Ally McBeal Premiered Date, Network, Genre, Cast

Premiered Date

September 8, 1997

Network

Fox

Cast

Portia de Rossi

as Nelle Porter

Lucy Liu

as Ling Woo

Calista Flockhart

as Ally McBeal

Jane Krakowski

as Elaine Vassal

Greg Germann

as Richard Fish

Lisa Nicole Carson

as Renee Raddick

Courtney Thorne-Smith

as Georgia Thomas

Peter MacNicol

as John Cage

Gil Bellows

as Billy Thomas

Vonda Shepard

as Vonda Shepard

About Ally McBeal

About

Surreal dramedy about a lawyer at the Cage and Fish firm in Boston, and the eccentric environment it creates for her.

Winner of best comedy series at the Golden Globes in 1997 and 1998, and at the Emmys in 1999. Vonda Shepard played herself in the show.