First Monday: Summary

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  • Airs Next:CBS at Friday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
  • Status:Ended
  • Premiered:January 15, 2002
  • Last Aired:May 3, 2002
  • Show Categories:Drama
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). 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...
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Family Secrets

Aired: Friday May 3, 2002

The Justices debate on the 1st Amendment & National Security. When a book is published that could hurt National Security information. Ellie wants the book published so she can learn how her dad died.

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  • 8.9
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    EricAllenM
    member since: May 13, 2003
    The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"

    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. ...Continue »

    07/15/05 10:16am | report abuse
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Show Score 6.7 fair
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