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The Law Firm: Summary

Airs Next:NBC at Thursday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Returning Series
Premiered:July 28, 2005
Show Categories:Reality, Drama

From award-winning producer David E. Kelley (The Practice, Ally McBeal) comes �The Law Firm,� featuring 12 real lawyers competing against each other for a $250,000 prize. The lawyers, split into two teams, will try real cases in an actual court where the outcomes are legally binding. The managing partner of �The Law Firm� is top trial attorney and legal analyst Roy Black, who decides which of the 12 will be eliminated in each episode.

Though early on it was thought that Black would send home a lawyer from the losing team, much like in the "Apprentice," Black has announced that winning a case does not guarantee immunity. Black can send somone home from the winning team if he feels that player was the worst in that case.

UPDATE: NBC pulled "The Law Firm" from the schedule after two weeks on the air. The remaining episodes were aired on NBC's sister network, Bravo. From award-winning producer David E. Kelley (The Practice, Ally McBeal) comes �The Law Firm,� featuring 12 real lawyers competing against each other for a $250,000 prize. The lawyers, split into two teams, will try real cases in an actual court where the outcomes are legally binding. The managing partner of �The Law Firm� is top trial attorney and legal analyst Roy Black, who decides...

Week 7

Aired: Saturday October 8, 2005

Freedom of the press vs. privacy. A conservative religious straight man's picture is posted on a gay web site, and he sues. The case provides the backdrop for the three remaining lawyers to be cut to two.

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The Law Firm sentenced to cable
Producer David Kelley has met with failure in his first attempt at a reality series. The Law Firm has been dropped from its NBC prime-time slot and will be aired on sister network Bravo from now on.
- 08/10/05 5:39 PM
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Roy BlackHimself, Senior Partner

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fayee
member since: Feb 17, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"
interesting to watch in latter part of series ... didnt watch the first 2 episodes and maybe dont need to ... Michael won the $250M pot ...Continue »
02/16/06 03:11pm | report abuse
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minilegal
member since: Sep 15, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Change the channel!"
I watched the September 13, 2005 episode. I was appalled. No justice here as the lying winners were awarded victory. No ethics. Sleaze wins the day. Disgusting the way the liars celebrated their victory. The honest lwayer got fired. Skip this show! ...Continue »
09/14/05 11:52am | report abuse
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MarkTheMan
member since: Apr 19, 2003
The Bottom Line: "A decent show"
The Law Firm is an interesting show to watch, but it tries to integrate so many different elements and is only really a mediocre show on most of those levels. ...Continue »
09/05/05 05:21pm | report abuse
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tennis_star
member since: Jun 14, 2005
The Bottom Line: "A decent show"
I have watched The Law Firm for the past two weeks on NBC, and while I don't love it, it isn't so bad, and it is much better than summer re-runs. It's kind of like The Apprentice for lawyers. ...Continue »
08/05/05 03:57pm | report abuse
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kareeb
member since: Jul 24, 2005
The Bottom Line: "A decent show"
This, to me can potentially be better than the Apprentice. ...Continue »
08/03/05 02:54am | report abuse