What Would Be the Ultimate Lawyer TV Spin-off?
We were inspired this week by a post by Boston University law professor Jay Wexler at Prawfsblawg, in which he talked about TV spin-offs, and a subsequent comment by Kelly Lynn Anders, who suggested a William Shatner spin-off of Boston Legal:
“It would be entertaining to have a new show starring William Shatner as Denny Crane, perhaps entitled, Crane or Simply Denny, as a 30-minute sitcom. With Shatner’s TV history and Crane’s questionable soundness of mind, Kelley could have Denny do a comedic flashback to Star Trek and possibly invite members of the cast of Frasier (also named “Crane”) as guest stars.”
So now it’s your turn. What would be the ultimate lawyer TV spin-off? We’d love to hear your inspired takes on your favorite legal dramas, but there’s no need to limit yourself to those shows. After all, lawyer-characters have landed in genres of all sorts. Take Miranda Hobbes from Sex and the City, Barry Zuckerkorn from Arrested Development or Nick George from Dirty Sexy Money, for instance. And in the series finale of The Wire, Cedric Daniels left his police commissioner post and started practicing law.
Read last week’s answers to this question: What’s Your Favorite Law and Why?
Our favorite answer:
Posted by Kafka Esquire: “People who duel cannot hold public office in West Virginia:
“WV Code §6-5-7. Disqualification by duelling.
“‘Any citizen of this state who shall, either in or out of the state, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a challenge so to do, or who shall act as a second, or knowingly aid or assist in such duel, shall ever thereafter be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit in this state.’
“I have not yet found a ban in WV for shooting at bubbling crude …”
