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Fictional Lawyers and Real Judges: A Chronological List


1947-1959

Public Prosecutor (1947-48, 9/51-2/52)
The Black Robe (5/49-4/50)
They Stand Accused (9/49-52, 9/54-12/54)
Famous Jury Trials (10/49-3/52)
Your Witness (10/49-9/50)
Beulah (10/50-9/53)
Miss Susan (3/51-12/51)
Amazing Mr. Malone (9/51-3/52)
Mr. District Attorney (10/51-52, 1954)
Amos 'n Andy (6/51-6/53)
I Married Joan  (5/52-4/55)
Politics on Trial (9/52-10/52)
Steve Randall (aka Hollywood Off Beat) (11/52-8/53) 
The Bennetts  (7/53-1/54)
The Mask (1/54-5/54)
The Public Defender (3/54-6/55)
Justice (4/54-3/56)
Portia Faces Life (4/54-7/55)
The Marriage  (7/54-8/54)
Willy (9/54-7/55)
The Homer Bell Show (1955)
Judge Roy Bean (1955-56)
Edge of Night (4/56-11/75)
On Trial (later "The Joseph Cotten Show") (9/56-9/57) 
Divorce Court (1957-69, 1984-91, 1999-present)
The Gray Ghost (1957)
Court of Last Resort (4/57-4/58)
Bachelor Father  (9/57-9/62)
The Verdict is Yours (9/57-9/62)
Perry Mason (9/57-9/66)
Sugarfoot (9/57-7/61)
Night Court U.S.A. (1958)
Traffic Court (6/58-10/59)
Day in Court (10/58-6/65)
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (10/58-3/60)
Accused (12/58-9/59)
C.I. - Congressional Investigator (1959)
The Grand Jury (1959)
Lock Up (1959-60)
Black Saddle  (1/59-9/59)
The D.A.'s Man (1/59-8/59)
Markham (5/59-9/60)
21 Beacon St. (7/59-9/59)
House on High Street (9/59-2/60) 

1960-1969

Courtroom U.S.A. (1960)
The Witness (9/60-1/61)
Harrigan and Son  (10/60-9/61)
Law and Mr. Jones (10/60-9/61)
Morning Court (10/60-5/61)
Acapulco (2/61-4/61)
Cain's Hundred (9/61-9/62)
The Defenders (9/61-9/65)
Father of the Bride  (9/61-9/62)
Hazel (9/61-9/65)
Sam Benedict (9/62-9/63)
The Virginian (9/62-9/70)
Ben Jerrod (4/63-6/63)
Arrest and Trial (9/63-9/64)
Glynis (9/63-12/63)
Temple Houston (9/63-9/64)
Addams Family (9/64-9/66)
Slattery's People (9/64-11/65)
For the People (1/65-5/65)
The Big Valley (9/65-5/69)
Green Acres  (9/65-9/71)
My Mother the Car (9/65-9/66)
Run for Your Life (9/65-1/67)
The Trials of  O'Brien  (9/65-5/66)
Court Martial (4/66-9/66)
The Green Hornet (9/66-7/67)
Hawk (9/66-12/66)
The Jean Arthur Show (9/66-12/66)
Judd, For the Defense (8/67-9/69)
Dundee and the Culhane (9/67-12/67)
Ironside (9/67-1/75)
Mothers-in-Law (9/67-9/69)
Hidden Faces  (12/68-6/69)
The Lawyers (9/69-9/72)
The Protectors (aka The Law Enforcers) (9/69-9/70) 
The Forsyte Saga (l0/69-3/70)
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
1970-1979

Barefoot in the Park (9/70-1/71)
The Storefront Lawyers (9/70-9/71)
The Young Lawyers (9/70-5/71)
The D.A. (9/71-1/72)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (9/71-8/74)
Persuaders (9/71-6/72)
The Super (6/72-8/72)
The Paul Lynde Show (9/72-9/73)
Adam's Rib  (9/73-12/73)
Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice (9/73-11/73)
Girl With Something Extra(9/73-5/74)
The New Perry Mason (9/73-1/74)
The Young and the Restless (9/73-present) 
Hawkins (10/73-9/74)
Salty (1974-75)
Movin' On (9/74-9/76)
Petrocelli (9/74-3/76)
Rockford Files (9/74-7/80)
We'll Get By (3/75-5/75)
Fay (9/75-10/75)
Matt Helm (9/75-1/76)
Phyllis (9/75-8/77)
Kate McShane (10/75-11/75)
City of Angels (3/76-8/76)
Family (3/76-6/80)
Gemini Man (9/76-10/76)
Tony Randall Show (9/76-3/78)
Sirota's Court (12/76-4/77)
The Feather and Father Gang  (3/77-8/77)
Rosetti and Ryan (9/77-11/77)
Barnaby Jones (1/78-9/80)
Husbands, Wives and Lovers (3/78-6/78)
The Eddie Capra Mysteries (9/78-1/79)
Kaz (9/78-8/79)
The Paper Chase (9/78-7/79, 4/83-8/86)
Hizzoner (5/79-6/69)
The Associates (9/79-10/79)
A New Kind of Family (9/79-5/80)
Knots Landing (12/79-5/93)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1980-89

