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Ally McBeal was an American
United States

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 television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley

David Edward Kelley is an Emmy Award-winning United Statesn screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal, as well as several successful films....
, who also served as the executive producer
Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
, along with Bill D'Elia
Bill D'Elia

Bill D'Elia is an American television screenwriter, producer, and director. He was an executive producer of Boston Legal and Ally McBeal, and is the co-creator and a principal screenwriter for Judging Amy....
. The series starred Calista Flockhart
Calista Flockhart

Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
 in the title role
Ally McBeal (Character)

Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal is the central fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by Calista Flockhart.Ally is a Boston-based lawyer....
 as a young lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 working in the fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
al Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 law firm
List of fictional law firms

This list contains law firms that exist only as part of a work of fiction, divided by the media in which the firm was first introduced....
 Cage, Fish and Associates with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.

show focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using legal proceedings as plot device
Plot device

A plot device is an element introduced into a narrative solely to advance or resolve the Plot of the story. In the hands of a skilled writer, the reader or viewer will not notice that the device is a construction of the author; it will seem to follow naturally from the setting or characters in the story....
s to contrast or reinforce a character's drama.






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Quotations


A lot of people forget what they're saying in a fit of rage, so I'll be happy to take the minutes.

Even if I did get past all my problems, I'm just gonna get out and get new ones.

Everybody's alone. It's just easier to take in a relationship.

Georgia Thomas: At the end of the day, life is just this big wall of reality that we all crash into.

Helping others is never more rewarding than when it's in your own self interest.

Here I am, the victim of my own choices. And I'm just starting.






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Ally McBeal was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley

David Edward Kelley is an Emmy Award-winning United Statesn screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal, as well as several successful films....
, who also served as the executive producer
Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
, along with Bill D'Elia
Bill D'Elia

Bill D'Elia is an American television screenwriter, producer, and director. He was an executive producer of Boston Legal and Ally McBeal, and is the co-creator and a principal screenwriter for Judging Amy....
. The series starred Calista Flockhart
Calista Flockhart

Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
 in the title role
Ally McBeal (Character)

Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal is the central fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by Calista Flockhart.Ally is a Boston-based lawyer....
 as a young lawyer
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 working in the fiction
Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
al Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 law firm
List of fictional law firms

This list contains law firms that exist only as part of a work of fiction, divided by the media in which the firm was first introduced....
 Cage, Fish and Associates with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.

Overview

The show focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using legal proceedings as plot device
Plot device

A plot device is an element introduced into a narrative solely to advance or resolve the Plot of the story. In the hands of a skilled writer, the reader or viewer will not notice that the device is a construction of the author; it will seem to follow naturally from the setting or characters in the story....
s to contrast or reinforce a character's drama. For example, bitter divorce litigation of a client might provide a backdrop for Ally's decision to break up with a boyfriend. Opposing legal arguments were also frequently used to explore multiple sides of various social issues.

Cage & Fish (which becomes Cage, Fish, & Associates towards the end of the series), the fictional law firm where most of the characters work, is depicted as a highly sexualized environment, symbolized by its unisex public restroom. Lawyers and secretaries in the firm routinely date, flirt with, or have a romantic history with each other, and frequently run into former or potential romantic interests in the courtroom or on the street outside.

The show had many offbeat and frequently surreal running gags and themes, such as Ally's tendency to immediately fall over whenever she met somebody she found attractive, or Richard Fish's wattle
Wattle (anatomy)

A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.File:Rooster portrait2.jpg...
 fetish and humorous mottos ("Fishisms"), ran through the series. The show used vivid, dramatic fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 sequences for Ally's and other characters' wishful thinking; particularly notable is the dancing baby
Dancing baby

The Dancing Baby aka "Baby Cha-Cha" refers to a 3D character and 3D computer graphics animation of a baby dancing for several seconds. The video, one of the earliest examples of an Internet phenomenon, became popular in 1996-1997 after being distributed widely over the Internet....
.

The show also featured regular visits to a local bar
Bar (establishment)

A bar is a business that serves drinks, especially alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the premises....
 where singer Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard is a rock music singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she played a resident performer at the bar where the show's characters drank after work....
 regularly performed (though occasionally handing over the microphone to the characters).

In the fourth season, Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.

Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....
 joined the regular cast as Ally's boyfriend Larry Paul but was written out after the end of the season due to Downey's troubles with drug addiction.

