#Ally mcbeal cast season 1 series

Ally is told to stop wearing miniskirts in court by the judge and when she refuses, she is held in contempt and taken into custody. Ally finds herself attracted to George, but Elaine implies that she and George are an item. Ally represents a minister who broke off a relationship with his choir director, after which she began singing aggressive songs aimed at him.ДЄlly defends George Madison, editor of a feminist magazine fired for his religious views on women. Georgia is upset by Billy's involvement in the trial. Ling sues a plastic surgeon who passed off his nurse's natural breasts as his implant work. Georgia and John defend a restaurant owner sued by two customers after they were served horse meat. Nelle's friend and client, Ling Woo, sues a radio DJ for making sexually explicit comments on air and to the disgust of Ally, drops the case as a legal tactic. Ally and John defend a woman in her late 30s who had an affair with a 16-year-old boy. John confides to Ally about his attraction to Nelle. Main article: List of Ally McBeal episodes No.ДЇish and Cage hire a new associate, Nelle 'sub-zero' Porter. The season also included two celebrities: Bruce Willis appearing as a substitute therapist for Ally and Barry White appearing as himself. Tracy Clark and RenГ©e Elise Goldsberry, Vatrena King and Sy Smith as the backup singers for Vonda Shepard. Greg Butters Harrison Page as Reverend Mark Newman Tracey Ullman as Dr. Various supporting characters from season one returned to reprise their recurring roles, including Dyan Cannon as Judge Whipper Cone Albert Hall as Judge Seymore Walsh Jennifer Holliday as Lisa Knowles Phil Leeds as Judge Happy Boyle Jesse L. Kelley ended up creating a whole new character for her. Lucy Liu originally auditioned for the role of Nelle, but David E.

#Ally mcbeal cast season 1 series

Lucy Liu and Portia de Rossi premiered as new characters, Ling Woo and Nelle Porter, in the season premiere and appeared on recurring status until episode Making Spirits Bright, when they were also upgraded to series regulars. Former recurring star Vonda Shepard was upgraded to series regular after appearing in nearly every episode of the previous season. Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal, Greg Germann as Richard Fish, Peter MacNicol as John Cage, Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal, Lisa Nicole Carson as RenГ©e Raddick, Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas and Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas, all returned to the main cast. The second season had ten major roles receive star billing. Jonathan Pontell and Jeffrey Kramer served as the co-executive producers. Kelley, who also wrote all 23 episodes just like the season before, with the exception of co-writing the episode Just Looking with Shelly Landau. The sole executive producer was the creator David E. The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and David E. On the 56th Golden Globe Awards, the show won in the category of Best Series second year in a row. On the 51st Primetime Emmy Awards, the show won three Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special for the episode Love's Illusions, and the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Tracey Ullman's portrayal of Dr. This was the highest rated season of Ally McBeal. The second season had an average rating of 13.8 million viewers in the United States and was ranked #20 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows. It was released on DVD as a six disc boxed set under the title of Ally McBeal: Season Two on October 7, 2002. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the season before.

The special was produced by a different company. On March 22, 1999, Fox aired a special titled Life and Trials of Ally McBeal in which Bill Maher interviewed the cast after nearly finishing two seasons of the show. The second season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on September 14, 1998, concluded on May 24, 1999, and consisted of 23 episodes.