Top 10 Television Courtroom Dramas by closeness to reality.

OK so this is a little different than my normal blog of answering legal questions but I wanted to open this one up for discussion.  I love courtroom dramas but as a lawyer find them to be far from the truth and there are a lot of ethical violations in each show.  I am going to rank tv dramas based upon how close they are to reality.  Theses are shows I have seen, so I am excluding quite a few.  Comment on my ranking and make suggestions of what I have not ranked.  Also in looking at

1. Law and Order-the original series covers many cases that originally went to the supreme court
2. Law & Order Spinoffs
3. The Practice
4. Boston Legal
5. Night court(yes it goes before how to get away with murder)
6. How to get away with murder
7. Damages
8. Matlock
9. LA Law
10. Ally Mcbeal

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Below is a list from wikipedia of courtroom dramas

1

• 100 Centre Street

A

• A.U.S.A.
• Adam's Rib (TV series)
• Against the Law (TV series)
• Ally McBeal
• American Crime Story
• The Antagonists (TV series)
• Arrest and Trial
• The Associates (U.S. TV series)

B

• Bad Judge
• Better Call Saul
• Billions (TV series)
• The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
• Boston Legal

C

• Cain's Hundred
• Canterbury's Law
• The Catch (TV series)
• Century City (TV series)
• Civil Wars (TV series)
• Close to Home (2005 TV series)
• Common Law (1996 TV series)
• Conviction (2006 TV series)
• Court Martial (TV series)
• The Court (TV series)
• Courthouse (TV series)
• Courting Alex
• Cristela
• Crossing Jordan

D

• The D.A. (2004 TV series)
• The D.A. (1971 TV series)
• Damages (TV series)
• The Deep End (TV series)
• The Defenders (1961 TV series)
• The Defenders (2010 TV series)
• Drop Dead Diva
• Dundee and the Culhane

E

• The Eddie Capra Mysteries
• The Edge of Night
• Eisenhower and Lutz
• Eli Stone
• Equal Justice (TV series)

F

• Fairly Legal
• Family Law (TV series)
• The Firm (2012 TV series)
• First Monday
• First Years
• Foley Square (TV series)
• For the People (1965 TV series)
• For the People (2002 TV series)
• Franklin & Bash

G

• Girls Club (TV series)
• The Good Wife
• The Grinder (TV series)
• The Guardian (TV series)

H

• Hagen (TV series)
• Harry's Law
• Head Cases
• Hollis & Rae
• How to Get Away with Murder

I

• In Justice

J

• JAG (TV series)
• Jake and the Fatman
• Judd, for the Defense
• Judging Amy
• The Jury (TV series)
• Just Legal
• Justice (2006 TV series)
• Juvies

K

• Kate McShane
• Kaz (TV series)
• Kevin Hill

L

• L.A. Law
• The Law and Mr. Jones
• Law & Order
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Law & Order: LA
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury
• Life's Work
• Lock-Up (TV series)
• The Lyon's Den

M

• Made in Jersey
• Matlock (TV series)
• Maximum Bob
• Michael Hayes (TV series)
• The Mississippi (TV series)
• Murder One (TV series)

N

• The New Perry Mason
• Night Court

O

• Orleans (TV series)
• Outlaw (TV series)
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
• List of Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law episodes

P

• The Paper Chase (TV series)
• Park Place (TV series)
• Partners (2014 TV series)
• Perry Mason (TV series)
• Petrocelli
• Philly (TV series)
• The Practice
• The Public Defender (TV series)

Q

• Queens Supreme

R

• Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)
• Rake (U.S. TV series)
• Ray Donovan
• Reasonable Doubts
• Reckless (TV series)
• Rectify
• Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
• Rosetti and Ryan

S

• Sam Benedict
• Sara (U.S. 1985 TV series)
• Shannon's Deal
• Shark (TV series)
• Sirota's Court
• Sparks (TV series)
• Storefront Lawyers
• Suits (TV series)
• Sweet Justice

T

• Temple Houston (TV series)
• They Stand Accused
• The Tony Randall Show
• The Trials of O'Brien
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

W

• The Whole Truth (TV series)
• Willy (TV series)
• Women's Murder Club (TV series)

Y

• The Young Lawyers