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Judging Amy (1999)

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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 (7,601 votes)
Seasons
6
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.87 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 80 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 60 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 59 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 52 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 60 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 49 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 75 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 51 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 44 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 47 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 50 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 45 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 44 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 43 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 42 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 46 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 44 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 44 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 52 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 50 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 47 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 53 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.180
2Short Calendar7.060
3Trial by Jury7.659
4Victim Soul7.852
5Last Tango in Hartford7.160
6Witch Hunt8.049
7An Impartial Bias8.575
8Near Death Experience7.851
9The Persistence of Tectonics7.444
10Crowded House8.247
11Presumed Innocent8.350
12Spoil the Child7.945
13Zero to Sixty8.344
14Shaken, Not Stirred8.243
15Culture Clash7.642
16The Wee Hours8.246
17Drawing the Line7.844
18Human Touch7.846
19The Out-of-Towners7.844
20The God Thing8.152
21Gray vs. Gray7.850
22Not with a Whimper7.747
23Blast from the Past7.953

Season 2 (2000)

7.91 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 43 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 37 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 39 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 43 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 41 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 51 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 44 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 47 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 49 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 50 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 42 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 43 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 44 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 47 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 42 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 36 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 37 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Zero Tolerance8.043
2You're Not the Boss of Me7.836
3Instincts7.837
4Convictions7.839
5Unnecessary Roughness8.343
6The Burden of Perspective8.041
7Dog Days8.040
8Waterworld8.151
9The Undertow8.044
10Adoption Day7.645
11The Claw Is Our Master7.547
128 1/2 Narrow7.549
13The Beginning, the End and the Murky Middle8.150
14One for the Road8.242
15The Treachery of Compromise7.743
16Everybody Falls Down8.044
17Romeo and Juliet Must Die - Well, Maybe Just Juliet7.942
18The Unforgiven7.947
19Between the Wanting and the Getting7.345
20Grounded8.342
21Redheaded Stepchild8.036
22Hold on Tight8.237

Season 3 (2001)

7.99 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 8.2

Ep 1: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 37 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 39 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 39 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 39 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 35 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 35 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 40 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 35 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 38 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 39 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 37 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 34 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 36 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 35 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 37 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 35 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 40 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 36 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 40 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 37 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 32 votesEp 23: 8.4 · 38 votesEp 24: 8.2 · 46 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Last Word8.040
2Off the Grid7.737
3Darkness for Light8.039
4The Right Thing to Do7.939
5Look Closer7.939
6The Unbearable Lightness of Being Family8.135
7Imbroglio7.335
8Rights of Passage8.440
9Surprised by Gravity8.235
10Beating the Bounds7.938
11Crime & Puzzlement8.239
12Who Shot Dick?7.737
13The Cook of the Money Pot7.534
14The Extinction of the Dinosaurs8.136
15Can They Do That with Vegetables?7.535
16Women in Cacti with a Curled Up Rat7.837
17Not Stumbling, But Dancing7.735
18The Justice League of America8.340
19Men Aren't Monsters8.136
20The Bottle Show8.340
21Tidal Wave8.537
22Boston Terriers from France8.132
23Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition8.438
24Come Back Soon8.246

Season 4 (2002)

8.18 avg 24 episodes 8.5 → 8.4

Ep 1: 8.5 · 49 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 46 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 39 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 34 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 34 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 38 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 40 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 41 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 44 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 41 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 38 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 38 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 38 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 51 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 38 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 55 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 40 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 38 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 42 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 36 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 37 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 40 votesEp 24: 8.4 · 44 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lost in the System8.549
2Thursday's Child8.246
3Every Stranger's Face I See7.839
4The Frozen Zone8.134
5Cause for Alarm8.034
6Roses and Truth8.638
7Damage Control8.540
8A Pretty Good Day8.541
9Boys to Men8.444
10People of the Lie8.341
11Lost and Found8.038
12Ye Olde Freedom Inn8.236
13The Best Interests of the Child8.538
14Wild Card8.438
15Maxine Interrupted8.251
16Sixteen Going on Seventeen8.338
17Judging Eric8.355
18Looking for Quarters7.240
19Just Say Oops8.038
20Requiem7.842
21Picture of Perfect8.036
22CSO: Hartford8.337
23Marry, Marry Quite Contrary7.940
24Shock and Awe8.444

Season 5 (2003)

8.03 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 7.2

Ep 1: 7.7 · 36 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 34 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 33 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 33 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 40 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 37 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 47 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 35 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 38 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 38 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 41 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 37 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 37 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 43 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 41 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 33 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 40 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 36 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 32 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 34 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 33 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 35 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Motion Sickness7.736
2Going Down7.734
3Ex Parte of Five8.033
4Tricks of the Trade7.833
5The Wrong Man8.240
6Into the Fire7.937
7Kilt Trip8.647
8The Long Goodbye8.235
9Rumspringa8.338
10Sex and the Single Mother7.638
11Christenings8.040
12Dancing in the Dark8.241
13Sins of the Father8.037
14Roadhouse Blues8.337
15Werewolves of Hartford8.243
16Baggage Claim8.141
17The Song That Never Ends8.133
18Disposable8.140
19The Quick and the Dead8.336
20Slade's Chophouse7.832
21Predictive Neglect8.234
22My Little Runaway8.133
23Sex, Lies and Expedia.com7.235

Season 6 (2004)

7.94 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.3 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 38 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 40 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 39 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 37 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 41 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 34 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 32 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 34 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 37 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 37 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 13: 7.6 · 40 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 33 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 36 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 34 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 39 votesEp 19: 7.1 · 32 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 44 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 36 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 92 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Accountability8.038
2Lullaby8.040
3Legacy8.239
4Consent7.937
5Order and Chaos8.236
6Catching It Early7.941
7Early Winter7.634
8Conditional Surrender7.932
9Silent Era8.134
10The Long Run7.937
1110,000 Steps7.537
12You Don't Know Me7.836
13Dream a Little Dream7.640
14Happy Borthday8.236
15Hard to Get7.933
16The Paper War8.236
17The New Normal7.434
18Sorry I Missed You8.339
19Revolutions Per Minute7.132
20Too Little, Too Late7.944
21Getting Out7.736
22My Name Is Amy Gray...9.392