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Judging Amy (1999)

Judging Amy poster
Genre
legal drama, drama television series
Country
United States
Length
6 seasons, 138 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newly divorced judge handles family court cases while raising her daughter and navigating her relationship with her mother, a child welfare social worker. The show follows both their professional and personal lives.

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What happens

Judging Amy is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This television series was produced by Barbara Hall/Joseph Stern Productions, CBS Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a family court for the Connecticut Superior Court's Hartford district; 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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