First Monday

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In this short lived series First Monday hoped to utilize the Supreme Court in the same dramatic manner that West Wing utilized the White House. The CBS series First Monday focused on the nine Justices who laid down the law for the United States. Joe Mantegna headed the cast as Joseph Novelli, the newest member of... more »

In this short lived series First Monday hoped to utilize the Supreme Court in the same dramatic manner that West Wing utilized the White House. The CBS series First Monday focused on the nine Justices who laid down the law for the United States. Joe Mantegna headed the cast as Joseph Novelli, the newest member of the nine-person Supreme Court. Entering a political arena that was evenly divided between Conservative and Liberal, the "moderate" Justice Novelli generally acted as the tie-breaker. James Garner co-starred as staunchly conservative Chief Justice Thomas Brankin, who displayed his contempt for contemporary political correctness by puffing away on a cigarette in his "officially" smoke-free private office. Brankin's chief ally was the whimsical, womanizing Justice Henry Hoskins (Charles Durning), while on varying extremes of the political spectrum were Jewish jurist Esther Weisenberg (Camille Saviola) and black Justice Jerome Morris (James McEachin).less «

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  8.9 Great

  First Monday was a well written show about the workings of the highest court in the land. It had great characters and the chemistry between them felt real. CBS didn't give this great show the time it deserved on the air. hide « show »

  First Monday joined the few shows that tried to bring us inside the federal government and show us the inner working. The show had an excellent and all star cast that had on screen chemistry that worked and felt real. The acting was very believable and you could believe that these were real people. It was unfortunate that CBS didn't give this show enough time to prove itself and a better time slot so people could watch it. Another strike aganist the show is that the Supreme Court doesn't have the exciting tensiion that decision on shows like the West Wing have. In the case of First Monday it dove into some of the biggest cases that were being decide that day and attempted to explain them to the average American. It was a true shock when this show was cancelled and TV lost a true gem. Lets all have a moment of silence for great television that has been killed off by cheap reality television.

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  EricAllenM Added Jul 15, 2005 All my reviews