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Writer-producer David E. Kelley is keeping his oddball lawyers, and whatever else may spill forth from his mind in the next few years, at the studio he has called home for close to two decades. The “Boston Legal” creator and multiple Emmy winner has renewed his eponymous production company’s deal with 20th Century Fox TV through 2008, the Hollywood trade papers report. The Waterville native will continue at the helm of “Legal,” which begins its second season on ABC tonight, and keep developing new projects for the studio. Terms weren’t disclosed, but Kelley reportedly has long enjoyed an arrangement that gives him a significant portion of his shows’ back-end profits. At the moment, “Boston Legal” is the only Kelley show on the air. The WB passed on “Halley’s Comet,” a drama about a med-school student that Kelley executive produced, this spring, and his foray into unscripted TV, “The Law Firm,” was shunted off to Bravo after flopping on NBC this summer. He’s developing a drama about a network morning show, most likely for NBC. (Zap2it.com)