Civil Wars (TV series)
| Civil Wars | |
|---|---|
| Format | Legal drama |
| Created by | Bruce Helford |
| Starring | Mariel Hemingway Peter Onorati Debi Mazar David Marciano Alan Rosenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Bochco William Finkelstein |
| Producer(s) | Michael M. Robin Gregory Hoblit Ted Mann |
| Running time | 60 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Steven Bochco Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | November 20, 1991 – March 2, 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | L.A. Law |
Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues.
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[edit] Synopsis
The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. It had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence; in it, romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other in court, as each of the show's principal attorneys interrogated them, one by one, on the stand.
[edit] Cast
- Mariel Hemingway as Sydney Guilford
- Peter Onorati as Charlie Howell
- Debi Mazar as Denise Iannello
- David Marciano as Jeffrey Lassick
- Alan Rosenberg as Eli Levinson
Two of the characters lived on longer than the show itself. After Civil Wars was cancelled, Eli Levinson (Rosenberg) and Denise Iannello (Mazar) were transplanted to the final season of L.A. Law. This was despite the fact that the shows aired on different networks (L.A. Law aired on NBC).
[edit] Award nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Nominated | American Society of Cinematographers, USA | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots | Brian J. Reynolds |
| 1993 | Nominated | Casting Society of America, USA | Best Casting for TV, Pilot | Junie Lowry-Johnson |
| 1992 | Nominated | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series | Dave Weathers, Richard Taylor, Barbara Issak, Frank A. Fuller Jr., Pat McCormick, Gary Lewis, Albert Edmund Lord III, James Hebenstreit |
| 1993 | Nominated | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama | Mariel Hemingway |
| 1993 | Nominated | Young Artist Awards | Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series | Gregor Hesse |
