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Published on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 12:57am |
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A Season Without David E. Kelley?? NBC Kiboshes LEGALLY MAD!!
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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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Reader Talkback
Sick of shows about doctors
and lawyers and cops. by Rev. Slappy | May 12th, 2009 01:07:03 AM | Good news; Kelley is past it by bravogolfhotel | May 12th, 2009 01:18:00 AM | If we never have another
lawyer show... by fiester | May 12th, 2009 01:24:05 AM | capitol B to the capitol S by skaul80 | May 12th, 2009 02:12:18 AM | Boo fucking hoo- there's a
fucking Depression happening by Rubiks Doob | May 12th, 2009 02:12:57 AM | Two Words... by TheMarineBiologist | May 12th, 2009 02:35:10 AM | Legally Dinosaur by Aloy | May 12th, 2009 03:07:08 AM | jere's a great title for a
legality-based series by ciroslive | May 12th, 2009 03:34:06 AM | This is good for Chuck by Bramton1 | May 12th, 2009 03:49:38 AM | What? by The McPoyle Clan | May 12th, 2009 04:11:50 AM | Wasn't he behind Life On Mars
remake? by V'Shael | May 12th, 2009 04:46:06 AM | No more James Spader winning
Emmy's he doesn't deserve? by nalapou | May 12th, 2009 05:15:10 AM | Speaking of being dragged into
the 21st century ... by VoldemortWearsPrada | May 12th, 2009 06:27:56 AM | Thanks Jay Leno... by DeafPoet | May 12th, 2009 06:46:42 AM | One less show about lawyers is
a good thing! by darthsynn | May 12th, 2009 06:54:30 AM | Smell that shoe! by hebrokeaway | May 12th, 2009 08:33:43 AM | Good! More room for LOST AND
FOUND? by Jardinier | May 12th, 2009 09:01:38 AM | *yawn* by Mockingbird Girl | May 12th, 2009 09:31:42 AM | David E. Kelley is a hack by Jor-El23 | May 12th, 2009 10:42:08 AM | I like David and I really like
Kristen however this is.... by HollywoodHellraiser | May 12th, 2009 11:52:32 AM | KRISTEN, DARLIN', PLEASE FOR
THE LOVE OF GOD... by Shermdawg | May 12th, 2009 01:31:49 PM | God I miss Pushing Daisies. by Shermdawg | May 12th, 2009 01:33:37 PM | Katee Sackhoff's NBC cop drama
was also kiboshed... by PennsyDeux | May 12th, 2009 02:20:53 PM | Pity. by Jardinier | May 12th, 2009 02:33:32 PM | whatever by simondark | May 12th, 2009 03:19:26 PM | HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! by HellKing | May 12th, 2009 04:10:54 PM | Kelley's gonna write a show
about a show that's not picked
up! by MrMysteryGuest | May 12th, 2009 05:51:53 PM | Party Down renewed! HELL TO
THE FUCKING YEAH! by PennsyDeux | May 12th, 2009 06:50:19 PM | take a season off, reflect,
and come up with a new idea by johnnysunshine | May 12th, 2009 08:40:54 PM | finally good NBC news by walrusholder | May 12th, 2009 08:55:50 PM | THANK GOD!!! by lockesbrokenleg | May 13th, 2009 02:52:29 AM | Jardinier : Pilots being
leaked? by V'Shael | May 13th, 2009 03:04:32 AM | Poor Itty Bitty.... by Zardozap2005 | May 13th, 2009 06:26:47 AM | I liked Boston Public by hatemphd | May 13th, 2009 07:17:45 AM | Thank Fuck by Cory849 | May 13th, 2009 09:52:54 AM | I'm loving all this kiboshing. by kabong | May 13th, 2009 11:36:38 AM | @V'Shael by Jardinier | May 14th, 2009 09:54:21 AM |
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