September 8, 1997 (1997-09-08) – May 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)
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The first season of the television series Ally McBeal began airing in the United States on September 8, 1997, concluded on May 18, 1998, and consisted of 23 episodes. It tells the story of Ally McBeal, a young lawyer who found herself without a job after being sexually harassed by her boss, only to end up employed by her friend from college, Richard Fish, to work in the firm he created with his friend John Cage, named "Cage & Fish".
The entire season aired Mondays at 9 pm. It was released on DVD as a six disc boxed set under the title of Ally McBeal: Season One on October 7, 2002.[1][2] Due to music rights issues, several episodes of the first season of Ally McBeal were only available in the United States.[3] The first season had an average rating of 11.4 million viewers in the United States and was ranked #59 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows.[4] A month after the conclusion of the first season, a debate sparked by the show was the cover story of Time magazine, which juxtaposed McBeal with three pioneering feminists and asked "Is Feminism Dead?".[5]
On the 50th Primetime Emmy Awards, the show won its first Emmy in the category of Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special for the episode "Boy to the World", and was nominated in nine other categories. On the 55th Golden Globe Awards, the show won in two categories, one for the Best Series, and one for the Best Actress, for Calista Flockhart's portrayal of Ally.[6]
^"Ally McBeal: Season One, Part One". Amazon. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
^"Ally McBeal: Season One, Part Two". Amazon. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
^"Ally McBeal: The Complete Season One: Selection". Amazon. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
^"The Final Countdown". Entertainment Weekly. May 29, 1998. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
^"Is Feminism Dead? (Chat Transcript)". Time. June 25, 1998. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009.
^"Awards for Ally McBeal". IMDb. Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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