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A Season Without David E. Kelley?? NBC Kiboshes LEGALLY MAD!!
I am – Hercules!!
The end of an era is upon us!
For the first time since the 1980s, we are headed into a TV season without a show created by primetime broadcast icon David E. Kelley.
The creator of “Boston Legal,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Chicago Hope,” and “Picket Fences” has learned that NBC will not be taking his poorly titled “Legally Mad” pilot to series.
“Mad” was a dramedy hourlong about a lawyer girl who joins her dad’s legal firm. Kristen Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) was going to star.
Kelley began his TV career as a writer-producer on Stephen Bochco’s “L.A. Law” way back in 1986. He and Bochco co-created “Doogie Howser, M.D.” in 1989, and there’s been at least one Kelley-created series airing every season in the two decades since.
Kelley’s last remaining series, ABC's “Boston Legal,” aired its last installment Dec. 8, closing out five seasons.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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Am I alone in this?
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Another show about the seriocomic adventures of a group of Brilliant But Unconventional Lawyers? Oy gevalt. Kelley's actually pretty talented; here's hoping he takes the setback as an indication that he needs to come up with something slightly fresher.
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I would be so damned happy.
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boston legal is one of my all time favorite shows. overall, i enjoy his other shows. i can only assume that his next show would be somewhat on par.
i'd even settle for a subpar BL.
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Get a day job asshole...
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Denny... Crane...
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Now that would have had a chance.
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BARELY LEGAL.
You're welcome, network TV! -
Suppposedly, Legally Mad had a $2 million penalty attached if NBC didn't pick it up. Since it's a WB show, just like Chuck, NBC wanted to tie a renewal of Chuck into waiving the penalty. Wonder if it worked...
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No more stale shows about quirky professionals on TV? Unthinkable.
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Wasn't there some deal where they HAD to make a 5th season of Boston Legal, in order to get him to do Life On Mars?
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
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May 12, 2009 6:27:56 AM CDT
Speaking of being dragged into the 21st century ...
by voldemortwearsprada
... when is Variety going to give up on its skein/laffer/perf etc etc BS? It might be a Depression, but it's not 1931 people.
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Enjoy your five fucking hours of prime time, you fucking hack.
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Now if they could just do something about the cops and doctors.
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The first season of Boston Public was terrific.
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Why haven't we heard anything about *that* pilot yet? I'm actually not all that interested in yet another cop show, but I watch CASTLE solely because of Filion, and I can fathom watching L&F solely because of Katee Sackhoff. I never really pegged her for a great actress before this year, but her work in the final episodes of BSG impressed me.
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More complaints about lawyer shows from people whose remote controls apparently don't work???
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for a wee lass
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How many f'ing legal dramas do you need?
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May 12, 2009 11:52:32 AM CDT
I like David and I really like Kristen however this is....
by hollywoodhellraiser
GOOD NEWS!!! Finally a good reason to celeb NBC being in last place!
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...DON'T LET FULLER SWEET TALK YOU INTO A HEROES ROLE AS RESULT OF YOUR SHOW NOT HAPPENIN', YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR THAT CRAP!!!
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'Lost and Found', along with Lauren Graham's ABC pilot, The Bridget Show. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/pwjwem
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Well, maybe she'll move on to bigger and better things.
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happened to that teachers show that was made by the scrubs people...that show was almost funny...
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Finally someone gets that David E. Kelley's shows are repetitive crap. How many times can we see the same weirdo lawyers doing their crazy antics? His shows are an example of a bunch of Hollywood yes men not telling David E. Kelley how horrible his shows are. I guess they all got fired from this global financial meltdown.
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May 12, 2009 5:51:53 PM CDT
Kelley's gonna write a show about a show that's not picked up!
by mrmysteryguest
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http://tinyurl.com/pb32gn. Congratulations to the cast and crew of one of TV's best shows you're not watching. :D
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May 12, 2009 8:40:54 PM CDT
take a season off, reflect, and come up with a new idea
by johnnysunshine
I've enjoyed some of Kelly's shows, but he's completely exhausted his one tv show idea. He shouldn't be sad - he had a great run, but it's time to come up with a new concept. Hell, it can even still be a dramedy, just set it somewhere else at least.
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now maybe they'll fire those two dumb asses on Law and Order, or better yet cancel that show, let it die with some dignity
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This means no EW ass kissing, and no media hype about him leaving when the show goes sucky.
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Sometimes, they make it out. I remember seeing the Global Frequency pilot with Michelle Forbes a few years ago. Quite true to the source material, and for my money, a damn good pilot. Shame it never got picked up. And then there was the Life On Mars pilot that leaked last year. If you haven't seen it, it was basically the same as the one that aired, except with some roles recast (e.g. Gene Hunt played by Colm Meany, who looked like he was trying to do an impersonation of Phil Glenister.)
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Now I can't oogle her cute rack each week. DAMN!
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and It didn't have lawyers in it.(kind) Too bad it got canceled.
I stopped watching Boston Legal when it became a pure comedy between season 1 and 2. I wanted borderline-evil Spader from The Practice, not the over-the-top witty Spader from Legal -
I used to be a big David E. Kelly fan but so sick of him now... Time for a break, DK.
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Kibosh some more.
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I saw the LoM pilot. I always assumed it was leaked from a screener sent to critics, since ABC had already picked up the series and maybe wanted to build some critical buzz (à la "the concept is intriguing, but the execution fails; however, we've been told that that aspect is being reworked"). But if all there was for L&F were internal screenings, then there's no-one to leak the pilot.
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