The show was canceled after a significant ratings drop during its fifth season, which saw many regular characters disappear from the series without explanation (also a problem with David E. Kelley's shows Boston Public, "Chicago Hope", and The Practice).

Criticism

Despite its success, Ally McBeal did receive some negative criticism from TV critics and feminists who found the title character annoying and demeaning to women, and specifically professional women, because of her perceived flightiness, lack of demonstrated legal knowledge, and extreme emotional instability. Perhaps the most notorious example of the debate sparked by the show was the 25 June 1998 cover story of Time
Time (magazine)

Time is a weekly United States newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition is published from London....
 magazine, which juxtaposed McBeal with three pioneering feminists and asked "Is Feminism Dead?".

Episode list


Ally the sitcom

In 1999, at the height of the show's popularity, a half-hour version entitled Ally began being broadcast in parallel to the main program. This version, designed in a sitcom format, used re-edited scenes from the main program, as well as previously unseen footage. The intention was to further develop the plots in the comedy-drama in a sitcom style. It also focused only on Ally's personal life, cutting all the courtroom plots. The repackaged show did not catch on and was canceled partway through its initial run. While 13 episodes of Ally were shot, only 10 were broadcast.

US Ratings


Season U.S. ratings Network Rank
1 1997-1998 11.4 million FOX #59
2 1998-1999 13.8 million FOX #20
3 1999-2000 12.4 million FOX #35
4 2000-2001 12.0 million FOX #40
5 2001-2002 9.4 million FOX #65


Main cast


  • Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
     - Ally McBeal
    Ally McBeal (Character)

    Allison Marie "Ally" McBeal is the central fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by Calista Flockhart.Ally is a Boston-based lawyer....
  • Greg Germann
    Greg Germann

    Gregory Andrew Germann is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, while horror fans remembered him as the nerdish and ill-fated businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2....
     - Richard Fish
    Richard Fish (character)

    Richard Fish is a fictional character in the television show Ally McBeal, played by Greg Germann.Richard Fish is one of only five characters to have appeared as a regular in all five seasons of the show....
  • Jane Krakowski
    Jane Krakowski

    Jane Krakowski is an United States actor and singer. She is known for her roles as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal and Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock....
     - Elaine Vassal
  • Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol

    Peter C. MacNicol is an Emmy Award-winning American actor....
     - John Cage
    John Cage (character)

    John Cage is a fictional character in the television show Ally McBeal, played by Peter MacNicol.John Cage is one of only five characters to have appeared as a regular in all five seasons of the show....
     (episode 2–103; recurring otherwise)
  • Lisa Nicole Carson
    Lisa Nicole Carson

    Lisa Nicole Carson is an United States actor. She is best known for her work on US television, including supporting roles in NBC's ER and Fox's Ally McBeal....
     - Renee Raddick (seasons 1–4; one guest appearance in series finale)
  • Portia de Rossi
    Portia de Rossi

    Portia de Rossi is an Australian actor, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and as Lindsay Bluth F?nke on the sitcom Arrested Development ....
     - Nelle Porter (episodes 34–112; recurring previously)
  • Lucy Liu
    Lucy Liu

    Lucy Alexis Liu is an Taiwanese American actress. She became known for her role in the television program#seasons/series Ally McBeal and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Chicago , Kill Bill, and Charlie's Angels ....
     - Ling Woo
    Ling Woo

    Ling Woo is a fictional character in the popular United States comedy-drama Ally McBeal, portrayed by Chinese American actress Lucy Liu, and is widely considered to be her breakthrough role....
     (episodes 34–96; 103; recurring otherwise)
  • Gil Bellows
    Gil Bellows

    Gil Bellows is a Canadian film and television actor....
     - Billy Alan Thomas (episodes 1–62; recurring afterwards)
  • Courtney Thorne-Smith
    Courtney Thorne-Smith

    Courtney Thorne-Smith is an United States actress. She is best known for her portraying of Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, and Cheryl in According to Jim....
     - Georgia Thomas (seasons 1–3; recurring afterwards)
  • Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....
     - Larry Paul (season 4; uncredited appearances afterwards)
  • Hayden Panettiere
    Hayden Panettiere

    Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an United States actress and singer. Hayden was first known for her character of Sheryl Yoast in Disney's Remember the Titans during the early part of her career....
     - Maddie Harrington (episodes 102–112)
  • Vonda Shepard
    Vonda Shepard

    Vonda Shepard is a rock music singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she played a resident performer at the bar where the show's characters drank after work....
     - herself (seasons 2–5; recurring previously)
  • James LeGros
    James LeGros