Rumpole of the Bailey (2/80-84)
Hagen (3/80)
Magnum PI (12/80-9/88)
People's Court (1981-93, 1996-present)
Hill Street Blues (1/81-5/87)
Greatest American Hero (3/81-2/83)
Riker (3/81-4/81)
Park Place (4/81)
Simon & Simon (11/81-12/88)
Chicago Story (3/82-8/82)
Lie Detector (9/82-8/83)
Matt Houston (9/82-7/85)
Miller's Court (9/82-12/85)
It Takes Two (10/82-9/83)
The Mississippi (3/83-3/84)
We Got It Made (3/83-3/84)
Hardcastle and McCormick  (9/83-7/86)
Jennifer Slept Here(10/83-12/83)
The Yellow Rose (10/83-5/84)
Guilty or Innocent (1984)
Mike Hammer (1/84-9/87)
Night Court (1/84-9/92)
Four Seasons (1/84-8/84)
The Cosby Show (9/84-9/92)
Highway to Heaven (9/84-8/89)
Crazy Like a Fox (12/84-9/86)
The New Leave it to Beaver(1985-86; 1986-89)
Night Heat (1/85-9/91)
Sara (1/85-5/85)
Mr.Belvedere (3/85-7/90)
I Had Three Wives ((8/85-9/85)
Spenser for Hire (9/85-5/88)
The Colbys (11/85-3/87)
Foley Square (12/85-4/86)
The Judge (1986-92)
L.A. Law (9/86-5/94)
Amen (9/86-8/90)
Matlock (9/86-9/95)
Superior Court (9/86-90)
Headlines on Trial (1987)
Ohara (1/87-2/88)
The Bronx Zoo (3/87-6/88)
A Year in the Life (8/87-4/88)
Beauty and the Beast  (9/87-8/90)
Frank's Place (9/87-3/88)
Jake and the Fatman  (9/87-8/92)
Law and Harry  McGraw  (9/87-2/88)
My Two Dads (9/87-6/90)
Leg Work  (10/87-11/87)
T. and T. (88-90)
Sonny Spoon (2/88-12/88)
Eisenhower & Lutz (3/88-6/88)
Trial and Error (3/88)
Kids Court ( 9/88-1/94)
On Trial (9/88-5/89)
Generations (3/89-1/91)
Men (3/89-4/89)
Baywatch (9/89-8/98)
Brand New Life (9/89-10/89)
Free Spirit (9/89-1/90)
Trial by Jury (9/89-1/90)
Wolf  (9/89-11/89)
Mancuso, FBI  (10/89-4/90)
Christine Cromwell (11/89-3/90)


 
 
