Elfman portrays Alex Rose, a successful, single attorney who works with her father Bill at his law firm.

The stage for the office where Alex works is a redressed version of the Winfred-Louder Department Store set used by The Drew Carey Show.

Despite starting off with impressive numbers, ratings for Courting Alex fell hard after the show was moved to Wednesday nights.

The show was not picked up for a second season in May 2006 when CBS canceled Courting Alex and fellow freshman series Out of Practice.

[citation needed] Based on the average total viewers per episode of Courting Alex on CBS:[9] Despite a decent respectable rating average that passed the 10 million meter mark the show was not renewed for a second season and was canceled mid-way into the season.