'Boston Legal's' Final Season
A very reliable person close to the production has confirmed
that there will be 12 episodes in season 5, consisting of 11 regular episodes and a
two-hour series finale. The fifth season will air Monday nights. The crew and
staff will be starting work mid-June, about a month earlier than usual, and the
plan is to complete filming in November. The Boston Legal stages at
Manhattan Beach Studios will be cleaned out by the end of December.
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'Boston Legal' set for fifth season
Per
Variety: The verdict is in, and “Boston Legal” will indeed
be back on ABC next fall. The show had been at the center
of a tug-of-war between ABC and David E. Kelley Prods. At issue:
ABC wants to greenlight the pilot “Life on Mars,” but Kelley
owns the rights to the show.
Per TVWeek:
Kelley is expected to depart the project, and in exchange, ABC
has renewed Kelley's "Boston Legal" for a fifth season. "Legal"
will air in the fall, and it's believed ABC has the right to cut
back its episode order on the show to 13, a person familiar with
the discussions said.
Per
The Hollywood Reporter: The deal on "Legal" includes a
reduced license fee for the show and is said to be subject to
David E. Kelley Prods.' ability to make deals with the cast
under the new fee. Like last year, cast reductions are likely.
>> more in our forum
Today's Hot Forum Topic: "ABC Upfront Presentation"
From olucy:
"...I've maintained since the hand-wringing started after S2 as
to whether we'd be renewed...we will be renewed. If I'm wrong,
I'm willing to eat James Spader's weight in chocolate."
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Watch Boston Legal promotes its time slot move... during an episode
"What about next year?" "Best to just keep checking in with Howie."
>> read EW article >> read more in
the forum
Passive euthanasia closing from Boston Legal's "The Mighty Rogues" (6 min.)
"Truth is, I don't think he'll ever come to me and say, 'This is the day I want to die'. But the day is coming - and he won't know it. This is perhaps the most
insidious thing about Alzheimer's. But, you see, he trusts me to know when that day has arrives. He trusts me to safeguard his dignity, his legacy and self-respect. He trusts me to prevent his end from becoming a mindless piece of mush. And I will. It will be an unbearably painful thing for me - but I will do it because I love him."
John Larroquette visits The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, March 29, 2008. (11:45) John talks about wikipedia, overtipping, turning 60, how to
pronounce New Orleans, his RV travels and being a Klingon: "There's a group called the Klingon Occupation Force in New Zealand and, since 1984 when I did this, they've been writing me letters saying they promise they're going to break me out of Federation prison."
Denny Crane and Alan Shore - And So It Goes (3:37) Thanks to
Aaron for this compilation of video clips of Alan Shore and Denny Crane from the first three seasons of Boston Legal.
William Shatner visits Oprah to talk about Boston Legal, his hip replacement, his new autobiography, "Up Till Now" and Star Trek on "The Oprah Winfrey Show", February 26, 2008. (12 min)
Pre-order Shatner's autobiography, due May 13, in our BL
store at a 34% discount!
Listen to
"And So It Goes" by Billy Joel, the haunting musical thread that ran through the fabric of the
"Son of the Defender" episode. Then order your own
copy of the
CD.
Saffron Burrows Departs Boston Legal and Joins NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy"
Part of BL's renewal deal is to lower license fees. To that end, Saffron Burrows
has left. NBC has added Saffron to the cast of the Christian Slater drama "My
Own Worst Enemy." She will play the shrink to Slater's character, as well as the
girlfriend to his alter ego.
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[April 4, 2008]
The TV Talk Q&A: 10 Minutes With 'Boston Legal's James Spader
by Kevin Thompson | The Palm Beach Post
[excerpt] Q: Before landing your first acting role, you taught yoga.
A: It was an environment best for napping and flirting.
Q: Speaking of flirting, it's no secret that you love women. You've
said you live your life in awe of their beauty. What is it about
women that you love so much?
A: Everything. Everything and anything.
Q: Could you narrow it down a little bit?
A: Well, that would exclude something and that wouldn't be right.
Q: I know, but pick the favorite thing that you love.
A: I don't have one. It's everything and anything. My life has been
most lovingly influenced by women
Thanks to Imamess for this.
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[April 3, 2008] Up for Auction: Boston Legal set visit
CharityBuzz.com is conducting a one-day online auction for a set visit and possible walk-on role in an upcoming Boston Legal episode.
The winner will meet John Larroquette and some cast of the show and
may bring up to three guests. The auction closes April 4, 3pm ET and
the visit must take place by April 25. The current bid is $5,500 as of this posting. The proceeds benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Auction for advancing the human rights movement.