    James LeGros is an American film and television actor. He is known as a star of independent films with a diversified body of work in the early to mid 1990s....
     - Mark Albert
    Mark Albert

    Mark Albert is a fictional character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal played by James LeGros. In his introductory episode, Ally McBeal viewed Mark as a threat to her own position at Cage & Fish and as an undesirable replacement for her recently deceased friend Billy....
     (season 4; recurring previously)
  • Regina Hall
    Regina Hall

    Regina Hall is an United States film and television actor known for her lead role of Brenda Meeks in the Scary Movie film series films....
     - Corretta Lipp (season 5; recurring previously)
  • Julianne Nicholson
    Julianne Nicholson

    Julianne Nicholson is an United States actress....
     - Jenny Shaw (episodes 91–103)
  • Josh Hopkins
    Josh Hopkins

    William Josh Hopkins is an United States actor. He portrayed Paul Allen in the 1999 film Pirates of Silicon Valley, and Raymond Milbury on the television series Ally McBeal , probably his most famous role to date....
     - Raymond Millbury (season 5)
  • James Marsden
    James Marsden

    James Paul Marsden is a Saturn Award-nominated United States actor and former Gianni Versace S.p.A. model, perhaps best known for his roles in Hairspray , Enchanted , 27 Dresses, and the three X-Men film series....
     - Glenn Foy (episodes 91–103)


Guest stars

The singers who would perform at the bar (most often Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard is a rock music singer. She appeared regularly in the television show Ally McBeal in which she played a resident performer at the bar where the show's characters drank after work....
) were accompanied by a trio of back-up singers often referred to as the Ikettes
The Ikettes

The Ikettes were a Trio sometimes Quartet of female backing vocalists for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, a prominent United States rhythm and blues group from the 1960s....
. The singers/actresses who portrayed the Ikettes were:
  • Renee Goldsberry
  • Vatrena King
  • Sy Smith
    Sy Smith

    Sy Smith is an African-American Rhythm and blues/neo-soul singer/songwriter....
Whenever Goldsberry, Smith or King were unavailable, they would be replaced by:
  • Cynthia Calhoun
  • Melanie Taylor


The show also featured many guest stars, some of whom would return for an extensive number of episodes. Guest stars included:
  • Jon Bon Jovi
    Jon Bon Jovi

    John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an United States musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of Bon Jovi....
     – Victor Morrison (Season 5 / 10 Ep.): A plumber who was Ally's boyfriend for a short period of time
  • Dyan Cannon
    Dyan Cannon

    Dyan Cannon is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film and television actor, Film director, screenwriter, Film editing#Film Editor, and Film producer....
     – Judge Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone (Season 1–3 / 17 Ep.): Judge who had a relationship with Richard Fish for a while. She later started her own law firm together with Renee Raddick
  • Gerry Becker - Myron Stone (Season 1-5) : a Boston lawyer who frequently came up against the members of Cage and Fish in court. He was also a friend of Billy Thomas and invited him to join a self-help group which Stone himself appears to run.
  • Taye Diggs
    Taye Diggs

    Taye Diggs is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway theatre musical Rent , the motion picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the television series Private Practice....
     – Jackson Duper (Season 4 / 10 Ep.): a lawyer who worked at Cage and Fish for a while and was a love interest for Ling Woo
  • Lisa Edelstein
    Lisa Edelstein

    Lisa Edelstein is an American acting and writer. She currently stars as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the critically acclaimed drama House ....
     – Cindy McCauliff (Season 4 / 5 Ep.): a transsexual whom Mark Albert dated for a while
  • Josh Groban
    Josh Groban

    Joshua Winslow Groban is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theater in the future....
     – Malcolm Wyatt (Season 4–5 / 2 Ep.): A teenager who hires Ally and ends up taking her to his high school prom; gets help from Ally with the loss of his mother. (also sings "You're Still You" and "To Where You Are")
  • Albert Hall – Judge Seymore Walsh: A stern judge with little sense of humor and a general dislike of the Cage and Fish law firm
  • Anne Heche
    Anne Heche

    Anne Celeste Heche is an United States actor, film director and screenwriter....
     – Melanie West (Season 4 / 7 Ep.): A school teacher who had Tourette syndrome
    Tourette syndrome

    Tourette syndrome is an heredity Neuropsychiatry disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane....
    . She dated John Cage for a while
  • John Michael Higgins
    John Michael Higgins

