Tonight "Boston Legal" will premiere on ABC.  This show is a spinoff of David E. Kelley's "The Practice."  "Boston Legal" has two of the more interesting characters on television.  I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with James Spader's "Alan Shore" and William Shatner's "Denny Crane."  -Denny Crane...

I wonder whether these two characters will eventually make it into my personal list of my favorite television characters.

Here are a few TV characters that I really like:

1) Dale Cooper (from Twin Peaks. Kyle MacLachlan):  Coop was cool, interesting, and quirky.  I remember how sad I was that he eventually "lost out" to evil-Bob in the end.  ("How's Annie?...  heh heh heh. How's Annie?...  That line still sends shivers down my spine.)

2) Fox Mulder (from the X-Files.  David Duchovny): Two B-actors playing FBI agents in-a-row.  Good writing and a good sense-of-style makes Mulder stand out.  That third season of "X-Files" was the height of the black oil/ smoking man/ clones/ killer bees/ Kryczech storyline.

3) Dr. Michael Craig (from Saint Elsewhere.  William Daniels):  What a jerk, but lovable just the same.  I never thought "Benjamin's Dad" and "Knight Rider's car" had it in him.

4) Dr. Dough Ross (from ER.  George Clooney):  Cool, caring, and competent.  It took me a few years to warm up to ER again after he left.

5) Allie McBeal (from Allie McBeal.  Calista Flockhart):  I really liked Allie's vulnerability.  She was a fun character with her inner-dialogue and interesting situations.  Too bad the show eventually imploded.

Others: George Costanza, Ted Baxter

**Did I leave anyone good off of this list?  Help me out JoeUsers!