Picket Fences

Picket Fences is the first TV series created solo by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Boston Legal). Airing on CBS from 1992-1996, the series focus on the quirky town of Rome, Wisconsin, blending eccentrics and controversial issues with frequent murders and bizarre medical phenomenon, leading from the police to the courtroom.
==Muppet Mentions==
*The first season episode "Bad Moons Rising" has frustrated medical examiner Carter Pike, after being laughed at in court, complain that "The people in this town think I'm a limp, little Muppet."
*The third season episode "Cold Spell" combines concerns over the integration of the predominately white schools with the death of recurring character Ginny Weedon, the police dispatcher. At her funeral, her brother Benjamin Weedon (Paul Williams) speaks a eulogy: "Ginny and I had a favorite song... It’s a song from a movie. It’s not really for grown‐ups, but we loved it... I think it reminded us of when we were little children and some of the things we've clung to." With a guitar, he proceeds to perform "Rainbow Connection" over footage of African American students being escorted into schools.
==Connections==
*Jack Black played Curtis Williams in "Dog Eat Dog" (1995) and "Snow Exit" (1996)
*Don Cheadle played D. A. John Littleton (1993-1995)
*James Coburn played Walter Brock in "Upbringings" (1995)
*James Cromwell played a bishop in "Saint Zack" (1995)
*Louise Fletcher played Christine Bey in "Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey" (1996)
*Matt Frewer played Harold Sawyer in "Survival of the Fittest" (1994) 
*Steven Gilborn played Dr. Brennan (3 episodes, 1993)
*Michael Jeter played Peter Lebeck (Frog Man) in "Frog Man" (1993) and "Frog Man Returns" (1995)
*James Earl Jones played Bryant Thomas in "System Down" (1994)
*Ed Koch played himself in "Turpitude" (1993) and "Changing of the Guard" (1995)
*Raymond Ma played Tou in "Pal Joey" (1995)
*Marlee Matlin played Laurie Bey (1993-1996)
*Edie McClurg played Curtis's mother in "Snow Exit" (1996)
*Laurie O'Brien played Sara Hynes in "The Song of Rome" (1995)
*Mandy Patinkin played Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in "Rebels with Causes" (1994)
*Julie Payne played a juror in "System Down" (1994)
*Jack Tate played a city council member in "The Bus Stops Here" (1994) 
*Mary Catherine Wright played Sister Mary Thompson in the pilot (1992)
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