Article: 'BOSTON LEGAL' GUILTY PLEASURE.(Spotlight)

Byline: Dusty Saunders, Rocky Mountain News

Combine the best - and worst - qualities of The Practice and Ally McBeal and you get Boston Legal.

Created by David E. Kelley, the ABC lawyer series, which premiered at 9 p.m. Sunday (Denver's 7), is testimony to Kelley's talent as a salvage expert.

And he's also operating similar to a garage handyman who can take parts from broken-down autos, meld them and make them run.

You may remember that in summer 2003, Kelley, operating under a sports business-style salary cap, fired five stars from The Practice, including leading man Dylan McDermott.

Seemingly out of desperation to keep The ...

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