Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal
Genre	Comedy drama Cringe comedy[1] Legal drama Surreal comedy
Created by	David E. Kelley
Starring	Calista Flockhart Courtney Thorne-Smith Greg Germann Lisa Nicole Carson Jane Krakowski Vonda Shepard Portia de Rossi Lucy Liu Peter MacNicol Gil Bellows
Theme music composer	Vonda Shepard
Opening theme	"Searchin' My Soul"
Composers	Danny Lux Vonda Shepard
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	112 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	David E. Kelley Bill D'Elia
Producers	Kayla Alpert (2000–01) Kim Hamberg (1998–2002) Mike Listo (1997–2000) Jack Philbrick (2000–02) Steve Robin (1997–2002) Pamela J. Wisne (1997–2002)
Cinematography	Thomas F. Denove Billy Dickson David A. Harp Tim Suhrstedt
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production companies	David E. Kelley Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 8, 1997 (1997-09-08) – May 20, 2002 (2002-05-20)
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The Practice
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Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy drama television series created by David E. Kelley and produced by David E. Kelley Productions and 20th Century Fox for Fox. David E. Kelley and Bill D'Elia were executive producers.

The series revolves around Calista Flockhart in the title role as a lawyer working in the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Although ostensibly a legal drama, the main focus of the series is the romantic and personal lives of the main characters. The show originally aired on Fox from September 8, 1997, to May 20, 2002.

The series received critical acclaim in its early seasons, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 1998 and 1999, and also winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1999. The series was canceled by Fox after five seasons.

Potential revivals of the show have been reported twice. In March 2021, it was reported that a revival as a limited series was in early development by 20th Television with Flockhart possibly returning.^[2] In August 2022, it was reported that ABC was in early development of a sequel series and had approached Flockhart to reprise her role and executive-produce. However, regardless of the report, neither project has eventuated yet.