Harry's Law

Harry's Law is David E. Kelley's first television series that was not a co-production with 20th Century Fox Television; instead it was a co-production with Warner Bros. Television.

The series premiered as a midseason replacement in January 2011, taking over the time slot of the cancelled Chase series.

To make the series more realistic, the producers decided to focus more on the city of Cincinnati in the second season and incorporated Arnold's Bar and Grill, a real Cincinnati business, into the series.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of the series received a 43% approval rating based on 14 critic reviews and an average score of 5.3 out of 10; the site's summary noted that the series' apparent effort to be likeable led to predictable twists.

Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 48 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, assigning it a 'mixed or average reviews' designation.

The pilot episode opened with 11.07 million viewers and ranked second among adults aged 18-49 with a 2.2 rating/6 share; this figure represented a 4.85 million viewer increase from the previous episode of The Cape and a 17 percent increase in rating.

On May 11, 2012, NBC announced that the series would not be renewed for a third season, after which fans launched a 'Save Harry's Law' campaign on Facebook, but this campaign was unsuccessful.

Famous news anchor Nancy Grace played herself in the series as the host of a news program who was constantly disturbed by Harry's actions.