This weekend, ABC presents Boston Legal to its Sunday night viewers at 10 pm/ET. But TV Guide Online has some nagging questions about The Practice spin-off that need answering now. Fortunately, it didn't take a subpoena to sit executive producer David E. Kelley down for a telephone deposition, um, interview. (Isn't legal lingo just a helluva lot of fun?) Without further ado, let the cross-examination begin!
Is the generic-sounding Boston Legal this drama's real title? It's already changed once from Fleet Street.David E. Kelley: I think the title is final at this point, although I won't know for sure until we air Sunday. [Laughs] Fleet Street is a street in Boston and it also seemed to capture the personality of this show, which is slicker and glossier than The Practice. But according to the network, Fleet Street just didn't track, so they asked for different names and Boston Legal was the na
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ABC is mired in fourth place in the ratings, its executive ranks are in constant disarray and it hasn't had a major hit since Laverne & Shirley schlemieled onto the scene in 1976. Okay, I exaggerated a teensy bit with that last one, but you get the point. Despite all the doom and gloom, the Mickey Mouse network had reason to be upbeat as it kicked off its portion of the TCA press tour on Monday. Simply put: Of all the networks, ABC's got the best crop of new fall shows. Standouts include J.J. Abrams' island spooker Lost, the dark suburban soap Desperate Housewives and the hilarious family sitcom Complete Savages. It even has the most promising new reality show in Wife Swap. What more could a struggling network ask for? A minute-by-minute recap of yesterday's highlights, you say? Coming right up!EXECUTIVE SESSION9:10 am During her opening remarks, newly installed network president Anne Sweeney is upstaged
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