Kate McShane
originally aired on CBS
Kate McShane was the first series to feature a female lawyer in the lead role. A two-hour pilot film aired April 11, 1975. Anne Meara was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Kate McShane is an Irish American lawyer working in Los Angeles. She also gets help from her dad, an ex-cop, and her brother, a priest and a law professor. She pushes the letter of the law to attain satisfaction for them and herself.