Currently in its fourth season, Boston Legal continues to be one of the greatest shows on television. Whether watching James Spader's signature court case closings, or William Shatner's spot-on comedic timing (Denny Crane!), there is always a compelling storyline with a plethora of interesting characters to tell it.

Airing Tuesday nights at 10pm on ABC, where it's been for the past two years, Boston Legal pulls a consistent 10 million viewers each week. Although that is not spectacular, it has been one of the most consistent shows on TV, in terms of viewers, since its second season.

Not only is this show a modest hit with viewers, it is a big hit with the Emmy voters. For its first season, both Spader and Shatner won the Emmy's for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actor, respectively. And just this past September, Spader scored an upset victory over James Gandolfini of The Sopranos in the lead actor category.

Featuring different supporting players taking a lead each episode, the formula of Boston Legal never gets stale. But if for some reason you find it has, an almost entirely new cast has been brought on board for this season. But if you still, for some ungodly reason, don't realize the brilliance of this dramedy, you can be one of the other old stiffs who decides to watch Law and Order: SVU (the leader in formulaic TV garbage) or Cane (a snooze-fest that is sure to be off the air by the end of this season). The choice is yours.

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Boston Legal airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on ABC.