Ally McBeal

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Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama television series centered on the personal and professional life of a quirky young lawyer at a Boston law firm.


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instanceOf American television series
legal comedy-drama television series
television series
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
surface form: Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
character Billy Thomas
Elaine Vassal NERFINISHED
John Cage
Ling Woo
Nelle Porter
Renee Raddick
Richard Fish
composer Danny Lux
Vonda Shepard
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator David E. Kelley
filmingLocation Los Angeles
firstAired 1997-09-08
genre comedy-drama
legal drama
hasTheme fantasy sequences
female professional life
romantic relationships
workplace dynamics
lastAired 2002-05-20
mainCharacter Ally McBeal self-link
notableElement use of music performed by Vonda Shepard
numberOfEpisodes 112
numberOfSeasons 5
originalChannel Fox Broadcasting Company
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Fox
originalRunEndYear 2002
originalRunStartYear 1997
productionCompany David E. Kelley
surface form: David E. Kelley Productions
protagonistEmployer Cage & Fish law firm
protagonistOccupation lawyer
runtimePerEpisode approximately 44 minutes
setInLocation Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
settingType law firm
starring Calista Flockhart
Courtney Thorne-Smith NERFINISHED
Gil Bellows
Greg Germann
Jane Krakowski
Lisa Nicole Carson NERFINISHED
Lucy Liu
Peter MacNicol
Portia de Rossi
Robert Downey Jr.

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Ally McBeal mainCharacter Ally McBeal self-link
Ricci notableWork Ally McBeal
subject surface form: Christina Ricci
Portia de Rossi notableWork Ally McBeal
Regina Hall notableWork Ally McBeal
Robert Downey Jr. notableWork Ally McBeal