    John Michael Higgins is an United States actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest's Mockumentary, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift, and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim ....
     – Steven Milter (Season 4–5 / 13 Ep.): An attorney who was also Ally's therapist for a while
  • Jennifer Holliday
    Jennifer Holliday

    Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is a two-time Grammy Award-winning United States singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway theatre in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist....
     – Lisa Knowles (Season 1–4 / 6 Ep.): Lead choir singer at the local church who had a history with the reverend
  • Barry Humphries
    Barry Humphries

    John Barry Humphries, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian comedian, satirist and character actor perhaps best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attach? to United Kingdom....
     (credited as Dame Edna Everage
    Dame Edna Everage

    Dame Edna Everage is a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries. As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books and hosted various television shows ....
    ) – Claire Otoms (Season 5 / 12 Ep.): A client of Cage & Fish who later started working at the firm as a secretary
  • Gregory Jbara
    Gregory Jbara

    Gregory Jbara is an American film, television and stage actor....
     - Reverend Compton (Season 4 / 1 Ep.): Reverend who testifies about his relationship with the nymphomaniac whose husband is seeking an annulment from the very marriage for which the reverend had performed the ceremony in the episode titled "Reach Out and Touch".
  • Phil Leeds
    Phil Leeds

    Phil Leeds was a Hollywood character actor.He was born in 1916 in New York City, the son of a post office clerk. He started his career as a stand up comedian and then went on to appear in several movies and sitcoms including Night Court, Wings , Ally McBeal, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Larry Sanders Show, as well as a guest appearance...
     – Judge Dennis 'Happy' Boyle (Season 1–2 / 5 Ep.): A very old judge who was obsessed with dental hygiene
    Oral hygiene

    Teeth cleaning is the removal of dental plaque from teeth, in order to prevent Dental caries , gingivitis, and Periodontal disease. It is part of a complete program of oral hygiene....
  • Jesse L. Martin
    Jesse L. Martin

    Jesse Lamont Martin is an United States theatre, film, and television actor, best known for originating the role of Tom Collins in Rent and as Ed Green in the NBC series Law & Order ....
     – Dr. Greg Butters (Season 1–2 / 11 Ep.): A doctor whom Ally dated for quite a while
  • Harrison Page
    Harrison Page

    Harrison Page is an United States television and film actor who has appeared in many popular shows, including Cold Case, JAG, ER , Ally McBeal, Melrose Place, Quantum Leap , The Wonder Years, 21 Jump Street, Murder, She Wrote, Fame , Gimme a Break!, Benson , Hill Street Blues, Webster ,...
     – Reverend Mark Newman (Season 1–4 / 6 Ep.): The reverend at the local church, who had a history with lead choir singer Lisa Knowles
  • Matthew Perry
    Matthew Perry (actor)

    Matthew Langford Perry is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American Canadian film and television actor, best known for his work as Chandler Bing in the sitcom Friends....
     – Attorney Todd Merrick (Season 5 / 2 Ep.)
  • Gina Philips
    Gina Philips

    Gina Philips is an United States actor.Philips was born Gina Consolo in Miami Beach, Florida. She is known for her recurring roles on David E....
     – Sandy Hingle (Season 3 / 13 Ep.): Billy Thomas' secretary whom he briefly dated after his divorce
  • Christina Ricci
    Christina Ricci

    Christina Ricci is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values ....
     – Debbie 'Liza' Bump (Season 5 / 7 Ep.): a lawyer who worked at Cage and Fish and married Richard Fish in the last episode
  • Tracey Ullman
    Tracey Ullman

    Tracey Ullman is an United Kingdom-United States actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author.Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties and Three of a Kind ....
     – Dr. Tracey Clark (Season 1–3 / 6 Ep.): Ally's unusual therapist; recommended to her by John Cage
  • Bruce Willis
    Bruce Willis

    Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an United Statesn actor and film producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since....
     – Dr. Nickle (Season 2 / 1 Ep.): Filling in for Ally's therapist, Dr. Tracey Clark
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas
    Jonathan Taylor Thomas

    Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, former child actor, and teen idol. He is well known for his role of middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement and as the voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Pictures's The Lion King....
     - Chris 'ThunderThighs' Emerson (Season 3 / 19 Ep.): Ally's online underage lover


Apart from these frequently recurring actors the show also saw a lot of cameo appearances by singers (as themselves), along with numerous other one-off celebrity guest stars:
  • Barry White
    Barry White

