L.A. Law
| L.A. Law | |
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| Created by |
Steven Bochco Terry Louise Fisher |
| Starring | (See entire cast list below) |
| Theme music composer | Mike Post |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 171 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Steven Bochco (seasons 1–3, 6) David E. Kelley (seasons 4–5) Rick Wallace (seasons 5–7) Patricia Green (season 6) John Tinker (season 7) John Masius (season 7) William M. Finkelstein (seasons 7-8) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
20th Century Fox Television (1986–1992) 20th Television (1992–1994) |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 35 mm film (4:3) |
| Original release | September 15, 1986 – May 19, 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | L.A. Law: The Movie (2002) |
| Related shows | Civil Wars |
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC, from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including an ensemble cast, large number of parallel storylines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment, abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
In addition to its main cast, L.A. Law was also well known for featuring then relatively unknown actors and actresses in guest starring roles, who later went on to greater success in film and television including: Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Tambor, Kathy Bates, David Schwimmer, Jay O. Sanders, James Avery, Gates McFadden, Bryan Cranston, C.C.H. Pounder, Kevin Spacey, Richard Schiff, Carrie-Anne Moss, William H. Macy, Stephen Root, Christian Slater, and Lucy Liu. Several episodes of the show also included celebrities such as Vanna White, Buddy Hackett and Mamie Van Doren appearing as themselves in cameo roles.
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