Perhaps, I'm not enough of a comic book aficionado to discern the good from the bad, but...I dunno...I always found WW to be slightly empowering (especially for young women).

Both Ally McBeal and The Practice had extremely STRONG female characters, so this assessment is sooo full of bull! On Boston Legal things might have been different but this was his first all-male show in like forever.

I still consider him a great writer and look forward to his projects. For the record, he did not always write the same show revolving around lawyers: there was also Picket Fences, Chicago Hope (which I watched even though I don't like medical dramas...) and Snoops.

Both Ally McBeal and The Practice had extremely STRONG female characters, so this assessment is sooo full of bull! On Boston Legal things might have been different but this was his first all-male show in like forever.

I still consider him a great writer and look forward to his projects. For the record, he did not always write the same show revolving around lawyers: there was also Picket Fences, Chicago Hope (which I watched even though I don't like medical dramas...) and Snoops.

Right. I kept trying to agree with Carl, but I just can't. That's not to say that I don't get what he's saying, but it's a bit tendentious and off the rails. She was whiny, but that does not equal David E. Kelley writes pathetic women and degrades them.

Both Ally McBeal and The Practice had extremely STRONG female characters, so this assessment is sooo full of bull! On Boston Legal things might have been different but this was his first all-male show in like forever.

Who were the strong female characters on Ally McBeal? I mostly remember lollipop heads who were written as witches and made out for sweeps, and then of course twitchy Ally.

The Practice did have Camryn Manheim, the others I thought were not overly strong, although that might have been down to bad acting.

The Practice was full of strong woman. All of them. And even when they became victims, they were still strong and fought through it. They were not weeping willows or anything like that, none of them. Lindsay is closest, and girl went through a alot but i still thought she was strong.

Even the receptionist didnt take [!@#$%^&*] and stood up for herself, was smart, and independent.

<span style="font-size:120%;">This is a fascinating move for the one-time king of television. A former real-life attorney, he made his mark by writing dozens of episodes of LA Law and then Doogie Howser MD before creating Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, and his twin-titans of the late 1990s, The Practice and Ally McBeal. Ally McBeal took some heat in its day, as pundits couldn't decide whether its complicated, nuanced, and flawed female protagonist (played by Calista Flockhart) was a feminist icon (quite possibly) or a sexist caricature (absolutely not). Either way, it was, in its prime (seasons 1, 2, and 4) a deliciously satisfying piece of character-driven comic writing, with career-making or defining roles for Peter MacNicol, Jane Krakowski, Lucy Lui, and Portia de Rossi.

The Practice was a more straightforward legal drama, with an unflinching look at the criminal justice system from the eyes of a small and scrappy defense firm. With wip-smart writing, a sense of topicality that put even Law and Order to shame, and fine performances from the likes of Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris, and Camryn Manheim, and or a brief time it was literally the best show on network television. Even when the show's long-running arcs went off the rails (with the firm being threatened by not one, but three serial killer clients over a few years), the show took the time to craft incisive looks at post-9/11 law enforcement. Even if the final season was a glorified backdoor pilot for five-season spin off Boston Legal (with James Spader and William Shatner in arguably a male-driven and social issue-crammed variation on Ally McBeal), the show was engaging and thoughtful to the end.

Scott Mendelson, The Huffington Post</span>

Edited October 2, 201015 yr by Sylph

Here's a new twist on Wonder Woman

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Wonder-1029226.aspx

It's the same old David Kelley crap. Writing that is about degrading women and reinforcing negative stereotypes. He has written the same scripts for decades and it never changes.

http://www.tvline.com/2011/02/nbc-wonder-woman-adrianne-palicki/

Adrianne Palicki got the role. Though I she's a good actress, she's not that hot to me. Great body though, just not a pretty face. Looking forward to the show!

The reason these Wonder Woman films/tv series have been so hard to get off the ground is because they aren't set in WWII. I strongly believe that. Even the original series tried to revamp and set it in the present and it just wasn't the same. You don't have a strong alternative to have her leave her homeland. I'm sure it could be done, but I haven't seen an interesting enough idea. I also hate that this seems to downplay her backstory. I don't wanna see three identities already in place. I want to see her in her homeland with all the other glamazons and the phenomenon from the beginning.

This is such an important female super hero and I want her history done justice. This entire thing is such a shame. Will kill all potential this franchise has. Why David E. Kelley is writing is beyond me.

I'd give it a chance because of Adrianne Palicki.

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