    Barry White DBE was an United States record producer and singer-songwriter.A multiple Grammy Award-winner known for his rich basso voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s with the the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul music, funk, and disco songs....
    : Appeared for one of John Cage's birthday party and at Richard Fish's wedding
  • Al Green
    Al Green

    Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an United States gospel music and soul music singer who received great acclaim in the 1970s. At the 2008 BET Awards Green was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, for all the work he has done throughout his career....
    : Ally saw him in her hallucinations
  • Gladys Knight
    Gladys Knight

    Gladys Maria Knight, "The Empress of Soul," is an United States R&B/soul music singer-songwriter, Actor, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author....
    : Appeared in one of Ally's Al Green hallucinations
  • Tina Turner
    Tina Turner

    Tina Turner is an United States singer and actress whose career has spanned over 50 years and who has won numerous awards. Her achievements in the Rock genre have led to her being referred to as "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"....
    : Ally won a contest to appear as backup singer for her
  • Gloria Gaynor
    Gloria Gaynor

    Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
    : In Season 3, she stalks Ally singing 'I Will Survive'.
  • Barry Manilow
    Barry Manilow

    Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
    : He appears in one of Ally's hallucinations when Larry goes to Detroit to visit his son. He sings at the bar later that night and Ally tries to punch him thinking him to be her hallucination.
  • Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
    : Appears as Candy Cushnip, a woman in a trial against a company claiming to find the perfect match for everybody. She carries a technician with a spotlight at all times because she believes "...a woman is prettier when she feels good about herself."
  • Macy Gray
    Macy Gray

    Macy Gray is an American contemporary R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor, famed for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis as well as Keith Harris as Orville the Duck....
    : Performs in the bar in one episode ("Hope and Glory", episode 20 of season 3)
  • Randy Newman
    Randy Newman

    Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
    : In Season 3, episode 21, Randy Newman appears as singer/piano player while the protagonists celebrate John's 35th birthday in the bar.
  • Chubby Checker
    Chubby Checker

    Chubby Checker is an United States singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the Twist with his 1960 hit record cover version of Hank Ballard's Rhythm and blues hit "The Twist "....
    : In Season 4, episode 11, a twist contest is held in the bar where Chubbie Checker appears as himself.
  • Sting: In Season 4, episode 20, Sting sings with Larry on Ally's birthday at the bar.
  • Anastacia
    Anastacia

    Anastacia is a multi-platinum American singer and songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Latin America, Oceania, Asia, South Africa and Australia but has not had as much success in her native United States....
    : In Season 4, episode 16 John and Richard make a trip to LA where they visit a club in which Anastacia performs.


Broadcasters

CountryTV network
Arab World
Arab world

The Arab World refers to Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast....
 		 MBC
Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 		 Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
, FX
FX

FX may refer to:* FX , a cable/satellite television network* FX , a television channel in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal.* FX , a television channel in the Italy....
 (Now W. Channel
W. Channel

W. is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms....
) and 111 Hits
111 Hits

111 Hits is an Australian cable and satellite television channel which is currently available on the Foxtel and Optus Television subscription platform....
Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 		 ORF1
ORF1

ORF1 is an Austrian television channel. It was the first television station in Austria, beginning in 1955.ORF1 is one of the three public TV channels in Austria....
Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
 		 Belsat
Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 		 Kanaal Twee
Kanaal Twee

2BE is a Belgian television channel owned by the commercial broadcasting company Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. Since this also owns vtm and JIM , it's not uncommon for programs to be passed on from one channel to another....
, Plug tv (French), La Deux
La Deux

La Deux is a Belgium national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.External links *...
 (French)
Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 		 FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
 (cable)
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 		 BTV and FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 		 CTV
CTV television network

CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
 (English), ARTV
ARTV

ARTV is a Canada French language cable television specialty channel specializing in the arts and culture; including music, dance, theatre, visual arts as well as films and scripted television series....
 (French), TVA
TVA (TV network)

TVA is a Canada French language privately owned television network.TVA is based in Quebec and has affiliates only in Quebec, although the affiliates in Rivi?re-du-Loup and Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec have rebroadcast transmitters in New Brunswick....
 (French)
Chile
Canal 13 (Chile)

Corporaci?n de Televisi?n de la Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile , generally known by its broadcast frequency Canal 13, is the second oldest television station in Chile....
 		 Canal 13
Canal 13

