I was 15 when I started watching this show, so I can't say whether I'd feel the same way about it today as I did then, but "back in the day" I watched it religiously.
"Ally McBeal" owes a lot to this now mostly forgotten show -- not in terms of the courtroom drama, though there are many other progenitors in that area -- but in terms of the character and drama surrounding the female main characters. Both are professional 30s-ish women who aren't really sure what they want, and aren't all that lucky in love. I dunno, maybe the comparison's a little facile since there aren't that many TV dramas with female lead characters, but I'd be kind of surprised if none of the principals involved in "Ally" had ever seen "Molly Dodd".
To salvage some of my masculinity after admitting to watching all these chick shows, I'll say that I thought Blair Brown was really attractive on this show. Unfortunately I just caught her on a 1996 TV Movie, "The Ultimate Lie" (on, er... Lifetime), and except when she's smiling, she looks like she's aged, well, a lifetime. (Sorry, Blair!)
"Ally McBeal" owes a lot to this now mostly forgotten show -- not in terms of the courtroom drama, though there are many other progenitors in that area -- but in terms of the character and drama surrounding the female main characters. Both are professional 30s-ish women who aren't really sure what they want, and aren't all that lucky in love. I dunno, maybe the comparison's a little facile since there aren't that many TV dramas with female lead characters, but I'd be kind of surprised if none of the principals involved in "Ally" had ever seen "Molly Dodd".
To salvage some of my masculinity after admitting to watching all these chick shows, I'll say that I thought Blair Brown was really attractive on this show. Unfortunately I just caught her on a 1996 TV Movie, "The Ultimate Lie" (on, er... Lifetime), and except when she's smiling, she looks like she's aged, well, a lifetime. (Sorry, Blair!)