100 Centre Street
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.[1][2][3][4][5]
| 100 Centre Street | |
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| Genre | Legal drama |
| Starring | Alan Arkin LaTanya Richardson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sidney Lumet |
| Production company(s) | Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. and A&E Television Networks in association with Pearson Television International |
| Distributor | A&E Television Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | A&E Network |
| Original release | January 15, 2001 – March 5, 2002 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Premise
The show takes its name for the street address in Manhattan of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order, although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street focused more on the personal lives of its characters . Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a conservative lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.
Main cast
- Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind
- Val Avery as Sal Gentile
- Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
- Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies
- Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington
- Manny Perez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez
- LaTanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito
- Michole Briana White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly
Guest stars
- Sidney Armus as DA Spiegelman
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Executive ADA Gil Byrnes
- Paul Butler as Det. Willard Block
- Sarita Choudhury as ADA Julia Brooks
- Chuck Cooper as Charlie the Bridgeman (bailiff)
- Tawny Cypress as Cassandra Rodriguez
- Margo Martindale as Legal Aid supervisor Michelle Grange
- Phyllis Newman as Sarah Rifkind
- Amy Ryan as Rebecca Rifkind
References
- Tucker, Ken (November 30, 2001). "Sidney Lumet Moves Front & 'Centre' to Your TV Screen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- Zurawik, David (January 15, 2001). "A&E delivers riveting drama". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- Speier, Michael (January 14, 2001). "100 Centre Street". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- Welsh, James (February 21, 2002). "A&E cancels '100 Centre Street'". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- Leonard, John (2001). "Mensch on the Bench". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2018.