Ally McBeal (1997) poster

Ally McBeal

★ 6.5 1997 · 1990s 5 seasons FOX

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Synopsis

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

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Cast & Crew

Calista Flockhart

Calista Flockhart

Ally McBeal

Greg Germann

Greg Germann

Richard Fish

Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski

Elaine Vassal

Regina Hall

Regina Hall

Corretta Lipp

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

John Cage

Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard

Vonda Shepard

Portia De Rossi

Portia De Rossi

Nelle Porter

Josh Hopkins

Josh Hopkins

Raymond Millbury

Bill D'Elia

Bill D'Elia

Executive Producer

Jack Philbrick

Jack Philbrick

Producer

Kim Hamberg

Kim Hamberg

Producer

David E. Kelley

David E. Kelley

Executive Producer

Trivia about Ally McBeal

Many of the songs Shepard performed were established hits with lyrics that paralleled the events of each episode, for example, "Both Sides Now", "Hooked on a Feeling" and "Tell Him".

On rare occasions, her character would have conventional dialogue.

A portion of "Searchin' My Soul" was played at the beginning of each episode, but the song was never played in its entirety.

John Cage's was "You're the First, the Last, My Everything", Ling Woo's was the Wicked Witch of the West theme from The Wizard of Oz, and Ally McBeal herself picked "Tell Him", when told by a psychiatrist that she needed a theme song in a Season 1 episode.

Due to the popularity of the show and Shepard's music, a soundtrack titled Songs from Ally McBeal was released in 1998, as well as a successor soundtrack titled Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal in 1999.

Two compilation albums from the show featuring Shepard were also released in 2000 and 2001.