Just Legal

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Season 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 66
  3. Negative: 5 out of 66

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  1. DebK
    Jan 7, 2007
    10
    love it!!
  2. DebB
    Nov 1, 2005
    10
    Please put Just Legal back on the air. It's a great show! I've been looking for it for 3 weeks, and I just found out that it was cancelled. Why? Please give it another chance.
  3. KathleenM
    Oct 11, 2005
    10
    I love this show. It is smart, funny and very well written. I am very disappointed it was not on last night. What is going on?
  4. MihcaelF
    Oct 10, 2005
    9
    Good chemistry between Don and Jay. Funny and smart. Should gain momentum.
  5. MikeB
    Nov 14, 2005
    9
    It had a good premise and some promising character (and script) development. Better than all the goofy sci-fi/alien/stange creature shows debuting this year. How can you cancel somethig before the audience even gets a chance to find it? I saw two episodes and was wondering why I could not find it again!
  6. DonH
    Oct 16, 2005
    10
    I am 73 years old and this is one of thoes programs i look forward to all week, very intertaining with a brilliant match of characters. My wife tells me it not shown in our TV listing --What hapen?
  7. ReubenM
    Oct 17, 2005
    10
    I really liked that show and was really looking foward to Monday's to watch it. Give it a chance. Real sorry you had to cancell it.
  8. DeeA
    Oct 20, 2005
    10
    Where did my favorite show go. Please put it back on. Don Johnson and Jay are so great.
  9. PSimpson
    Oct 26, 2005
    9
    WB screwed up when they canceled this show. Improve the writing and maybe change to a different time. It would have been a hit. THINK NASH BRIDGES. It's in syndication and I watch all the reruns because of DON JOHNSON.
  10. PerleN
    Oct 10, 2006
    9
    The show is one of the best shows currently out there. It doesn't make sense that it was cancelled when there are so many really bad shows on. This is was a smart, entertaining show whos main characters were well cast. Please bring it back.
  11. KyleighH
    Feb 11, 2006
    0
    I thought this tv show was a waste of time. This show was only put on the air because Don Johnson wanted to renew his career. Well, earth to Don Johnson, it didn't work! I liked it better when you were a Miami detective, not a lawyer. I give this two thumbs down!
  12. JB
    Aug 12, 2006
    8
    Not my favorite law practice show ever but certainly very good. The two lead characters play off of each other well and the scripting is fairly tight. Better than a lot of shows that have stayed on the air.
  13. JaniceF
    Sep 17, 2006
    10
    Love it!!! Please don't cancel it.
  14. DonnaE
    Sep 30, 2006
    10
    Loved this show but only saw it once and wondered what happened to it as I could not find it again.
  15. KarenM
    Mar 7, 2007
    10
    Please bring it back!!!!!!!!!!
  16. Janys
    Oct 10, 2005
    8
    Not brain surgery ... its light entertainment, good chemistry between cast, enjoy the full hour. Really hope the show catches on and stays on the network!
  17. MarynelleV
    Nov 2, 2005
    10
    I loved the show. Just Legal came on two times in memphis, TN and at 11PM at Monday nights. This show was not given a chance. There is no way Don Johnson would not be a winner. I hope they give it another chance at a decent time.
  18. CindyJ
    Nov 2, 2005
    10
    Did you see Related...what a crappy stupid show. Who made this idiot decision? Just Legal was great!!!!! My husband and I watched it together and loved it.
  19. BJohnson
    Nov 3, 2005
    10
    Please put this show back on. It was a very good show that I enjoyed alot!
  20. BrendanL
    Nov 5, 2005
    9
    This was an awsome show. But just like every other new show I like, it was cancelled
  21. [Anonymous]
    Nov 7, 2005
    10
    I Miss this show!!!! What a great show!!! Please put it back on and on Monday nights!!!
  22. AnnK
    Oct 18, 2005
    10
    Don't take it off the air. I love it. I hate the show you've got in it's place. "Related" or something like that. You disappoint me.
  23. BobC
    Oct 18, 2005
    10
    Get this show back on the air.... It is head and shoulders above the rest of the programing on the WB. Whoever nixed this show should be canned.....
  24. LolaJ
    Oct 24, 2005
    10
    Just Legal is a excellent TV program, keep it on
  25. JanetL
    Oct 25, 2005
    10
    I am sooo pissed... that this show was cancelled!! It had a great buddy appeal (a young & older guy); it had funny scenes, & righteous endings. Don johnson was perfect in this role.
  26. C.Atherley
    Oct 26, 2005
    10
    I loved the program. I don't think they really gave it enough of a chance.
  27. JanetM
    Oct 29, 2005
    9
    Television has become unwatchable. They give American mindless reality shows. Put Just Legal back on!
  28. EKing
    Oct 7, 2005
    7
    Promising show, especially Don Johnson's character. Good stories will give the show depth, but bad writing will sink it fast.
  29. truthg
    Jan 5, 2006
    1
    3 episodes only lol what a shitty show, poor don must be n the crack pipe
  30. LSullivan
    Mar 25, 2006
    10
