The auteur theory is alive and well on the small screen, albeit not in the same way as you'd see in the movies. Full Article at HitFix

TV DVD shelves can barely contain this year's abundance of big-box gift sets - square ones, wide ones, thick ones, "complete" ones.You can't always tell: Is it just fancy packaging, or does it offer new content? Should you replace your season sets? Full Article at Newsday

NBC Universal TV chairman Jeff Gaspin, syndie stalwart Judge Judith Sheindlin, multihyphenate David E. Kelley and advertising maven Irwin Gotlieb will be the recipients of NATPE's seventh annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards. Full Article at Variety

Jeff Gaspin, David E. Kelley, Irwin Gotlieb and Judge Judith Sheindlin will be honored with the National Association of Television Program Executives' seventh annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards, to be presented Jan. 25 during the NATPE 2010 Market &... Full Article at Hollywood Reporter

Jeff Gaspin, David E. Kelley, Irwin Gotlieb and Judge Judy Sheindlin have been selected by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) to be honored at the 7th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards. Full Article at Broadcasting & Cable

Creator/exec producer David E. Kelley, meanwhile, tackled taking on Robert Downey Jr. — at a time when he was a down-and-out punchline instead of a massive box office star — to in some ways replace the eventually-dead love of Ally’s life, Billy: “Uh,... Full Article at Popwatch

Mark Burnett will be the first reality show producer to win the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Award. Full Article at MediaWeek

I have not come to refute the claims of editor-in-chief Jeff Giles, because it would be pointless. NBC is slowly finding out just how pointless, in fact, as they proceed to take a pounding from their advertisers and affiliates for their penny wisdom. Full Article at Popdose.com

Say what you will about the flaky, mini-skirted lawyerette, but before Ally McBeal, the number of women who starred in hourlong network shows were few and far between. Full Article at Philadelphia City Paper

Ally McBeal: The Complete Series box set includes all 112 original episodes of Ally McBeal. Full Article at Canoe

Playing dedicated young teacher Marilyn Sudor on the David E. Kelley Fox drama "Boston Public" introduced beautiful African-American actress Sharon Leal to a wide audience, but she was already familiar to many thanks to her two-and-a-half-year (1996-98... Full Article at Hollywood.com

Seven years after "Ally McBeal" went off the air, fans of the Emmy-winning comedy drama will finally get to see the show from beginning to end Tuesday with the release of the complete series on DVD. Full Article at Kansas City Channel