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The pilot was originally produced with James Spader, Lake Bell, Mark Valley, Rhona Mitra and William Shatner playing the main characters, with an expanded storyline featuring Larry Miller as Edwin Poole, and with John Michael Higgins as senior partner Jerry Austin. Monica Potter was later cast as junior partner Lori Colson. After completing several episodes, the producers felt the show needed grounding, and Rene Auberjonois's character senior partner Paul Lewiston was promoted to a starring role, effectively replacing John Michael Higgins. Despite this, Higgins's character still appeared in the first two episodes. The pilot premiered on ABC on October 3, 2004, following the series premiere of Desperate Housewives.[4]

On November 30, 2004, it was announced that Candice Bergen would join the cast as senior partner Shirley Schmidt.[5] The producers had been looking to introduce the character since the fall.[6] Lake Bell and Executive Producer Jeff Rake subsequently left the series, while Rene Auberjonois was made a main cast member.[7][8][9]

The announcement that Boston Legal would be renewed for a second season was made on April 5, 2005. The final five episodes of the first season were initially pre-empted for several weeks (until April 24, 2005) in order to expose mid-season series Grey's Anatomy to a larger audience behind Desperate Housewives.[10] Grey's Anatomy, however, was highly successful in the timeslot, and Boston Legal was pre-empted until the autumn of 2005, where it would take over NYPD Blue's Tuesday timeslot for an extended season of twenty-seven episodes.[11][12] Both Rhona Mitra and Monica Potter departed the series over the hiatus, while Julie Bowen was cast as Denise Bauer.[13] Ryan Michelle Bathe and Justin Mentell were later cast as junior associates Sara Holt and Garrett Wells.[14] A new writing staff headed by Janet Leahy took over as of episode four of the second season.
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