    Too bad it was canceled. Couldn't someone please revive it? Why don't they cancel those stupit Reality shows?
  31. Iljav.E
    Apr 22, 2006
    10
    It´s great to see DJ is back on TV. I would appreciate if the show continues.
  32. DeborahC
    Aug 25, 2006
    9
    I like this show -- I hope that it's on means you are reconsidering cancelling it. It got lost at the start of the 2005 season.
  33. BethA
    Aug 29, 2006
    10
    Don is a fantastic actor he wasn't trying to do a come back. He didn't have to do this show. He's smart and someone suggested this to him so he tried it. If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.......
  34. RichardS
    Aug 7, 2006
    10
    Fantastic show!!! Glad it is back to stay, I Hope?
  35. MichaelM
    Aug 7, 2006
    10
    It's great to see Don Jonson back............ in a good show with a great supporting actor. The two are great together. A lot of good humor to go along with some great drama. This can be something special ........ give it a chance
  36. JessicaJ
    Sep 1, 2006
    9
    Love it...don't let it go. Thanks
  37. adamw
    Sep 22, 2006
    9
    Good show. Well written. I'm Don Johnson's age and I enjoyed seeing an old alcoholic who still has it.
  38. JenniferR.
    Sep 19, 2007
    10
    The show is great. PLEASE bring it back. Email me when it is scheduled. I check the t.v. guide everyday to see if it's on. Thank you.
  39. DarcyM
    Nov 11, 2005
    10
    Who's the idiot that cancelled this show? Everyone loves this show! I love watching a young dude stick it to the big boys! It's just awesome! The characters rock. The actors are perfect. The scripts are great! It may not grab everyone but you are idiots if you don't see it has a big piece of the market!
  40. yvoneh
    Oct 12, 2005
    8
    good characters... chemistry... bringing don johnson back is brilliant - why, look at what william shatner (who?) did for boston legal!
  41. AlS
    Oct 12, 2005
    10
    I like it. Johnson's real talent is in selecting roles that fit him to a tee.
  42. TamaraM
    Nov 4, 2005
    9
    Please put it back on air! Jay Baruchel's character offers hope while Don Johnson's cynical character offers redemption. It's a joy to watch the naive and seasoned lawyers embrace each other's souls.
  43. KrisR
    Oct 17, 2005
    10
    It is an awsm show and I want it to play again on the WB!
  44. JohnnetaL
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    Just Legal was a great show. Please bring it back!!!! Soon and for a long time!!!!
  45. WayneM
    Oct 19, 2005
    10
    This is good program. One the family can watch together. Please return it to the lineup.
  46. EdwinH
    Nov 9, 2005
    9
    Put this show back on the air...it was refreshingly good.
  47. RJHoss
    Oct 23, 2005
    10
    I love this show. Very funny, interesting, and maybe Don's best work.
  48. georgem
    Oct 25, 2005
    10
    a real good show. it should not have been cancelled..
  49. MaryE
    Oct 29, 2005
    10
    I can't believe "Just Legal" was aired for such a short time. Whose idea was it to take it off so quickly. WE LOVED IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST NEW SHOWS ON TV THIS FALL We see nothing in its replacement "Related." Don't even know where that's coming from. BRING BACK JUST LEGAL!!!!! THANKS!
  50. PhoneOuthichamphone
    Nov 15, 2006
    10
    I love this show. I just don't know what happened to it after I watched it this summer. I wished the CW would bring it back on or something.
  51. KayG
    Nov 17, 2006
    10
    Please bring "Just Legal" back ...It is a great well cast show. I am a die-hard Don Johnson fan. I saw Jay Baruchel on "Numbers" last week & it made me wan t to do something to try to bring the show back.!
  52. SueJ
    Aug 29, 2006
    10
    I saw the pilot last year and I have been looking forward to seeing it on weekly. I was happy to see it last Sun. Please keep it on. Of course, Don J is awesome, but the other characters are great too. The young fellow is great and they all need a chance. Thanxs
  53. ThereseM
    Mar 19, 2007
    10
    Great stories and characters.
  54. CHRISTOPHERG
    Apr 24, 2007
    10
    i loved the show it pissed me off when i found out it was canseled. there so much garbage on tv and when something go comes on without tits and ass it gets canseled. BRING IT BACK----BRING IT BACK--NOW
  55. DebbieF.
    Sep 25, 2007
    10
    Please bring "Just Legal" back, my husband and I both liked the show very much.

Awards & Rankings

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#42 Best TV Season of 2005
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#22 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: David Zurawik
    80
    Baruchel... plays Ross with a winningly earnest goofiness, while Johnson skillfully navigates the darkly comic territory of being over the hill and irritated by everything and everyone who reminds him of his glory days.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    It's a formulaic, lazily devised legal series that fails to surprise or amuse.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    63
    There's promise here, as long as it gets grittier and funnier, and doesn't descend into bombast.
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