice

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The Practice is an American legal drama television series that follows the personal and professional challenges of a small Boston law firm as it tackles complex and often morally ambiguous criminal cases.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series
legal drama television series
television series
airedInDecade 1990s
2000s
countryOfOrigin United States
createdBySamePersonAs Ally McBeal
creator David E. Kelley
depicts personal challenges of lawyers
professional challenges of lawyers
distributor 20th Television
filmingLocation Los Angeles
firstAired 1997
firstAiredOnNetwork ABC
focusesOn criminal defense cases
morally ambiguous legal cases
follows small Boston law firm
genre crime drama
legal drama
hasEpisodeRuntime approximately 44 minutes
hasSpinOff Boston Legal
lastAired 2004
mainCharacter Bobby Donnell
Ellenor Frutt
Eugene Young
Jimmy Berluti
Lindsay Dole
Rebecca Washington
narrativeFormat ensemble cast
network American Broadcasting Company
numberOfSeasons 8
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOnDay Sunday
originalNetwork ABC
portrayedBy Camryn Manheim
Dylan McDermott
Kelli Williams NERFINISHED
LisaGay Hamilton
Michael Badalucco
Steve Harris
productionCompany 20th Century Fox Television
David E. Kelley Productions
setInLocation Boston
theme conflict between personal values and professional duty
ethics in the legal profession
moral ambiguity in criminal defense
wonAward Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series


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