L.A. Law

Courtroom television series

L.A.

Law is used to designate a television series from the late 1980s that dramatized the personal and professional lives of a group of attorneys in Los Angeles.

television

NBC

American television network

  • primetimeTelevision's highest-viewership period
  • seriesOrdered set of related items
  • episodesDistinct parts of a series

seasons · ratings · Emmy · broadcast · pilot · finale · premiere · syndication · Nielsen · spinoff

legal

attorney

Licensed legal representative

defendant · verdict · trial · jury · judge · testimony · deposition · subpoena · appeal · brief

drama

ensemble

Unified group or outfit

characters · protagonist · antagonist · climax · arc · resolution · twist · suspense · pathos · stakes

eighties

yuppies

Materialistic city professionals

VHS · glamour · materialism · upscale

Categories
Opposites
genre/format

L.A. Lawdocumentary

Factual film about reality

reality TV · Court TV · C-SPAN · reality television · news program

setting/location

L.A. LawNight Court

After-dark arraignment sitcom

Law & Order · Matlock · Judge Judy · Boston Legal · The Good Wife

tone/style

L.A. LawNight Court

After-dark arraignment sitcom

Boston Legal · Scrubs · The Office

Family

law, lawyer, flaw, outlaw, laws, lawful, unlawful, flaws, lawyers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG