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Judging Amy

  • TV Series
  • 1999–20051999–2005
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly in Judging Amy (1999)
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A family drama focused on three generations of women living together in Hartford, Connecticut.A family drama focused on three generations of women living together in Hartford, Connecticut.A family drama focused on three generations of women living together in Hartford, Connecticut.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
6.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,405
594
  • Creators
    • Amy Brenneman
    • Bill D'Elia
    • Barbara Hall
  • Stars
    • Amy Brenneman
    • Tyne Daly
    • Karle Warren
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  • Creators
    • Amy Brenneman
    • Bill D'Elia
    • Barbara Hall
  • Stars
    • Amy Brenneman
    • Tyne Daly
    • Karle Warren
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    • 80User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 13 wins & 47 nominations total

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    Amy Brenneman and Dan Futterman in Judging Amy (1999)
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    Amy Brenneman
    Amy Brenneman
    • Amy Grayas Amy Gray
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Tyne Daly
    Tyne Daly
    • Maxine Grayas Maxine Gray
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Karle Warren
    • Lauren Cassidyas Lauren Cassidy
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Richard T. Jones
    Richard T. Jones
    • Bruce Van Exelas Bruce Van Exel
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Jessica Tuck
    Jessica Tuck
    • Gillian Grayas Gillian Gray
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Marcus Giamatti
    Marcus Giamatti
    • Peter Grayas Peter Gray
    138 episodes138 eps • 1999–2005
    Jillian Armenante
    Jillian Armenante
    • Donna Kozlowskias Donna Kozlowski
    130 episodes130 eps • 1999–2005
    Timothy Omundson
    Timothy Omundson
    • Sean Potteras Sean Potter
    89 episodes89 eps • 2000–2005
    Dan Futterman
    Dan Futterman
    • Vincent Grayas Vincent Gray
    76 episodes76 eps • 1999–2005
    Kevin Rahm
    Kevin Rahm
    • Kyle McCartyas Kyle McCarty
    66 episodes66 eps • 2001–2004
    Adrian Pasdar
    Adrian Pasdar
    • ADA David McClarenas ADA David McClaren
    31 episodes31 eps • 2003–2005
    Inny Clemons
    Inny Clemons
    • Robert Cliftonas Robert Clifton
    26 episodes26 eps • 2000–2004
    Cheech Marin
    Cheech Marin
    • Ignacio Messinaas Ignacio Messina
    20 episodes20 eps • 2004–2005
    Kristin Lehman
    Kristin Lehman
    • Dr. Lily Reddickeras Dr. Lily Reddicker
    20 episodes20 eps • 2002–2003
    Reed Diamond
    Reed Diamond
    • Stuart Collinsas Stuart Collins
    19 episodes19 eps • 1999–2003
    Sarah Danielle Madison
    Sarah Danielle Madison
    • Heather Labonteas Heather Labonte…
    17 episodes17 eps • 2002–2004
    Sara Mornell
    Sara Mornell
    • Carole Tobeyas Carole Tobey
    15 episodes15 eps • 2000–2001
    Richard Crenna
    Richard Crenna
    • Jared Duffas Jared Duff
    13 episodes13 eps • 2000–2002
    • Creators
      • Amy Brenneman
      • Bill D'Elia
      • Barbara Hall
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    • Trivia
      The series is based on the real-life experiences of Amy Brenneman's mother Frederica, a judge of the Connecticut State Superior Court.
    • Quotes

      Amy Gray: [after being shouted out, Maxine rushes into the kitchen] Mom, are you OK?

      Maxine Gray: [trying not to laugh] Of course, but I am 65 years old, and my boyfriend's mother hates me

    • Connections
      Featured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)

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    Woman on top. (spoilers)
    Did you ever notice your major network's morbid fascination with death? Nearly every prime-time drama is a law enforcement drama from the perspective of cops, criminal investigators, or lawyers. And nearly everyone is about investigations into violent crimes. Take CSI, for example, a forensics show piecing together the clues behind violent homicides. Law & Order, no matter which one you watch, is usually about brutal crimes as well. These two I give as examples considering their popularity among network viewers.

    But Judging Amy is quite a refreshing break from the world of violent crime, though it is not without it's share into the investigation of some violent crime. However, it is also not done so morbidly. Judging Amy is a show about the legal system as well as a regular drama about the regular, normal lives of the character. In a day and age of violent television, it offer a little bit soap drama (but not sappy drama) and a bit of humor (particularly from Amy's mom, the witty Maxine Gray).

    Amy Gray (Amy Brennan) is a judge in family court. As a single mother, she lives with her mother, Maxine, (the wonderful Tyne Daily), and her daughter (Lauren Karle Warren). There's also Amy's charismatic and poignant friend, Donna, her clerk, and Bruce Van Exel (Richard T. Jones) who is Amy's coworker as well as her source of direction on many occasions. So, we see Amy on two fronts: as the family court judge and as single mother and member of a busy family.

    Thus, the show caters to an audience just looking for a regular drama as we see the various situations surrounding the Gray family life such as the lessons Amy tries to teach her teenage daughter, or Maxine's or Amy's love life dilemmas, or perhaps what her cousin Kyle is up to, or the difficulties her brother and sister-in-law are going through. There's always something going on. And the characters are all interesting enough to care.

    Judging Amy, too, is good as a critique into the legal system. Three members of the family work in public service (her brother works in insurance, so he doesn't count). Maxine is the brazen social worker at DCF and is determined to make the system work to help as many people as she possibly can, even when the bureaucratic processes try to slow her down (remember when they wanted to fire her for speaking against the mayor for the underfunding of the children's home). These are where most of the arguments about flaws in the cumbersome family law policy comes from because Amy, as a judge, can only make such arguments personally, so they occur sometimes rarely. And her cousin Kyle, worked in a shelter and now in a hospital, and is faced, too, with similar frustrations with a neglecting system of public service.

    Likewise, even Bruce is interesting as a vehicle for the arguments against the family law system when he is working as a mediator, attempting to fix situations without having to send parents or children into state custody, and hoping they can fix those problems without an abundance of recidivism. All of these characters are there to make the policy arguments that the show intends.

    So, Judging Amy presents two spheres, both enjoyable. And the actors do a terrific job. It's really quite a different show, breaking away from the strict examination of the legal system, but not being thrust into a pure soap drama (but again, even if it were, it's less sappy and much more viable than your soap dramas). The strikes a balance. Not only that, because the show involves a single mother and the dominance, too, of her own mother (Maxine), it is a likely quite a popular show among women. Even so, it is not female dominated. Other characters are probably given equal concentration even though Amy and Maxine are pretty much the main characters, both working as counterparts of one another. Amy sometimes seems less sure of herself, less willing to be on the offensive. Maxine is much more bold, more willing to break the rules if it going to help things along. And she always seems to know what she's doing and how to go about it.

    It's a pretty good show, different than most of what's out there on network television, and probably worth your time.
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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • CBS
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vem dömer Amy?
    • Filming locations
      • Rose City High School - 351 S Hudson Ave, Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Barbara Hall/Joseph Stern Productions
      • CBS Productions
      • Joseph Stern Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1

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