David E. Kelley (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
This image released by ABC shows Jade Pettyjohn, from left, Jesse James Keitel and Natalie Alyn Lind in a scene from Big Sky. (Darko Sikman/ABC via AP)
Published December 20. 2020 12:01AM
By LYNN ELBER, Associated Press Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
Writer-producer David E. Kelley gifted network TV with three decades of hits, including “Ally McBeal,” “The Practice” and “Boston Legal.” Then he switched to a new canvas, premium cable, to make HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing.”
He s in very good company, with Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal”) and Ryan Murphy (“Glee”) among other successful network producers who moved shop to streaming services and cable channels.