Judging Amy (TV series)
| Judging Amy | |
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The cast
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| Created by | Amy Brenneman Bill D'Elia John Tinker Connie Tavel |
| Developed by | Barbara Hall |
| Starring |
Amy Brenneman Dan Futterman Richard T. Jones Jessica Tuck Marcus Giamatti Karle Warren Tyne Daly Jillian Armenante Kevin Rahm Timothy Omundson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 138 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Stern |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Barbara Hall/Joseph Stern Productions CBS Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor |
20th Television (U.S.) CBS Studios International (Non-U.S.) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 19, 1999 – May 3, 2005 |
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a family court; in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes focus on her experiences as a divorced mother and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
After six seasons, Judging Amy was canceled by CBS on May 18, 2005. In the United States, re-runs were telecast on the Turner Network Television cable TV channel for about four years, but the series was replaced by others in the schedule for the fall of 2007. Its final telecast was on August 31, 2007. Starting July 17, 2011 Up TV (formerly Gospel Music Channel) began telecasting the show, starting with the pilot episode. Up TV aired the show with edits to some of the language, certain scenes blurred or edited out, out of order, and some episodes missing. In February 2016, Up TV stopped airing the show due to contract expiration.
Amy Gray (Brenneman), a New York attorney, separates from her husband and returns with her young daughter to her childhood home in Hartford, Connecticut. She becomes a judge on Connecticut's family court at age 34 and gets a divorce. Her mother, Maxine Gray (Daly), with whom Amy lives, is a caseworker for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In the de facto series finale (the series was canceled after the conclusion of the season), Amy quits the judiciary to run for the U.S. Senate.
Several reviewers have suggested the show took inspiration from the formula established by Providence. Reviewers also cite the relationship between Brenneman and Daly's characters as the selling point of the show.
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