Leg Work

This article is about the television series. For legwork in detective jargon, see Legwork.

Leg Work
Main title screen
Format	Detective/Procedural drama
Created by	Frank Abatemarco
Starring	Margaret Colin Frances McDormand Patrick James Clarke
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	1 hour (inc. commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	October 3, 1987 – November 7, 1987

Leg Work is an American detective drama television series created by Frank Abatemarco that premiered on CBS on October 3, 1987. The show was short-lived and only 10 episodes were produced, of which only six were aired prior to the show's cancellation. The final episode aired on November 7, 1987. The cable network TV Land later aired the remaining four episodes.

Synopsis

Set in New York City, the show's main character was Claire McCarron (played by Margaret Colin), a former Assistant D.A. turned private investigator. A policeman's daughter (Colin was a policeman's daughter in real life), she drove around town in a Porsche 911 Cabriolet but lived beyond her means and often struggled to make a living from her fledgling detective agency. The show also starred Patrick James Clarke as her brother and NYPD lieutenant Fred McCarron, and Frances McDormand as Willie Pipal, her friend who still worked for the DA's office.

Critical opinion was mixed.^{[citation needed]} It was described as having a "somewhat leering tone", but also the "best and brightest of CBS' new series" as well as being a seeming extension of Colin's 1985 lawyer sitcom, the equally short-lived Foley Square (in which Colin had played an Asst. District Attorney). However even before its premiere, critics anticipated a quick demise due to its difficult programming slot, on Saturday nights opposite NBC's The Golden Girls and Amen.

Despite its brief run, Leg Work was shown in other countries outside of the US. It premiered in the UK on the ITV network (usually in a late Friday night slot) in Spring 1988.

External links

• Leg Work at the Internet Movie Database
• Leg Work at TV.com
• Thrilling Detective: Claire McCarron
• Leg Work at epguides.com