# The best legal TV shows of all time

From Perry Mason to Better Call Saul: the lawyer shows critics and fans rank highest (AARP, Wonderwall, Ranker).

- 1455 votes · 12 items
- Jan 31, 2024 · boxoffice_atlanta
- https://even.best/en/l/1978/the-best-legal-tv-shows-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **The Good Wife (2009–2016)** (162 · ▲169 ▼7) — Julianna Margulies' Alicia Florrick returns to the law.
2. **Better Call Saul (2015–2022)** (140 · ▲154 ▼14) — Jimmy McGill's slow transformation into Saul Goodman.
3. **Suits (2011–2019)** (109 · ▲126 ▼17) — A college dropout with a photographic memory posing as a Harvard lawyer.
4. **Law & Order (1990–)** (107 · ▲120 ▼13) — The longest-running legal series, with its famous two halves.
5. **Boston Legal (2004–2008)** (83 · ▲102 ▼19) — James Spader and William Shatner, comedy and courtroom.
6. **L.A. Law (1986–1994)** (76 · ▲93 ▼17) — The 80s law firm drama that defined the genre.
7. **The Practice (1997–2004)** (73 · ▲92 ▼19) — Defense attorneys and morally complex cases.
8. **Perry Mason (1957–1966)** (66 · ▲90 ▼24) — Raymond Burr never lost a case (well, almost never).
9. **How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020)** (65 · ▲81 ▼16) — Viola Davis as a law professor with deadly secrets.
10. **The Good Fight (2017–2022)** (58 · ▲77 ▼19) — Diane Lockhart's spin-off, sharper and more political.
11. **Ally McBeal (1997–2002)** (58 · ▲76 ▼18) — Quirky cases and a dancing baby.
12. **Damages (2007–2012)** (48 · ▲70 ▼22) — Glenn Close as a ruthless litigator.

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