 
1990-1999

Equal Justice (3/90-7/91)
Sydney (3/90-6/90)
Shannon's Deal (4/90-5/91)
Against the Law (9/90-4/91)
Evening Shade (9/90-7/94)
Gabriel's Fire  (9/90-8/91)
Law and Order (9/90-present)
Married People (9/90-9/91)
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill  (9/90-5/92)
Fresh Prince of Belair (10/90-5/96)
Trialwatch (1/91-7/91)
The Antagonists  (3/91-5/91)
Eddie Dodd (3/91-6/91)
Dark Justice (5/91-4/94)
Sisters (5/91-5/96)
Sunday Dinner (6/91-7/91)
Verdict (6/91-9/91)
Courtroom Television Network (7/91-present)
The Commish (9/91-5/95)
Flesh 'n Blood  (9/91-11/91)
Reasonable Doubts (9/91-7/93)
I'll Fly Away (10/91-4/93)
Civil Wars (11/91-3/93)
2000 Malibu Road (8/92-9/92)
American Justice (A&E, 9/92-present)
Crossroads (9/92-10/92)
Final Appeal (9/92-10/92)
Hearts Afire (9/92-4/93)
Picket Fences  (9/92-6/96)
The Round Table (9/92-10/92)
Almost Home (2/93-7/93)
Walker, Texas Ranger (4/93-present)
Good Advice (4/93-5/93, 5/94-8/94)
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (8/93-8/94)
Big Wave Dave's (8/93-9/93)
Living Single (8/93-6/98)
NYPD Blue (9/93-present)
Second Chances (12/93-1/94)
Tom (3/94-6/94)
Chicago Hope (9/94-12/99)
Jones and Jury (9/94-5/95)
Judge for Yourself (9/94-1/95)
Robin's Hoods  (9/94-3/95)
Sweet Justice (9/94-4/95)
Muscle (1/95-5/95)
Pig Sty (1/95-7/95)
The Great Defender (3/95-7/95)
The Wright Verdicts (3/95-6/95)
Amazing Grace (4/95)
Almost Perfect (9/95-4/96)
Central Park West  (9/95-12/96)
Charlie Grace (9/95-10/95)
The Client (9/95-4/96)
Courthouse (9/95-11/95)
The Home Court  (9/95-10/95)
JAG (9/95-present)
The Monroes (9/95-10/95)
Murder One (9/95-1/97)
The Parent'hood (1/95-7/99)
Partners (9/95-4/96)
Pursuit of Happiness (9/95-11/95)
Champs (1/96-8/96)
Tracey Takes On (1/96-1999)
The Big Easy (8/96-9/97)
Clueless (9/96-5/99) 
Common Law (9/96-10/96)
Cosby (9/96-4/00)
Judge Judy (9/96-present)
Life's Work (9/96-6/97)
Sparks (9/96-1/98)
Orleans  (1/97-3/97)
Arsenio (3/97-4/97)
Crisis Center (3/97-4/1997) 
Feds (3/97-4/97)
413 Hope St. (9/97-12/97)
Ally McBeal (9/97-5/02)
Dharma and Greg  (9/97-6/02)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (9/97-5/00)
Michael Hayes (9/97-1/98)
The Practice (9/97-5/04)
Science Court (9/97-9/00)
Union Square (9/97-1/98)
For Your Love (3/98-8/02)
House Rules (3/98-6/98)
Sex and the City (6/98-2/04)
Maximum Bob (8/98-9/98)
Brother's Keeper (9/98-6/99)
Judge Joe Brown (9/98-present)
Living in Captivity (9/98-10/98)
The New Addams Family (9/98-8/99)
Vengeance Unlimited (9/98-2/99)
Will and Grace (9/98-present)
Any Day Now (9/98-3/02)
Judge Mills Lane (9/98-01)
Judge Wapner's Animal Court (9/98-12/01)
Sex Court (9/98-present)
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (10/98) 
To Have and to Hold (10/98-12/98)
Judge and Jury (12/98-6/99)
Blame Game (2/99-01?)
Family Law (9/99-5/02)
Judge Greg Mathis (9/99-present)
Judging Amy (9/99-present)
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (9/99-present)
The West Wing  (9/99-present)
Work with Me (9/99)
Angel (10/99-6/04)
Wasteland (10/99-12/99)

2000-

Daddio (NBC, 3/00-4/00, 10/00)
Even Stevens (Disney, 6/00-present)
Arrest & Trial (9/00-6/01)
Curtis Court (9/00-2001)
Ed (9/00-2/04)
Girlfriends (UPN, 9/00-)
Judge Hatchett (9/00-present)
Moral Court (9/00-9/01)
Power of Attorney (9/00-12/01)
The Prosecutors: In Pursuit of Justice (9/00-12/01)
Boston Public (10/00-1/04)
100 Centre Street (1/01-2/02)
Kate Brasher (2/01-5/01)
First Years (3/01-4/01)
Texas Justice (3/01-present)
Leap Years (7/01-9/01) 
Citizen Baines (CBS, 9/01-10/01)
The Guardian (9/01-5/04)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (9/01-present)
Law and Order - Criminal Intent (9/01-present)
Leap Years (7/01-9/01)
Philly (9/01- 5/02)
American Family (1/02-present)
Celebrity Justice (1/02-present)
First Monday (1/02-4/02)
Imagine That (1/02)
The Court (3/26/02-4/9/02)
Crime and Punishment (6/02-present)
State v.  ( 6/19/02-7/17/02)
For the People (7/02-3/03 )
Boomtown (9/02-1/04)
Just Cause (9/02-8/03)
girls club (10/21/02-10/30/02)
Mr. Sterling (1/10/03-4/03)
Queens Supreme (1/10/03-1/24/03)
A.U.S.A. (2/4/03-3/1/03)
Gary the Rat (6/03-12/03)
Arrested Development (7/03-present)
The O. C (8/03-present)
Style Court (8/03-present)
Eye for an Eye (9/03-present)
Miss Match (9/03-12/03)
Whoopi (9/03-5/04)
Lyons' Den (9/28/03-10/03)
Skin (10/03)
Century City (3/04-3/25/04)
The D. A. (3/04-4/9/04)
Wonderfalls (3/04)
The Jury (6/04-7/04)
Entourage (7/04-present)
The Days (7/18/04-8/22/04)
Kevin Hill (9/04-5/05)
Boston Legal (10/04-present)
Huff (11/04-present)
The Medium (1/05-present)
Law and Order" Trial by Jury (3/05-6/05)
The Law Firm (7/05-present)
Head Cases (9/14/05-9/21/05)
Just Legal (9/05-present)
Close to Home (9/05-present)
Judge Alex (9/05-present)
Criminal Minds (9/05-present)
inJustice (1/06-present)
Courting Alex (1/23/06-present)
Conviction (3/06-present)