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Ally McBeal
Season 3
DVD cover
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseOctober 25, 1999 (1999-10-25) –
May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)
Season chronology
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Season 2
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Season 4
List of episodes

The third season of the television series Ally McBeal commenced airing in the United States on October 25, 1999, concluded on May 22, 2000, and consisted of 21 episodes. The entire season originally aired Mondays at 9pm, just like the seasons before.

A month before the premiere of the season, Fox began airing Ally, a half-hour show that consisted of re-edited scenes from the first two seasons and previously unseen footage, with the intention of making it a sitcom. 13 episodes of the show were shot, but only 10 were broadcast.[1]

It was released on DVD as a six disc boxed set under the title of Ally McBeal: Season Three on October 7, 2002,[2][3] just like the two seasons that aired before and in the U.S. on December 22, 2009.

The third season had an average rating of 12.3 million viewers in the United States and was ranked #39 on the complete ranking sheet of all the year's shows.[citation needed] This was the second highest rated season of Ally McBeal.

On the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the show won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special for the season premiere episode Car Wash.[4] Kevin Fallon cited the sex scene from the episode Car Wash as one of "TV's 13 Dirtiest Sex Scenes" in a column for The Daily Beast.[5]

Crew

The season was produced by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and David E. Kelley Productions. The executive producers were Bill D'Elia and the creator David E. Kelley, who also wrote all 23 episodes just like the two seasons before,[6] with the exception of co-writing the episodes Out in the Cold and In Search of Pygmies with Josh Caplan, and co-writing the episode Turning Thirty with Jill Goldsmith. Jonathan Pontell and Alicia West served as the co-executive producers.

Cast

The third season had ten major roles receive star billing. Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal, Greg Germann as Richard Fish, Peter MacNicol as John Cage, Jane Krakowski as Elaine Vassal, Lisa Nicole Carson as Renée Raddick, Gil Bellows as Billy Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith as Georgia Thomas, Vonda Shepard as herself, Portia de Rossi as Nelle Porter and Lucy Liu as Ling Woo all returned to the main cast.

The season featured the departure of two original cast members, Gil Bellows and Courtney Thorne-Smith. Bellows left to star on The Agency and Thorne Smith was cast on According to Jim. Bellows' character was killed off in the episode Boy Next Door. According to the actor himself, the character was originally intended to stay only for one season, but the popularity kept him for two more.[7]

James LeGros made his debut as Mark Albert, a lawyer that replaced Billy at the firm. The character was recurring, and was upgraded to contract status as of season 4.[8]

Various supporting characters from the previous seasons returned to reprise their recurring roles, including Dyan Cannon making her final appearances as Judge Jennifer "Whipper" Cone, Albert Hall as Judge Seymore Walsh, Jennifer Holliday as Lisa Knowles, Harrison Page as Reverend Mark Newman, Tracey Ullman as Dr. Tracy Clark, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vatrena King and Sy Smith as the backup singers for Vonda Shepard. Gina Philips had a recurring role as Billy's secretary Sandy Hingle.

This season also featured a variety of celebrities. Al Green, Gladys Knight, and Gloria Gaynor all appeared in the form of Ally's hallucinations, while Macy Gray and Randy Newman appeared as performers at the bar. Farrah Fawcett portrays Robin Jones, a newspaper editor accused of sexual harassment. Loretta Devine appeared as a client who also sings during the course of one of Ally's hallucinations following Billy's death. And Tina Turner made an appearance.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ally McBeal episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
471"Car Wash"Billy DicksonDavid E. KelleyOctober 25, 1999 (1999-10-25)3M0116.02[9]
482"Buried Pleasures"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyNovember 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)3M0216.86[10]
493"Seeing Green"Peter MacNicolDavid E. KelleyNovember 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)3M0313.65[11]
504"Heat Wave"Alex GravesDavid E. KelleyNovember 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)3M0414.98[12]
515"Troubled Water"Joanna KernsDavid E. KelleyNovember 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)3M0514.52[13]
526"Changes"Arlene SanfordDavid E. KelleyNovember 29, 1999 (1999-11-29)3M0614.65[14]
537"Saving Santa"Rachel TalalayDavid E. KelleyDecember 13, 1999 (1999-12-13)3M0714.40[15]
548"Blue Christmas"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyDecember 20, 1999 (1999-12-20)3M0812.86[16]
559"Out in the Cold"Dennie GordonStory by : David E. Kelley & Josh Caplan
Teleplay by : David E. Kelley		January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)3M0915.70[17]
5610"Just Friends"Michael SchultzDavid E. KelleyJanuary 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)3M1014.41[18]
5711"Over the Rainbow"Alan MyersonDavid E. KelleyFebruary 7, 2000 (2000-02-07)3M1114.70[19]
5812"In Search of Pygmies"Arvin BrownStory by : David E. Kelley & Josh Caplan
Teleplay by : David E. Kelley		February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)3M1213.98[20]
5913"Pursuit of Loneliness"Jonathan PontellDavid E. KelleyFebruary 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)3M1315.11[21]
6014"The Oddball Parade"Bryan GordonDavid E. KelleyFebruary 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)3M1415.23[22]
6115"Prime Suspect"Rachel TalalayDavid E. KelleyMarch 20, 2000 (2000-03-20)3M1514.41[23]
6216"Boy Next Door"Jack BenderDavid E. KelleyMarch 27, 2000 (2000-03-27)3M1614.55[24]
6317"I Will Survive"Barnet KellmanDavid E. KelleyApril 17, 2000 (2000-04-17)3M1713.05[25]
6418"Turning Thirty"Jeannot SzwarcDavid E. Kelley & Jill GoldsmithMay 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)3M1812.11[26]
6519"Do You Wanna Dance?"Michael LangeDavid E. KelleyMay 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)3M1910.75[27]
6620"Hope and Glory"Mel DamskiDavid E. KelleyMay 15, 2000 (2000-05-15)3M2011.50[28]
6721"Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"Bill D'EliaDavid E. KelleyMay 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)3M2111.17[29]

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  5. ^ Fallon, Kevin (Oct 11, 2012). "'The Good Wife' Ice Cream Shocker & TV's 13 Dirtiest Sex Scenes (VIDEO)". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "David E. Kelley (I) - Filmography by TV series". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  7. ^ "Gil Bellows - blockbuster.com". blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
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