Canal 13 is the name of six Central America and South American television stations:* Canal 13 , television network from Buenos Aires, Argentina...
 , FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
 (cable)
Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 		 RCN
RCN

RCN may refer to:* RCN Corporation, a cable television, telephone, and Internet service provider in the United States* RCN Radio, a radio network in Colombia...
, Citytv Bogotα
Citytv Bogotα

Citytv Bogot? is a local television station in Colombia's capital city. It's owned by the Casa Editorial El Tiempo , which also owns the main national Colombian daily newspaper El Tiempo, as well as other magazines such as Portafolio, Cambio, Motor and Carrusel....
, FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
 (cable)
Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 		 Nova TV
Nova TV

Nova TV is a Croatian commercial television network launched in November 2000. It was the first commercial television network with national concession in this country and since 2004 it is fully owned by the Central European Media Enterprises....
, HRT
HRT

HRT is an abbreviation that can stand for:...
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
 		 Ceskα televize
Ceskα televize

Cesk? televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels....
Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 		 TV2
Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
 		 TV3
TV3 (Estonia)

TV3 is a private television channel in Estonia.Acquired programming on TV3 include The Simpsons, CSI Crime Scene Investigation, CSI Miami, CSI New York, 7th Heaven, House and several other shows....
Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 		 MTV3
MTV3

MTV3 is a Finland Commercial broadcasting television station owned by Bonnier Group. Until recently it had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels when Finnish Broadcasting Company's YLE1 took the lead....
France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 		 Tιva
Teva

Things commonly known as Teva also a romanization of the Hebrew language word for "...
, M6
Mιtropole 6

M?tropole 6, known popularly as simply M6, is a France television service owned by a company called M?tropole T?l?vision. M6 broadcasts an over-the-air SECAM signal, and is also carried on the Atlantic Bird 3 broadcast satellite....
, Sιrie Club
Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 		 VOX, Comedy Central
Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
 		 aTV world
Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 		 Viasat 3
Viasat 3

Viasat 3 is a Hungary TV channel. It was originally named Alfa TV, but when in 2000 the station was bought by Swedish Modern Times Group its name was changed....
India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 		 STAR World
STAR World

STAR World is an Asian English language cable television and satellite television owned by STAR TV. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, which is now an Indian Hindi language entertainment channel....
, Zee Cafe
Zee Cafe

Zee Caf? is an Indian English language television channel. It was launched on March 15, 2000 as Zee English. On March 27, 2005, it was renamed Zee Caf?....
Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
 		 RCTI
RCTI

RCTI is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol. It also broadcasts sinetron , films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs....
Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 		 originally screened on RTE Two
RTΙ Two

RT? Two is Republic of Ireland's second-oldest television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telef?s ?ireann. RT? Two is almost universally available throughout the island of Ireland on the Very high frequency and Ultra high frequency bands, and is also available via satellite television to Irish subscribers of Sky Digital ....
 repeats air on TV3
TV3 Ireland

TV3 Ireland is a television channel in Republic of Ireland, and was the country's first commercial broadcaster. TV3, along with other properties are a part of the TV3 Group - which also owns TV3's sister channel 3e....
Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 		 Channel 2
Channel 2 (Israel)

Channel 2 is an Israelis commercial broadcasting television channel that started broadcasting in November 4, 1993 under the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority....
, Channel 3
Channel 3 (Israel)

Hot 3 is an Israeli television channel. First introduced as The Family Channel in the early 1990's and later simply as Channel 3, it was one of the very first exclusive channels of regulated cable television in Israel....
Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 		 Canale 5
Canale 5

Canale 5 is a Italy private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest . Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national range in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....
, Italia 1
Italia 1

Italia 1 is an Italy commercial television station on the Mediaset network.It is oriented especially at young people....
, FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
, Joi
Joi

Joi are United Kingdom/Bangladeshi alternative music dub music/dance music DJ team, originally composed of London brothers Farook and Haroon Shamsher....
Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 		 NHK
NHK

, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster. The NHK is financed by a television licence. This Japanese public corporation has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, NHK....
Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
 		 Kenya Television Network
Kenya Television Network

Kenya Television Network is a leading television station in Kenya with its headquarters at the I & M Towers in downtown Nairobi. It was founded in March 1990 by Jared Kamgwana and was the first non-pay privately owned TV-station in Africa, and the first to break Kenya Broadcasting Corporation monopoly in Kenya....
Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
 		 LBCI
Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
 		 TV3
TV3 Lithuania

