Judging Amy

Judging Amy was a CBS network drama series created by Amy Brenneman (who starred on the show as the lead character), Bill D'Elia, John Tinker and Connie Tavel.

The show also starred Tyne Daly, Richard T. Jones, Dan Futterman, Marcus Giamatti, Jessica Tuck, Karle Warren, Jillian Armenante, Kevin Rahm and Timothy Omundson.

It aired from September 19, 1999 to May 3, 2005, lasting six seasons and 138 episodes.

Plot
Based on the life experiences of Amy Brenneman's mother, the series was about Amy Gray, a former New York attorney who moves back to her hometown of Hartford, Connecticut with her young daughter, Lauren after separating (& later divorcing) her husband and becomes a family court judge.

Amy and Lauren live with Amy's mother, Maxine Gray who works as a social worker for the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

In the de facto series finale (the series was canceled after the conclusion of the season), Amy quits the judiciary to run for the United States Senate.

Cast

 * Amy Brenneman as Judge Amy Gray
 * Tyne Daly as Maxine Gray
 * Richard T. Jones as Bruce Van Exel
 * Dan Futterman as Vincent Gray (seasons 1-3; season 6)
 * Marcus Giamatti as Peter Gray
 * Jessica Tuck as Gillian Gray
 * Karle Warren as Lauren Cassidy
 * Jillian Armenante as Donna Kozlowski
 * Kevin Rahm as Kyle McCarty (seasons 3-6)
 * Timothy Omundson as Sean Potter

Ratings

 * Season 1: 21st – 14.1 million viewers
 * Season 2: 28th – 13.3 million viewers
 * Season 3: 21st – 13.9 million viewers
 * Season 4: 26th – 13.1 million viewers
 * Season 5: 39th – 10.7 million viewers
 * Season 6: 37th – 10.6 million viewers

Accolades
Emmy Awards Golden Globe Awards Screen Actors Guild Image Awards Satellite Awards Producers Guild of America GLAAD Media Awards Art Directors Guild TV Guide Awards Viewers for Quality Television Awards Young Artist Awards (Karle Warren, nominated) (Karle Warren, winner) (Cameron Bowen, nominated) Television Critics Association Awards ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Genesis Awards Online Film & Television Association PGA Awards
 * 2000: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman for playing "Amy Gray", nominated)
 * 2000: Outstanding Art Direction - Single-Camera Series (for "Spoil the Child", nominated)
 * 2000: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly for playing "Maxine Gray", nominated)
 * 2001: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman, nominated)
 * 2001: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 2002: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman, nominated)
 * 2002: Outstanding Music and Lyrics (for the song "The Best Kind of Answer" in "Beating the Bounds", nominated)
 * 2002: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 2003: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, won)
 * 2004: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 2005: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 1999: Best Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman for playing "Amy Gray", nominated)
 * 2000: Best Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman, nominated)
 * 2001: Best Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman, nominated)
 * 2001: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly for playing "Maxine Gray", nominated)
 * 2002: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman for playing "Amy Gray", nominated)
 * 2003: Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 1999: Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series (Richard T. Jones for playing "Bruce Van Exel", nominated)
 * 2000: Best Actress - Drama Series (Tyne Daly for playing "Maxine Gray", nominated)
 * 2001: Best Actress - Drama Series (Amy Brenneman for playing "Amy Gray", nominated)
 * 1999: Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic (nominated)
 * 2002: Outstanding Individual Episode - In a Series Without a Regular Gay Character (for "Between the Wanting and the Getting", nominated)
 * 2000: Excellence in Production Design Award Television - Single-Camera Series (for the episode, "Spoil the Child", nominated)
 * 2000: Favorite Actress in a New Series (Amy Brenneman; win)
 * 2000: Favorite New Series (nominated)
 * 2000: Favorite Actor in a New Series (Dan Futterman; nominated)
 * 2000: Favorite Actress in a New Series (Tyne Daly; nominated)
 * 2001: Drama Series of the Year (nominated)
 * 2001: Actress of the Year in a Drama Series (Amy Brenneman; win)
 * 2001: Supporting Actress of the Year in a Drama Series (Tyne Daly; win)
 * 2000: Q Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series (Tyne Daly; win)
 * 2000: Q Award for Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series (Amy Brenneman; nominated)
 * 2000: Best Family TV Series - Drama (win)
 * 2000: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Young Actress Age Ten and Under
 * 2001: Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Under
 * 2001: Best Family TV Drama Series (nominated)
 * 2002: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting Young Actress (Karle Warren, nominated)
 * 2003: Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Ten or Under (Karle Warren, nominated)
 * 2003: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress (Ashley Edner, nominated)
 * 2003: Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Age Ten or Under (Tyler Patrick Jones, nominated)
 * 2004: Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress (Karle Warren, nominated)
 * 2004: Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor (Miles Marsico, nominated)
 * 2004: Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor (Crawford Wilson, nominated)
 * 2005: Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actor
 * 2005: Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actor (Andrew Michaelson, nominated)
 * 2005: Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actress (Katelin Petersen, nominated)
 * 2006: Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama) - Guest Starring Young Actress (Cherrelle Noyd, nominated)
 * 2000: TCA Award for Outstanding New Program of the Year (nominated)
 * 2000: ASCAP Award for Top TV Series (Peter Himmelman, winner)
 * 2003: ASCAP Award for Top TV Series (Peter Himmelman, winner)
 * 2004: ASCAP Award for Top TV Series (Peter Himmelman, winner)
 * 2006: ASCAP Award for Top TV Series (Peter Himmelman, winner)
 * 2000: Television - Dramatic Series (for the episode "The Persistence of Tectonics"; winner)
 * 2000: Best Actress in a New Drama Series (Amy Brenneman; nominated)
 * 2000: Best Actress in a New Drama Series (Tyne Daly, nominated)
 * 2000: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Tyne Daly; nominated)
 * 2000: Best Actress in a Drama Series (Amy Brenneman; nominated)
 * 2002: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Tyne Daly; nominated)
 * 2000: Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television (executives Barbara Hall, Connie Tavel, Joseph Stern and Amy Brenneman; nominated)

Broadcast
After six seasons, Judging Amy was canceled by CBS on May 18, 2005. In the United States, repeats aired on TNT until the fall of 2007. On July 17, 2011, UP (the former Gospel Music Channel) began airing the series daily, albeit with content and episode edits (including episode removals) to conform to the network's programming direction and ownership. Since February 2016 it has aired more intermittently on the network, mainly in the form of all-day marathons (episode removals have been relaxed under a more secular programming direction that included fellow Connecticut-set series Gilmore Girls being added to UP's schedule).

Judging Amy is broadcast in Australia on channels ELEVEN and 111 Hits and in New Zealand on Prime. In Canada, the show aired on channel Séries+ and, beginning in September 2017, in French with described video on AMI-télé. Ireland's TV3 carried the show, as did UK stations Living TV, Hallmark, Channel 4, and CBS Drama, Israel's YES Base Channel also carries the show.