"L.A. Law" All 8 Seasons Remastered in HD on Hulu November 3

[DRW50]

Until reading the review I had no idea Tom Verica was ever on the show. Verica is one of those actors who floated around TV (my main memory of him was him looking good in his underwear on Central Park West) before hitting it big with Shondaland. He now directs some of her shows.

[Khan]

I don't remember Tom Verica being on the show either!  Forgive me, y'all, but I think that man is so hot, lol!

IIRC, Debi Mazar and Alan Rosenberg played the same characters on "L.A. Law" that they had played previously on "Civil Wars," a legal drama series (created by "L.A. Law"'s final showrunner, William M. Finkelstein; and co-EP'ed by Bochco) that ran for two seasons on ABC.  Being the Bochco semi-fanatic* that I am, I watched CW as well as "L.A. Law," and I gotta tell ya: even back then, I thought it was weird and wrong to see two characters from one failed show being shoehorned onto another, dying show.  Especially because, for all the talent that was BTS at CW - not just Bochco & Finkelstein, but Charles Eglee & Channing Gibson as well - I thought CW was just okay.

(*I still can't get into "NYPD Blue."  Sorry.)

Edited June 23, 2024 by Khan

[DRW50]

I agree (although he's one of those guys who benefited with age). 

With other "recurring regular" Michael Cumpsty. 

[soapfan770]

@DRW50 Here is the article on Farrell’s firing, this came up in a Reddit discussion on the show:

Former "LA Law' actor says being bumped hurt

Aug. 28, 1992

Conchata Ferrell, who played a pushy entertainment lawyer on LA Law, said she was fired in an effort to save the show.

"I've just about worked through being bumped from the show. It hit me pretty hard," Ferrell said in an interview Thursday in the Charleston Gazette.

Ferrell, who portrayed Susan Bloom, was let go in June after one season. Several other stars also left. The NBC show's ratings have dropped steadily.

"They perceive the show as being in trouble," she said. "They saw last year as being a very dark year and I came to symbolize last year."

She said she worried about her future on the show after Diana Muldaur, who played lawyer Rosalind Shays, was written out.

Ferrell, a Charleston native, was nominated for an Emmy. The awards will be announced Sunday.

[DRW50]

@soapfan770 Thank you. Here's the AV Club interview.

https://www.avclub.com/conchata-ferrell-on-two-and-a-half-men-and-her-crusty-1798274363

[Liberty City]

Wish I still had Hulu so I would watch La Law, as Rose Nylund called it.