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Spinoff is like 'The Practice' made imperfect

'BOSTON LEGAL'

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When: 9 p.m. Sunday on WLS-Channel 7

Starring: James Spader, William Shatner, Monica Potter, Mark Valley, Rhona Mitra, Lake Bell

In real life, Alan Shore and Denny Crane -- the obnoxious, oily, morally limber lawyers James Spader and William Shatner play on ABC's "Boston Legal" -- would repel you almost immediately.

On TV, however, they are amusing, outlandish caricatures. Charming, almost.

It's all the absurd stuff going on around them in David E. Kelley's new "Ally McBeal"-ified spinoff of "The Practice" that looks to drive you away.

If the sight of Larry Miller's bared buttocks in the first few minutes doesn't cause your remote hand to twitch reflexively, you might make ...

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