The Defenders (2010 TV series)
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5.3/10 FilmAffinity Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 11 March 2011 | 7.5/10 IMDb 73% Rotten Tomatoes Original language(s) English First episode date 22 September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Comedy-dramaLegal drama Created by Kevin KennedyNiels Mueller Starring James BelushiJerry O'ConnellJurnee Smollett-BellTanya Fischer Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Defenders is a 2010 American legal comedy-drama that was ordered to series by CBS for the 2010–11 television season. The series originally ran from September 22, 2010 to March 11, 2011. Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, the show involves a pair of defense attorneys who go all out to help their clients while keeping their personal lives in order. The show is loosely based on real-life Vegas lawyers Michael Cristalli and Marc Saggese. This series is not related to the 1960s CBS series of the same name.
Contents
- Defenders Trailer Telestrekozacom
- Main characters
- Supporting cast
- Europe
- South Pacific
- Asia
- Africa
- References
In October 2010, CBS announced that the show had been picked up for a 19-episode season with the option to produce a full 22-episode season. In January 2011, CBS announced that The Defenders was moving from its Wednesday timeslot to the Friday timeslot vacated by Medium, with Blue Bloods temporarily moving to the timeslot The Defenders vacated. Blue Bloods returned to its Friday timeslot in February 2011 owing to the series premiere of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. The Defenders aired the last six episodes of its season on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central. Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell star as the defense attorneys of the show's title.
On May 15, 2011, The Defenders was canceled by CBS.
Defenders - Trailer [Telestrekoza.com]
Main characters
Supporting cast
Europe
In the UK, FX acquired the rights to air episodes from April 8, 2011.
In Poland AXN and AXN HD Polska from November 15, 2010.
In the Netherlands on Net5 from May 19, 2014
In Portugal on Fox Portugal.
In Germany, kabel eins acquired the rights with the Sat 1 network airing from March 27, 2011.
In Russia on SET from January 27.
In Austria on ORF.
In Italy on Rai 3 from September 12, 2011.
South Pacific
In Australia on Network Ten's primary channel from June 1, 2011 with re-runs on their HD channel.
In New Zealand, TV3 are burning off the show from midday December 31, 2013. With the exception of the pilot it is shown in HD. The subtitling is an edited STL conversion of the original WGBH-TV CBS paid for captions.
Asia
In Malaysia on RTM's tv2 from midnight May 18, 2011.
Africa
In South Africa on DSTV from November 3, 2011.
