SEASON PREMIERE

�BOSTON LEGAL� RETURNS FOR ATHIRD SEASON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK

Michael J. Fox Reprises His Emmy-Nominated Role as Daniel Post

�Can�t We All Get a Lung?� -- In the third season premiere of �Boston Legal,� Denise and Schmidt defend Daniel Post (Michael J. Fox) after he�s arrested for trying to buy a lung. Meanwhile, Shore reunites passionately with Marlene (Parker Posey) and defends his pal, Jerry �Hands� Espenson (played by Emmy Award winner Christian Clemenson), after he�s caught driving in the carpool lane with a life-sized sex doll, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

�Boston Legal� stars James Spader as Alan Shore, Julie Bowen as Denise Bauer, Mark Valley as Brad Chase, Rene Auberjonois as Paul Lewiston, Craig Bierko as Jeffey Coho, with Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt and William Shatner as Denny Crane.

Guest starring are Michael J. Fox as Daniel Post, Henry Gibson as Judge Clark Brown, Christian Clemenson as Jerry �Hands� Espenson, Parker Posey as Marlene Stanger, Marisa Coughlan as Melissa Hughes, Jane Lynch as Joanna Monroe, Currie Graham as A.D.A Frank Ginsberg, Armin Shimerman as Judge Brian Hooper, Denis Arndt as A.D.A. Joshua Wendt, John Hartmann as Tom Raulston, Marcella Lentz-Pope as Megan Raulston and Randy Thompson as Officer Ralston.

�Can�t We All Get a Lung?� was written by David E. Kelly and Corinne Brinkerhoff and directed by Mike Listo.

�Boston Legal� was created by David E. Kelley. Kelley, Bill D�Elia and Janet Leahy are executive producers. The series is produced by David E. Kelley Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, and premiered October 3, 2004.

�Boston Legal� is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC�s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning.

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