Terry Louise Fisher (Writing)

L.A. Law: The Movie

Reunion movie from the popular TV series reunites most of the original cast from the Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie-Brackman. In the eight years since the series ended, the founding senior partner, Leland McKenzie, has retired and left Douglas Brackman, Jr. as the senior managing partner. New employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son Jason, who's at odds with his father, and ambitious and conniving associate Chloe Carpenter at odds with others. Former partner Michael Kuzak, now a successful restaurant owner, is called out of retirement to help stop the impeding execution of a former client on death row and the opposing counsel is Kuzak's old flame Grace Van Owen.

Release Date: 2002-05-12

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Vote Count: 6

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment building with screaming threats, insults and physical intimidation. Though the cops think the culprit is another street person, Cagney and Lacey believe the real killer is one of the tenants, many of whom have ample reason to have murdered the boorish bum.

Release Date: 1995-05-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.

Release Date: 1994-11-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

2000 Malibu Road

2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom, Scott Bryce, Lisa Hartman, Tuesday Knight, and Michael T. Weiss.

Release Date: 1992-08-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 3

Bar Girls

Failed series pilot about a pair of mismatched law partners who struggle to stay ahead of their creditors.

Release Date: 1990-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Blue Bayou

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

Release Date: 1990-01-15

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Hooperman

A full-time police detective becomes a part-time landlord when he inherits his murdered landlady's building — along with her ferocious little dog.

Release Date: 1987-09-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 8

L.A. Law

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

Release Date: 1986-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 71

The Mississippi

The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season episodes and 17 episodes in the second season. The series was written by Aubrey Solomon and starred Ralph Waite, Linda Miller and Stan Shaw. Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who after retiring his law practice, sought a more simple life on the mighty Mississippi river as a simple stern-wheel river boat captain. But at every port he would stop at he'd find someone who needed a good attorney and he would end up defending them. His "crew" consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafe Tate, both of whom was more interested in helping people, fighting crime and becoming attorneys than running the tug. Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Release Date: 1983-03-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Second Thoughts

Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections.

Release Date: 1983-03-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Your Place... or Mine?

Karen (Tyne Daly) is a San Francisco real estate broker and best friend of psychiatrist Alexandra Benedict (Bonnie Franklin) whose boyfriend leaves her. Karen's husband Phillip (Peter Bonerz) plays rugby with gardener Nick Richmond (Robert Klein) who Karen thinks is the perfect match for Alexandra, but circumstances stop Alexandra from meeting Nick until the last minutes of the narrative.

Release Date: 1983-03-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

This Girl For Hire

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.

Release Date: 1983-01-11

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Vote Count: 4

Cagney & Lacey

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

Release Date: 1982-03-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 59