Looks like NBC may put David E. Kelley back in the Emmy game. Now that production is winding down for the final season of "Boston Legal," producer-writer Kelley just got the good news that the peacock net will showcase his next legal drama, a TV genre that's enabled Kelley to strike a mother lode of Emmy gold in the past.

Kelley launched many top Emmy-contending series — "Chicago Hope," "Picket Fences," "Ally McBeal," "Boston Public" and "The Practice" (which successfully morphed into "Boston Legal") — having his most luck with legal dramadies. He was also a producer of "L.A. Law." Four of those programs won eight best-series awards during his watch. That's still an unbroken record: "Ally" (one best-series victory), "Picket" and "Practice" (twice each) and "Law" (three times under his stewardship as producer).

Two of those wins were shockeroos that reign among Emmy's biggest upsets ever. "Picket Fences" shot down "NYPD Blue" in its debut year (1994) when the gritty cop series reaped 26 noms (setting a record that still stands) and "The Practice" bumped off TV's Hottest New Thing — "The Sopranos" — in 1999 when it led with the most bids (16).

Kelley also holds another record: He's been behind the most wins for acting (35) and nominations (106).

Kelley's new series "was pitched to CBS and NBC this month, with both networks responding strongly," says the Hollywood Reporter. "NBC made an aggressive play, landing the show with a pilot order and a multimillion-dollar penalty if the project doesn't go to series.