TV3 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group and targeted at a Lithuanian language-speaking audience. It was founded on May 7, 1992 and launched on April 11, 1993 as "Tele-3" before being renamed "TV3" in 1996....
Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
 		 NTV7
Ntv7

Natseven TV Sdn Bhd or better known as ntv7 is a terrestrial television channel in Malaysia. It was launched nationwide on April 7 1998. Its mission is to promote a happier and more enlightened Malaysia....
Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 		 Canal 5
Televisa

Televisa is a Mexico multimedia company, the largest Mass media company in the Spanish language-speaking world. It is a major nternational entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract....
, FOX
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
 & repeats air on FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 		 RTL 8
RTL 8

RTL 8 is a commercial television station which launched in the Netherlands, on August 18, 2007.The launch of a new television channel by RTL Nederland came after the television channel Tien and other assets of John de Mol's Talpa Media were amalgamated with RTL Nederland....
New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 		 TV2
Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 		 TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)

TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
 		 STAR World
STAR World

STAR World is an Asian English language cable television and satellite television owned by STAR TV. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, which is now an Indian Hindi language entertainment channel....
Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 		 RPN-9
Radio Philippines Network

Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group and is shown on cable networks throughout the Philippines....
 (1998-2001), 2nd Avenue (2009)
Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 		 Polsat
Polsat

Polsat is Poland's third biggest television channel, founded in 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Zak.Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group, which also owns other channels:...
, TV4
TV4 (Poland)

TV 4 is a private Polish TV station.TV 4 was created through the Consolidation of the stations Nasza TV and Polsat 2 and started broadcasting on 1 April 2000....
, FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 		 TVI
TVI (Portugal)

TVI - Televis?o Independente is Portugal's fourth terrestrial television channel, launched in 1993. It is the leader of audiences in its country since 2004....
, FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 		 PRO TV
Pro TV

Pro TV, reaching around 82% of households in Romania , operates under the PRO TV SA license owned by Central European Media Enterprises managed by the businessman Ronald Lauder, which includes Acasa TV, Pro TV International and Pro Cinema TV stations....
, Pro Cinema
PRO Cinema

PRO Cinema is a Romanian movie channel that is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and launched on April 19th 2004. It was the first Romanian TV channel dedicated exclusively to movies, and as such it attracted a significant audience from its very inception, mainly in the 18-49 urban demographic....
Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 		 Ren-TV
Ren-TV

REN TV is one of the largest private federal channels in Russia. Founded by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN as a production house for other national Russian television channels, it has broadcast since 1 January 1997....
Serbia
Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
 		 RTS
RTS

RTS is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:* Rape Trauma Syndrome* Real-time strategy, a gaming genre* Reclaim the Streets, an anarchist organization...
, RTV BK Telecom
RTV BK Telecom

Radio-televizija Braca Karic Telekom was a privately-owned radio-television company based in Belgrade, Serbia. It functioned as a privately-owned, revenue generating media outlet with a "G" rating and without editorial or content restrictions....
, FOX Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
 (cable)
Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
 		 POP TV
POP TV

POP TV is a private television network in Slovenia that began broadcasting on December 15, 1995. The station is known for broadcasting United States TV series, such as Lost , Desperate Housewives, Prison Break, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Monk , Without a Trace, Ugly Betty, Dexter , Brothers & Sisters , House , Califo...
, Kanal A
Kanal A

Kanal A is Slovenia first private television network, commencing broadcasts in November 1991.A third of Kanal A's shares were bought by the SBS Broadcasting Group in 1997....
Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
 		 MediaCorp TV Channel 5
MediaCorp TV Channel 5

File:SBC5_logo.gifMediaCorp Channel 5 is a 24-hour, English language television channel based in Singapore. Programmes on Channel 5 normally include English dramas, variety shows, news, current affairs, game programmes, and general adaption of overseas productions, such as Singapore Idol and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?....
South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 		 SABC 3
SABC 3

SABC3 is a commercial South African Broadcasting Corporation List of South African television channels that carries programming in English language....
South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 		 Home CGV
Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 		 Telecinco
Telecinco

Gestevisi?n Telecinco, S.A., is a Spain television station, one of the leading Spanish private TV companies. It is the second private television in Spain after Antena 3 ....
 (former broadcaster), Cuatro
Cuatro TV

Cuatro is a Spain private television channel, on air since November 2005. Owned by Sogecable, it is broadcast on the TV frequencies licensed to that company in 1990 and previously used by Sogecable for the analogue transmission of its pay-per-view channel Canal+ Spain....
, FOX
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 		 TV4
TV4 AB

