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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.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
James Spader	Alan Shore	1	2	3	4	5
William Shatner	Denny Crane	1	2	3	4	5
Monica Potter	Lori Colson	1	2
Rhona Mitra	Tara Wilson	1	2
Lake Bell	Sally Heep	1		3
Mark Valley	Brad Chase	1	2	3	4
Candice Bergen	Shirley Schmidt	1	2	3	4	5
Rene Auberjonois	Paul Lewiston	1	2	3	4
Julie Bowen	Denise Bauer		2	3
Justin Mentell	Garrett Wells		2
Ryan Michelle Bathe	Sara Holt		2
Craig Bierko	Jeffrey Coho			3
Constance Zimmer	Claire Simms			3
Gary Anthony Williams	Clarence/Clarice Bell			3	4
Christian Clemenson	Jerry "Hands" Espenson		2	3	4	5
John Larroquette	Carl Sack				4	5
Tara Summers	Katie Lloyd				4	5
Saffron Burrows	Lorraine Weller				4
Taraji P. Henson	Whitney Rome				4
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Betty White	Catherine Piper	1	2	3
Michael J. Fox	Daniel Post		2	3
Season numbers in red indicate a recurring or guest role in that season.

[edit] Seasons

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 2008	13

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
Season One	May 23, 2006	5	purchase
Season Two	November 21, 2006	7	purchase
Season Three	September 18, 2007	7	purchase
Season Four	September 23, 2008	5	purchase

[edit] External Sites

• Official ABC website for Boston Legal
• Boston Legal TV Listings, Episode Guide, Photos, Message Board, Cast and More at TVGuide.com
• Boston Legal at BuddyTV