Civil Wars
Format	Legal drama
Created by	Bruce Helford
Starring	Mariel Hemingway Peter Onorati Debi Mazar David Marciano Alan Rosenberg
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	36
Production
Executive producer(s)	Steven Bochco William Finkelstein
Producer(s)	Michael M. Robin Gregory Hoblit Ted Mann
Running time	60 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	November 20, 1991 – March 2, 1993
Chronology
Related shows	L.A. Law

Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 Award nominations 5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. It had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence; in it, romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other in court, as each of the show's principal attorneys interrogated them, one by one, on the stand.

[edit] Cast

• Mariel Hemingway as Sydney Guilford
• Peter Onorati as Charlie Howell
• Debi Mazar as Denise Iannello
• David Marciano as Jeffrey Lassick
• Alan Rosenberg as Eli Levinson

[edit] Trivia

Two of the characters lived on longer than the show itself. After Civil Wars was cancelled, Eli Levinson (Rosenberg) and Denise Iannello (Mazar) were transplanted to the final season of L.A. Law. This was despite the fact that the shows aired on different networks (L.A. Law aired on NBC).

[edit] Award nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominee
1993	Nominated	American Society of Cinematographers, USA	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots	Brian J. Reynolds
1993	Nominated	Casting Society of America, USA	Best Casting for TV, Pilot	Junie Lowry-Johnson
1992	Nominated	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series	Dave Weathers, Richard Taylor, Barbara Issak, Frank A. Fuller Jr., Pat McCormick, Gary Lewis, Albert Edmund Lord III, James Hebenstreit
1993	Nominated	Golden Globe Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama	Mariel Hemingway
1993	Nominated	Young Artist Awards	Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series	Gregor Hesse

[edit] External links

• Civil Wars at the Internet Movie Database
• Civil Wars at TV.com
• Civil Wars episode guide