DENNY CRANE SQUARES OFF AGAINST THE ANIMAL PROTESTERS WHO ATTACKED BELLA, HIS LATEST LOVE, BRAD SUSPECTS CLAIRE HAS ANOTHER LOVER, AND A COSTUME PARTY IS HELD TO BOOST COMPANY MORALE, ON ABC�S�BOSTON LEGAL�

Guest Stars Include Delta Burke and Meredith Eaton-Gilden

�Dumping Bella� � When Denny Crane's latest love, Bella (Delta Burke), is attacked by animal rights activists, an irate Denny prepares to square off against the protestors and their vindictive lawyer -- Denny�s ex, Bethany (Meredith Eaton-Gilden). Meanwhile, Brad suspects he�s not the only person in the office enjoying a friends-with-benefits relationship with Denise; Clarence expresses romantic interest in Claire; and Paul Lewiston plans an office costume party to boost company morale, on �Boston Legal,� TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 (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 Jeffrey Coho, Constance Zimmer as Claire Simms and Gary Anthony Williams as Clarence/Clarice Bell, with Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt and William Shatner as Denny Crane.

Guest starring are Nia Long as Vanessa Walker, Delta Burke as Bella Horowitz, Meredith Eaton-Gilden as Bethany Horowitz, Shelley Berman as Judge Robert Sanders, P.J. Byrne as Matthew Steinkellner and Christopher Neiman as Marshall Prig.

�Dumping Bella� teleplay by David E. Kelley, story by Michael Reisz & Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver & David E. Kelley and directed by Eric Stoltz.

�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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