'Boston Legal' Premiere Relevant Despite Weak Showing

BuddyRosario · 09-27-2007, 07:30 AM

Boston Legal may not have racked up impressive numbers (about a million fewer than last year at 10.3) for its fourth season premiere Tuesday night, but its season-opening episode got the nod from the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). The FTCR commended the program for bringing to light issues concerning Big Oil's ever-increasing sway with a growing number of prominent colleges and ivy league universities in the U.S.

In Boston Legal's Tuesday night season opener, Candace Bergen's character, Shirley Schmidt of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, faced a lawsuit after withdrawing her $3 million pledge to Stanford University's alternative energy research program. Schmidt pulled out of the promised contribution after discovering that the academy had also accepted $100 million from oil giant, ExxonMobil. The episode also made references to ExxonMobil's donations to ivy league Princeton and its $500 million agreement with Berkeley.

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09-27-2007, 07:30 AM	#1
BuddyRosario Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 606,304	Boston Legal may not have racked up impressive numbers (about a million fewer than last year at 10.3) for its fourth season premiere Tuesday night, but its season-opening episode got the nod from the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR). The FTCR commended the program for bringing to light issues concerning Big Oil's ever-increasing sway with a growing number of prominent colleges and ivy league universities in the U.S. In Boston Legal's Tuesday night season opener, Candace Bergen's character, Shirley Schmidt of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, faced a lawsuit after withdrawing her $3 million pledge to Stanford University's alternative energy research program. Schmidt pulled out of the promised contribution after discovering that the academy had also accepted $100 million from oil giant, ExxonMobil. The episode also made references to ExxonMobil's donations to ivy league Princeton and its $500 million agreement with Berkeley. To read the rest, click here.