Steven Bochco
Director
L.A. Law (1986)
Specials
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 a 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 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. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
Released Sept. 15, 1986
Episode 50 min
14+
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Production Companies: 20th Century Fox Television, Steven Bochco Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E2 - Secrets of the Firm
S0E3 - 100th Episode Celebration
Jane Pauley hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the first five seasons of the critically-acclaimed series with interviews with the cast, crew and legal experts.
Feb. 6, 1991, midnight
S0E1 - L.A. Law: The Movie
In this reunion movie, also known as L.A. Law: Return to Justice, Leland McKenzie has retired and left Douglas Brackman, Jr. as the senior managing partner, while former partner Michael Kuzak, now a successful restaurant owner, goes up against old flame Grace Van Owen when he is called out of retirement to help stop the impeding execution of a former client on death row. Meanwhile, divorce lawyer Arnie Becker deals with his most toughest divorce: his own, where his estranged young wife has hired former McKenzie-Brackman lawyer Abby Perkins as her legal representation; Roxanne deals with her ex-husband, who claims that he's dying and wants to spend some quality time with her; and Ann and Stuart find themselves the victims of a scam artist. New employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son Jason, and ambitious and conniving associate Chloe Carpenter.
May 12, 2002, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 8550 min.
Released: Sept. 15, 1986
Last Air Date: May 19, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 16 / 14+
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