Judging Amy (1999)

Name: Judging Amy
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Richard T. Jones, Dan Futterman, Jessica Tuck, Marcus Giamatti

Drama

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (7,636 votes)
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.87 avg 23 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.2	81
2	Short Calendar	7.0	60
3	Trial by Jury	7.6	59
4	Victim Soul	7.8	52
5	Last Tango in Hartford	7.1	60
6	Witch Hunt	8.0	49
7	An Impartial Bias	8.5	75
8	Near Death Experience	7.8	51
9	The Persistence of Tectonics	7.4	44
10	Crowded House	8.2	47
11	Presumed Innocent	8.3	50
12	Spoil the Child	7.9	45
13	Zero to Sixty	8.3	44
14	Shaken, Not Stirred	8.2	43
15	Culture Clash	7.6	42
16	The Wee Hours	8.2	47
17	Drawing the Line	7.8	44
18	Human Touch	7.8	46
19	The Out-of-Towners	7.8	44
20	The God Thing	8.1	52
21	Gray vs. Gray	7.8	50
22	Not with a Whimper	7.7	47
23	Blast from the Past	7.9	53

Season 2 (2000)

7.91 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Zero Tolerance	8.0	43
2	You're Not the Boss of Me	7.8	36
3	Instincts	7.8	37
4	Convictions	7.8	39
5	Unnecessary Roughness	8.3	43
6	The Burden of Perspective	8.0	41
7	Dog Days	8.0	40
8	Waterworld	8.1	51
9	The Undertow	8.0	44
10	Adoption Day	7.6	45
11	The Claw Is Our Master	7.5	47
12	8 1/2 Narrow	7.5	49
13	The Beginning, the End and the Murky Middle	8.1	50
14	One for the Road	8.2	42
15	The Treachery of Compromise	7.7	43
16	Everybody Falls Down	8.0	44
17	Romeo and Juliet Must Die - Well, Maybe Just Juliet	7.9	42
18	The Unforgiven	7.9	47
19	Between the Wanting and the Getting	7.3	45
20	Grounded	8.3	42
21	Redheaded Stepchild	8.0	36
22	Hold on Tight	8.2	37

Season 3 (2001)

7.99 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 8.2

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Last Word	8.0	40
2	Off the Grid	7.7	37
3	Darkness for Light	8.0	39
4	The Right Thing to Do	7.9	39
5	Look Closer	7.9	39
6	The Unbearable Lightness of Being Family	8.1	35
7	Imbroglio	7.3	35
8	Rights of Passage	8.4	40
9	Surprised by Gravity	8.2	35
10	Beating the Bounds	7.9	38
11	Crime & Puzzlement	8.2	39
12	Who Shot Dick?	7.6	38
13	The Cook of the Money Pot	7.5	34
14	The Extinction of the Dinosaurs	8.1	36
15	Can They Do That with Vegetables?	7.5	35
16	Women in Cacti with a Curled Up Rat	7.8	37
17	Not Stumbling, But Dancing	7.7	35
18	The Justice League of America	8.3	40
19	Men Aren't Monsters	8.1	36
20	The Bottle Show	8.3	40
21	Tidal Wave	8.5	37
22	Boston Terriers from France	8.1	32
23	Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition	8.4	38
24	Come Back Soon	8.2	46

Season 4 (2002)

8.18 avg 24 episodes 8.5 → 8.4

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost in the System	8.5	49
2	Thursday's Child	8.2	46
3	Every Stranger's Face I See	7.8	39
4	The Frozen Zone	8.1	34
5	Cause for Alarm	8.0	34
6	Roses and Truth	8.6	38
7	Damage Control	8.5	40
8	A Pretty Good Day	8.5	41
9	Boys to Men	8.4	44
10	People of the Lie	8.3	41
11	Lost and Found	8.0	38
12	Ye Olde Freedom Inn	8.2	36
13	The Best Interests of the Child	8.5	38
14	Wild Card	8.4	38
15	Maxine Interrupted	8.2	51
16	Sixteen Going on Seventeen	8.3	38
17	Judging Eric	8.3	55
18	Looking for Quarters	7.2	40
19	Just Say Oops	8.0	38
20	Requiem	7.8	42
21	Picture of Perfect	8.0	36
22	CSO: Hartford	8.3	37
23	Marry, Marry Quite Contrary	7.9	40
24	Shock and Awe	8.4	44

Season 5 (2003)

8.03 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 7.2

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Motion Sickness	7.7	36
2	Going Down	7.7	34
3	Ex Parte of Five	8.0	33
4	Tricks of the Trade	7.8	33
5	The Wrong Man	8.2	40
6	Into the Fire	7.9	37
7	Kilt Trip	8.6	47
8	The Long Goodbye	8.2	35
9	Rumspringa	8.3	38
10	Sex and the Single Mother	7.6	38
11	Christenings	8.0	40
12	Dancing in the Dark	8.2	41
13	Sins of the Father	8.0	37
14	Roadhouse Blues	8.3	37
15	Werewolves of Hartford	8.2	43
16	Baggage Claim	8.1	41
17	The Song That Never Ends	8.1	33
18	Disposable	8.1	40
19	The Quick and the Dead	8.3	36
20	Slade's Chophouse	7.8	32
21	Predictive Neglect	8.2	34
22	My Little Runaway	8.1	33
23	Sex, Lies and Expedia.com	7.2	35

Season 6 (2004)

7.94 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.3 60 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Accountability	8.0	38
2	Lullaby	8.0	40
3	Legacy	8.2	39
4	Consent	7.9	37
5	Order and Chaos	8.2	36
6	Catching It Early	7.9	41
7	Early Winter	7.6	34
8	Conditional Surrender	7.9	32
9	Silent Era	8.1	34
10	The Long Run	7.9	37
11	10,000 Steps	7.5	37
12	You Don't Know Me	7.8	36
13	Dream a Little Dream	7.6	40
14	Happy Borthday	8.2	36
15	Hard to Get	7.9	33
16	The Paper War	8.2	36
17	The New Normal	7.4	34
18	Sorry I Missed You	8.3	39
19	Revolutions Per Minute	7.1	32
20	Too Little, Too Late	7.9	44
21	Getting Out	7.7	36
22	My Name Is Amy Gray...	9.3	92