{"id":6372,"date":"2009-07-30T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2009-07-30T14:26:43","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T19:26:43","slug":"lawyer-in-your-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/07\/lawyer-in-your-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer in Your Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"davidPapke\"I enjoyed serving on \u201cthe jury<\/a>\u201d chosen by the American Bar Association to pick the top 25 law shows during the history of prime-time television<\/a>.\u00a0 Our list and sketches of the shows just appeared in the August, 2009 ABA Journal<\/em>.\u00a0 I was pleased but surprised that \u201cThe Defenders,\u201d a fine series from the early 1960s ranked third.\u00a0 The other top series \u2013 \u201cL.A. Law,\u201d \u201cPerry Mason,\u201d and \u201cLaw & Order\u201d \u2013 are not only great law shows but also milestones in the history of entertainment television.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I\u2019m not sure \u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d and \u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d deserve their places on the list.\u00a0 I enjoy both, but they seem to me police procedurals rather than law shows.<\/p>\n

If anyone is curious, here\u2019s the full list:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \u201cL.A. Law\u201d (1986-94)<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cPerry Mason\u201d (1957-66)<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cThe Defenders\u201d (1961-65)<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cLaw & Order\u201d (1990-present)<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cThe Practice\u201d (1997-2004)<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cAlly McBeal \u201c (1997-2002)<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cRumpole of the Bailey\u201d (1978-1992)<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cBoston Legal\u201d (2004-08)<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cDamages\u201d (2007-present)<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cNight Court\u201d (1984-1992)<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cJudging Amy\u201d (1999-2005<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law\u201d (1971-74)<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cJAG\u201d (1995-2005)<\/li>\n
  14. \u201cShark\u201d (2006-08)<\/li>\n
  15. \u201cCivil Wars\u201d (1991-93)<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law\u201d (2000-9)<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d (2001-present)<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cMurder One\u201d (1995-97)<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cMatlock\u201d (1986-1995)<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cReasonable Doubts\u201d (1991-93)<\/li>\n
  21. \u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d (1999-present)<\/li>\n
  22. \u201cJudd for the Defense\u201d (1967-69)<\/li>\n
  23. \u201cPaper Chase\u201d (1978-79, 1983-86)<\/li>\n
  24. \u201cPetrocelli\u201d (1974-76)<\/li>\n
  25. \u201cEli Stone\u201d (2008-09)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I enjoyed serving on \u201cthe jury\u201d chosen by the American Bar Association to pick the top 25 law shows during the history of prime-time television.\u00a0 Our list and sketches of the shows just appeared in the August, 2009 ABA Journal.\u00a0 I was pleased but surprised that \u201cThe Defenders,\u201d a fine series from the early 1960s 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