Kate McShane
originally aired on CBS
Kate McShane was the first series to feature a female lawyer in the lead role. Anne Meara was nominated for an Emmy Award despite a shortened run. A two-hour pilot film aired April 11, 1975.
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.