Boston Legal (2004–2008)

Bias Rating

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Strong Left

Viewer Rating

Rating: 8.2

Overview

Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore, formerly of Young, Frutt & Berluti, settles in at a wealthy and powerful firm focusing on civil cases. With some help from his friend and mentor, veteran attorney Denny Crane...

Starring Cast

James Spader • William Shatner • Candice Bergen

Where to watch

Hulu

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Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left

Diversity: High

LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

Starring Cast

James Spader • William Shatner • Candice Bergen

Where to watch

Hulu

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Left

Primary

Political: Leans LeftConfidence: High

Boston Legal consistently addresses problems of systemic injustice, corporate malfeasance, and discrimination, championing solutions that involve advocating for the marginalized and challenging powerful institutions, aligning its dominant themes with progressive values.

Diversity: HighConfidence: Medium

Boston Legal demonstrates significant DEI through its narrative, which consistently tackles and critiques social injustices and traditional power structures, making DEI themes central to many of its legal cases. While its original casting doesn't involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles, it features visible diversity within its ensemble.

Secondary

LGBTQ: PositiveConfidence: High

Boston Legal consistently presented LGBTQ+ characters with dignity and agency, notably through Clarence Bell's arc and numerous legal cases championing queer rights. The show's narrative stance was largely affirming, portraying prejudice as an external societal issue rather than an inherent aspect of queer identity, resulting in a net positive impact.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Boston Legal is a spin-off series featuring original characters and continuing characters from 'The Practice' without altering their established genders. It does not adapt any external source material or historical figures with pre-existing gender identities that are then changed.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Boston Legal is an original legal drama series and a spin-off of The Practice. Its main characters were either created for the show or carried over from The Practice with the original actors. There are no instances of characters with a pre-established race from source material or history being portrayed by actors of a different race.