>> details and bid site
[March 31, 2008]
ABC Moves Boston Legal to Wednesdays
"Boston Legal" will move to Wednesday night at 10:00 p.m., as of
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), where it will air for
three weeks, on April 30, May 14 and May 21, with a preemption for
an ABC News special on May 7. BL eps 15-217 will still air Tuesdays,
April 8, 15 and 22. This unfortunate move is to make way for
"Women's Murder Club", which previously aired Friday nights
where ABC says on its website it was "slaying its Friday night
competition" (so go figure), starting April 29 at 10 p.m. "Dancing
with the Stars: Results Show" will still be the lead-in for both
series (but those great lead-in ratings should have been only for
BL).
[March 22, 2008] GLAAD Media Awards to Boston Legal
WENN Entertainment News
Boston Legal picked up the award for Outstanding Individual Episode at the at the 19th annual Gay + Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards (GLAAD) on March 8, 2008. The episode "Do Tell" was about an openly gay man who is discharged from the army.
[March 21, 2008]
Boston Legal gets Television Academy Honors
Boston Legal the recipients of the inaugural Television Academy
Honors, which recognize "television with a conscience." The Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences gave BL the honor "for consistently taking on
controversial issues such as euthanasia, immigration, race relations, sex
education and other often volatile subjects."
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[March 6, 2008]
Rene Auberjonois and Paul Lewiston Returns
Rene Auberjonois will reprise his role as Paul Lewiston in the
upcoming episode entitled "The Court Supreme", season 4, episode 17.
The yet to be announced air date will likely be the end of April,
the third of the remaining six post-strike episodes. [Editor
note: Although in the original script, Rene's scenes were cut. Paul Lewiston is
also in the script for 4x18 "Indecent Proposals", but it appears he won't be in
that, either.]
>> Read olucy's spoilers for "The Court Supreme"
Alzheimer's Association Honors Boston Legal
by Army Archerd
[Excerpt] Alzheimer's is not taken lightly in "Boston Legal,"
although William Shatner's character "Denny Crane" chooses to
diagnose himself with mad cow disease. "Boston Legal" was awarded
the Abe Burrows Entertainment Award "for its accurate portrayal of
Alzheimer's Disease" at the Alzheimer's Association's 16th "Night at
Sardi's" held on March 5, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
>> read more
>> see cast members images
[March 5, 2008]
“Bill is really a frustrated ballet performer”
By Palm Beach Post Staff
William Shatner's upcoming project include a documentary on a ballet
set to his music, then a spoof of The Wedding Crashers. “He’s the
first to admit he can’t sing,” says Brooks Parsons, the film company
spokesman. “But he co-wrote most of the lyrics about his artistic
journey from Capt. Kirk, which had him typecast for 20 years, to
Boston Legal. I’m told the company wants to offer it up to ABC
first, then go to the likes of HBO." The other film is called "The
Shiva Crashers", expected to be shot in Florida, also starting in
late spring. The flick, directed by Shatner, tells the story of two
film business hopefuls who crash a famous producer’s shiva in order
to network with industry bigs.
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[February 28, 2008] Meet John McCain's (Boston) Legal Eagle
By Stephen Battaglio | TVGuide.com
[excerpt] Craig Turk put his law background to use at Boston Legal
in 2006, where he’s currently a writer-producer. But he's also had
key behind-the-scenes roles in McCain's presidential bids. McCain's
campaign asked Turk to travel with the candidate for a while.
"Initially my role was to make him laugh." Turk is back at work for
Boston Legal while McCain is headed for the Republican nomination.
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[February 17, 2008]
TiVo Ranks Boston Legal #3
TiVo's Most Recorded Shows from Season Pass rankings for
the week ending 2/17/2008 lists "Boston Legal" at #3, behind
"American Idol" and "Lost". That's up from #5 the previous week.
"Family Guy" and "Medium" round out the top 5. [Thanks to TopDog]
[February 11, 2008]
Boston Legal's Future
Join the discussion, conjecture and news concerning renewal.
>>Forum: ABC Renews Series
BL will have a 20-episode season
Boston Legal will produce six post-strike episodes to complete
season four. They expect to shoot through the end of April.
[February 7, 2008]
BL plans to resume production, if...
Should the WGA strike come to a resolution at their meeting the
weekend of February 9, Boston Legal could resume production as early
as February 20, according to a source on the set. A back-breaking
schedule could finish the remaining episodes, although possibly
fewer than the normal eight remaining. New episodes could be ready
to broadcast by April 8.
Replacement put in Boston Legal's Timeslot
ABC has booked "Primetime: What Would You Do?" for Tuesdays at 10:00/9:00c
starting February 26. The five-week series takes over for "Boston Legal,"
which completes its pre-strike run on February 19. Then on Tuesday, April 1
at 10:00/9:00c, look for the Barbara Walters special "Live to Be 150... Can
You Do It?" to fill the hour. It's not clear what will assume the Tuesday,
10:00/9:00c slots once the aforementioned runs complete.
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