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Created by
  
David Hollander

First episode date
  
25 September 2001

7.4/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Composer(s)
  
Mark SnowJon Ehrlich

Network
  
CBS


Written by
  
David HollanderRid EidJennifer M. JohnsonNick SantoraAnne McGrailAlfonso H. MorenoPeter ParnellMichael R. PerryBarry M. SchkolnickTom SmutsCraig Turk

Starring
  
Simon BakerDabney ColemanRaphael SbargeAmanda MichalkaAlan RosenbergErica LeerhsenWendy Moniz

Opening theme
  
Guardian Theme (Season 1) by Mark Snow"Empire in My Mind" performed by The Wallflowers (Season 2 & 3)

Nominations
  
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Cast
  
Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman, Alan Rosenberg, Raphael Sbarge, Wendy Moniz

The guardian season 1 opening credits


The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. In the United States, as of 2012, it is being broadcast in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel and TV Guide Network. The Guardian has aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 (April 2006) and, more recently, 5 USA (May 2009) and Five (August 2009). In Turkey, the show aired on TNT and in Australia on Network Ten; as of 2011 re-runs are airing on the Nine Network following episodes of Simon Baker's 2008-2015 vehicle The Mentalist, but before on free to air television, the show has also aired on Foxtel's defunct station TV1 (now TVH!TS) in 2003 during the Saturday Night's Crime Time Block before Law & Order: CI and SVU. In India and Pakistan the show airs on Animax from June 2010 and AXN and FX. In Singapore, the show airs on AXN through Starhub Cable Television. In New Zealand, the show airs on Vibe, channel 7, via sky TV. In Latin America, the series will premiere in October on the Sony Spin channel.

Contents

The show stars Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman. It includes guest stars, such as Farrah Fawcett, and featured scenes with the Pittsburgh Police in multiple episodes.

Synopsis

Series protagonist Nick Fallin is a corporate attorney sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focuses on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father, who was founder and is managing partner of the corporate law firm where Nick is employed full-time.

Main cast

  • Simon Baker as Nicholas "Nick" Fallin, a lawyer sentenced to community service for drug-related crimes. The central protagonist, he is a driven individual whose work and relationships are the focus for the series.
  • Dabney Coleman as Burton Fallin, Nick's father and senior partner at the law firm where Nick works. Another central protagonist, they do not have a close relationship. He fosters Shannon Gressler.
  • Alan Rosenberg as Alvin Masterson, the head of Legal Services of Pittsburgh, where Nick serves his community service. Alvin dates Laurie Solt, a social worker, and is arrested with a prostitute.
  • Wendy Moniz as Louisa "Lulu" Archer, Nick's de facto boss from mid-season one and his main love interest. She marries another man, but Nick's feelings still run deep.
  • Raphael Sbarge as Jake Straka, Nick's closest friend and a law colleague.
  • Charles Malik Whitfield as James Mooney, an attorney at Legal Services of Pittsburgh and a friend of Nick. He has a gang and drug background. He is shot and killed in the second season finale.
  • Amanda Michalka as Shannon Gressler, a troubled child. Shannon's mother dies in the Season 1 finale, and her grandmother in Season 2; Burton Fallin comes to care for her.
  • Erica Leerhsen as Amanda Bowles, an ambitious but caring associate. She leaves midway through the first season.
  • Kathleen Chalfant as Laurie Solt, a hardworking social worker who provides guidance for Nick.

    • Notable guest stars

  • Farrah Fawcett as Mary Gressler, a troubled grandmother and love interest of Burton Fallin. Appeared in four episodes in Season 2.
  • Rita Moreno as Caroline Novak, mother of Lulu (Louise Archer played by Wendy Moniz), for three episodes in 2003.
  • Lolita Davidovich as Victoria Little, a social welfare advocate and love interest of Alvin Masterson. Appeared in two episodes.
  • Zac Efron appears in Episode 15 of Season 3.
  • Bethany Joy Galeotti as Claire Stasiak. Appeared in two episodes: "What It Means to You" and "My Aim Is True".
  • Chris Pine as a troubled teen, Lonnie Grandy, in the "Hazel Park" episode of Season 3.
  • Will Ferrell, credited as "Phil Weston," in a cameo appearance as Larry Flood, a new lawyer at LSP, in the Season 2 finale, "All the Rage".
  • Corey Feldman as a former child actor, Gavin Putinski, in Season 2's "You Belong to Me".
  • Erik Estrada made a cameo appearance in a restaurant in Season 3, episode 18, "The Bachelor Party".
  • Joseph Campanella as Ralph Longo, the sick grandfather evicted from the home he had squatted in for 21 years, in Season 3's Episode 9, "Let God Sort 'Em Out."
  • Aaron Paul as a gay teenager in the Season One episode "The Men From The Boys"
  • Chloë Grace Moretz as Violet in the Season Three episodes "The Watchers" and "Blood in, Blood Out". This was her first ever acting role.
  • Anna Gunn as Meghan Barstow, a lawyer for a pharmaceutical firm in Season One episodes "Home" and "Reunion".
  • Viola Davis as Suzanna Clemons' attorney in the Season One episode "The Men From The Boys".
  • Kerry Washington as Drea Westbrook a client in the Season Two episode four "The Next Life".

    • Production

    The show was set in Pittsburgh, and was filmed in the city from time to time. Beginning in Season 2, the theme song was "Empire in My Mind" performed by The Wallflowers.

    DVD releases

    CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) has released all three seasons of The Guardian on DVD in Region 1.

    CBS/Paramount controls video rights only in the USA (where CBS Television Distribution has ancillary rights). Outside the US, Sony Pictures Television controls distribution rights, and international DVD releases will be mostly from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In Germany the first season is set to be released July 9, 2015 via Koch Media.

    References

    The Guardian (TV series) Wikipedia
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