L.A. Law(1986)

series - first aired/released 1986-09-15 - audience 7.0

Drama, War & Politics

Directed by Allan Arkush, Anson Williams, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Ben Bolt, Charles Haid, Dan Lerner, David Carson, Donald Petrie, Edwin Sherin, Elodie Keene, Eric Laneuville, Gabrielle Beaumont, Gregory Hoblit, Helaine Head, Jan Eliasberg, Janet Greek, Jeffrey D. Brown, Johanna Demetrakas, John Pasquin, John Patterson, Jonathan Sanger, Kim Friedman, Marisa Silver, Mark Tinker, Max Tash, Michael Fresco, Michael Katleman, Michael Schultz, Michael Zinberg, Miles Watkins, Mimi Leder, Nell Cox, Oz Scott, Paul Lazarus, Paul Schneider, Phillip Goldfarb, Randy Roberts, Richard Compton, Rick Wallace, Rob Thompson, Sandy Smolan, Sharron Miller, Steven Robman, Tom Moore, Victor Lobl, William M. Finkelstein, Win Phelps

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.