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In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups: The police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. The crime and legal TV genres go hand-in-hand (sometimes in the same show, like every iteration of Law & Order), but we’re going to focus on the latter.
The TV courtroom drama has a storied history beginning with Perry Mason in the ’50s and featuring plenty of other landmark series (Matlock, L.A. Law, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, The Practice, JAG, and many, many more). Please join us in a moment of silence for the end of Suits, a.k.a. the most fun and frothy legal drama around for the past nine seasons.
The fall brings the debut of a handful of new additions to the genre, including NBC’s Bluff City Law, about a father-daughter legal team, and CBS’ All Rise, about the goings-on at a Los Angeles courthouse, plus the return of some more established legal-themed shows, like the historic 21st season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the final season of ABC’s mystery How to Get Away With Murder).
Check out the list below of the best legal dramas hitting the small screen this fall.
