William M. Finkelstein became executive producer of "L.A. Law" shortly after his series Civil Wars was canceled. Finkelstein transferred two "Civil Wars" characters from their New York law firm to "L.A. Law": attorney "Eli Levinson" (Alan Rosenberg) and his secretary, "Denise Ianello" (Debi Mazar).
In the opening title sequence, the car's "L.A. Law" license plate expiration sticker always showed the ending year for a given season (it showed "87" for the 1986-1987 season).
In early 1991, a Season 5 episode had two female characters, Abby, played by Michele Greene and the newcomer C.J., played by Amanda Donohoe kissing each other. The scene was recognized as the first kiss between two women in a prime time American series and was considered quite controversial.
Series creator Steven Bochco was so taken with the show being parodied on the cover of the October 1987 issue of Mad Magazine that he staged a photo shoot with the show's actors in the exact same positions that their caricatures had appeared on the magazine's cover. Mad Magazine ran the photo in a subsequent issue.
Series co-creator Terry Louise Fisher, former deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, former entertainment lawyer for 20th Century Fox, and producer-writer for "Cagney & Lacey" (1981), composed a form letter she was thinking of sending to lawyers who complained about the show: "Dear So-and-so: If I were a good lawyer, I'd still be practicing law. Instead, I'm stuck in Hollywood, making 10 times as much money. I hope you are as conscientious about your clients as you are about our show. Thank for your writing."
The license plate in the beginning of the opening credits was during the first seven seasons mounted on the rear of a Jaguar, but for the final season it changed to being mounted on a Bentley Continental R - a car which was mentioned in several episodes of the eighth season when Arnie Becker was thinking of buying one. He finally received one as a gift in episode 3 of the same season.
The series ended their last day of shooting their final episode the morning of May 10, 1994. Actor Corbin Bernsen called into the Howard Stern Show about a half hour before they wrapped for the last time.
Originally aired on NBC in a two-hour time slot, the pilot has aired on some cable networks as two, one-hour segments.
The title is based on a line from the song "Oh Me Oh My" from the 1920's musical "Oh Kay!": "Those lips, those eyes!"
The title is from the 1964 folk song "The House of the Rising Sun" recorded by the English rock group The Animals.
The title is based upon the song "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical South Pacific.
The title is based upon the song "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical South Pacific.
The title is based on the song "Fly Me to the Moon" written by Bart Howard in 1954 and became a standard sung by Frank Sinatra.
The title comes from the character Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer which started as a Christmas story by Robert L. May in 1939, then a cartoon produced by Max Fleischer in 1944, then the song by Johnny Marks in 1948 followed by the holiday special in 1964 and a few sequels.
The title refers to a classic April Fool's like joke by calling up a tobacco store and asking if you have "Prince Albert in a can" (A type of tobacco). After the clerk replies in the affirmative, they are told to let the gentleman out.
The title is a parody or the 1975 Paul Simon hit song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" from his album 'Still Crazy After All These Years'.
The title refers to the 1939 novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
The title refers to the play "Ah, Wilderness" by American playwright 'Eugene ONeill that premiered on Broadway on 2 October 1933 and ran for 289 performances. The cast included legendary song and dance man George M. Cohan.
The title is based on the 'George Bernard Shaw' play "Pgymalion". The original Broadway production opened at the Park Theater on October 12, 1914 and ran for 72 performances. The play premiered in a German translation at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on October 16, 1913 and in English at His Majesty's Theatre in London on April 11, 1914 and starred 'Mrs Patrick Campbell'.
The title refers to the 1900 children's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow.
The title makes reference to The Brothers Grimm who published a collection of fairy tales and folk tales in the 19th century.
The title refers to the song played on New Year's Eve and at farewell occasions based upon an 18th century Scottish poem and tune. The tune became culturally connected to "Guy" Lombardo and The Royal Canadians by playing it at New Year's Eve festivities from the 1940s to the 1970s.
The title is from the children's story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" retold by English author Robert Southey in the early nineteenth century.
'Robert Vogel''s final performance.
The title refers to the French fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" first published by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740.
The title is the expression of shock or surprise by the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie: "Leapin' Lizards!"
The title is based on the song "Hey, Look Me Over" from the musical 'Wildcat' with book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and music by Cy Coleman and starred Lucille Ball in 1960.
The title refers to the 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway about a group of expatriates going from Paris to the Festival of Fermín in Pamplona.
The title is taken from the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale of the "Princess and the Pea" about the true princess who could feel the pea through dozens of mattresses.
The title is based on the 1935 song "I'm in the Mood for Love" written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields and became a standard by being recorded by dozens of singers.
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