In the US: Mondays, 10/9c, NBC
Think of David E Kelley and one name immediately comes to mind, doesn’t it? Wonder Woman.
Hang on. Scratch that. Remind me to use that intro in a year or so. Let’s start again.
Think of David E Kelley and one name immediately comes to mind, doesn’t it? Ally McBeal. Kelley, a former lawyer, was the creator of Ally McBeal and since finishing that show, has gone on to corner the quirky, largely female-oriented, lawyer show market, with programmes such as The Practice, Girls Club and Boston Legal.
Now, he’s over at NBC with Oscar-winner Kathy Bates with – yep, you guessed it – a quirky, largely female-oriented, lawyer show that sees Bates playing Harriet Korn, one of the country’s top patent lawyers, who finally realises that patent law is dull and decide to take up criminal law instead. Taking her secretary along for the ride, Korn sets up shop in a rough part of Cincinnati, where she quickly recruits Nate Corddry (Studio 60), one of her former patent law adversaries, to help defend universally ethnic alleged criminals against injustice – and sell shoes.
No really, they sell shoes as well. Told you it was quirky. Here’s a trailer and a much more informative promo based on the original pilot, which co-starred Ben Chaplin instead of Nate Corddry.