TV4 Group is a Swedish media company that owns the largest commercial television channel in Sweden, TV4 .Since 2007, the company is fully owned by Bonnier Group through Nordic Broadcasting Oy....
Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 		 TSR1
TSR 1

TSR 1 is a Switzerland public television channel owned by T?l?vision Suisse Romande....
 (French area), SF zwei (German area), TSI1
TSI 1

La 1 is a general television channel of Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana, broadcasting in Italian language for the Italian language Swiss in all Switzerland....
 (Italian area)
Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
 		 Eracom
Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 		 True Series
True Series

True Series is a Thailand television channel owned and produced by TrueVisions. It features series, lifestyle programs and reality shows from around the world....
Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 		 CNBC-E
CNBC-e

CNBC-e is a hybrid business and financial/entertainment channel operated in Turkey by CNBC Europe and the NTV Turkey.The channel shares its name with a co-owned magazine about CNBC-e....
 and Fox Life
Fox Life

Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 		 Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
, Paramount Comedy 1
Paramount Comedy 1

Paramount Comedy is a television channel shown in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, available through digital satellite , IPTV and cable ....
, Paramount Comedy 2
Paramount Comedy 2

Paramount Comedy 2 is a television channel shown in United Kingdom and on some digital/cable services in the Republic of Ireland. The channel was previously a so-called 'timeshuffle' service, offering programmes from Paramount Comedy at different times....
, TMF
TMF UK

TMF UK is a music video and entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom , owned by MTV Networks Europe and is originally a Netherlands channel....
, Zone Romantica
Zone Romantica

Zone Romantica is a TV channel that broadcasts telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, mainly from Latin America.The channel is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to 20 territories in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East....
United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 		 FX
FX

FX may refer to:* FX , a cable/satellite television network* FX , a television channel in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal.* FX , a television channel in the Italy....
Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
 		 Televen
Televen

Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network.Televen was created as an alternative for the traditional private television networks ....


DVD releases

Due to music rights issues, the first complete season of Ally McBeal has not been made available on DVD in the United States (only 6 random episodes can be found on the R1 edition), though it has been available in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, Taiwan, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
. In the UK and Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 all seasons are available in a complete boxset.

DVD NameEp# Region 1 Region 2
The Complete First Season23 N/A February 21, 2005
The Complete Second Season23 N/A February 21, 2005
The Complete Third Season22 N/A February 21, 2005
The Complete Fourth Season23 N/A May 9, 2005
The Complete Fifth Season22 N/A May 9, 2005


Awards and nominations


Awards won

Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Comedy Series (1999)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol

    Peter C. MacNicol is an Emmy Award-winning American actor....
     (2001)


Golden Globe Awards:
  • Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical (1998-1999)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
     (1998)
  • Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....
     (2001)


Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild is an American trade union representing over 120,000 film and television actor and extra worldwide. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild seeks to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; col...
:
  • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1999)
  • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....
     (2001)


Awards nominated

Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Comedy Series (1998)
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
     (1998–1999, 2001)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol

    Peter C. MacNicol is an Emmy Award-winning American actor....
     (1999–2000)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....
     (2001)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Lucy Liu
    Lucy Liu

    Lucy Alexis Liu is an Taiwanese American actress. She became known for her role in the television program#seasons/series Ally McBeal and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Chicago , Kill Bill, and Charlie's Angels ....
     (1999)
  • Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Bernadette Peters
    Bernadette Peters

    Bernadette Peters is an United States actress and singer from New York City. Over the course of a career that has already spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings....
     (2001)


Golden Globe Awards:
  • Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical (2000–2002)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
  • Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series Jane Krakowski
    Jane Krakowski

    Jane Krakowski is an United States actor and singer. She is known for her roles as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal and Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock....
     (1999)


Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild is an American trade union representing over 120,000 film and television actor and extra worldwide. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild seeks to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; col...
:
  • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1998, 2000–2001)
  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart

    Calista Kay Flockhart is an United States actress, primarily on television. She is best known for playing the Ally McBeal of Ally McBeal ....
     (1998–2001)
  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Lucy Liu
    Lucy Liu

    Lucy Alexis Liu is an Taiwanese American actress. She became known for her role in the television program#seasons/series Ally McBeal and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Chicago , Kill Bill, and Charlie's Angels ....
     (2000)
  • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol

    Peter C. MacNicol is an Emmy Award-winning American actor....
     (1999–2001)


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