Some major casting changes from the ‘Boston Legal’ set.  TVGuide is reporting that ABC has not renewed the contracts of Julie Bowen, Mark Valley, Rene Auberjonois and Constance Zimmer. 

I’m not a fan of this move AT ALL.  Now, the whole Claire and Clarence thing has never really appealed to me, so I don’t know that I’ll miss her that much.  But the others are such an integral part of the show, it’s tough to imagine it without them.  Denise provided the powerful female presence, Brad provided the hard line attorney to foil Spader’s Alan Shore, and Paul was the perfect character for Denny to play against.  These seem like some pretty significant hits to the draw of the show for me.

As for good news, Christian Clemenson will be stepping up from a guest starring role as Jerry to a full-time member of the cast.  Oh, and we’ll also see John Larroquette join on as a lawyer from the NY offices of Crane, Poole and Schmidt.