TV lawyers: the good, the bad and the criminal

06/14/11 From Perry Mason through to The Good Wife, TV has always loved lawyers. But who are the most memorable? TV loves lawyers. It always has, from Perry Mason in 1957 through to The Good Wife today. It doesn't matter if some legal dramas are actually little more than upmarket soaps, or that they tend to focus on the more noble elements of the law. Nor do we mind that comedy lawyers are always ...

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Fred Steiner dies at 88; Hollywood composer created 'Perry Mason' theme

06/25/11 The composer also crafted music for 'Gunsmoke,' 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Star Trek,' 'Have Gun, Will Travel,' 'Rawhide,' 'Hogan's Heroes,' 'The Bullwinkle Show' and other TV series. Television and film music composer Fred Steiner, creator of the bold and gritty theme for the "Perry Mason" TV series and one of the composers of the Oscar-nominated score for "The Color Purple," has died. He was 88.

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The Eulogizer: Hollywood composer Fred Steiner, Houdini collector Sidney Radner

06/30/11 Remembering Fred Steiner, composer of "Perry Mason" theme, and Sidney Radner, collector of Houdini memorabilia.

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