Close To Home
Format	Crime/Legal drama
Created by	Jim Leonard
Starring	Jennifer Finnigan Kimberly Elise David James Elliott Cress Williams Jon Seda
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	October 4, 2005 – May 11, 2007

Close to Home is an American crime-drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May 11, 2007 and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase, a Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County, Indiana. Created by Jim Leonard, the series was primarily filmed in Southern California. The score composer was Michael A. Levine.

On May 16, 2007, the series was officially cancelled by CBS.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 First season 1.2 Second season 2 Cast 2.1 Recurring roles 3 International broadcasting 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Annabeth Chase is a criminal prosecutor with a near perfect conviction record. Throughout the series, she lost only one case, in the first season's second-to-last episode. She was married to a construction worker, Jack Chase (Christian Kane), and has an infant daughter, Hailey.

The show revolves around her balancing her career and family life, as a prosecutor in the city of Indianapolis.

[edit] First season

In the pilot episode, Chase returns from a 12-week maternity leave to find herself with a new boss, Maureen Scofield (Kimberly Elise), who has been promoted instead of her. Maureen is a no-nonsense woman who sometimes resents Chase's personal life. Above her is County Prosecutor Steve Sharpe (John Carroll Lynch). Chase wins the first case she prosecutes upon her return to work: an abusive husband is sentenced to 25 years in jail without parole.

[edit] Second season

Annabeth returns to work four months after her husband was killed by a drunk driver on the first season finale. Annabeth's coming to terms with her husband's death, her grief, and her struggle to return to normalcy coupled with the guilt and trials of being a single parent are recurring themes throughout the season.

Annabeth and Maureen also face a new boss, Chief Deputy Prosecutor James Conlon (David James Elliott), who has just arrived from New York, and whose methods appear to the two prosecutors to be too forceful and sometimes unethical.

Near the end of the season, Conlon attempts an attorney general campaign which is derailed as police corruption is discovered, resulting in several prosecutions. Scofield is assassinated as a result of these prosecutions. The season (and series) ends with Chase successfully prosecuting Scofield's assassin.

[edit] Cast

• Jennifer Finnigan – Annabeth Chase
• Kimberly Elise – Maureen Scofield
• Jon Seda – Ray Blackwell (Season 2)
• Cress Williams – Detective Ed Williams (Season 2)
• David James Elliott – James Conlon (Season 2)
• John Carroll Lynch – Steve Sharpe (Season 1)
• Christian Kane – Jack Chase (Season 1)

[edit] Recurring roles

• Bruce Davison – Defense Attorney Doug Hellman

[edit] International broadcasting

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Country	Title	Station	Premiere
Argentina	Close to Home	telefe	2006
Australia	Close to Home	Nine Network, 13th Street	2006, November, 2009
Austria	Close to Home	ORF 1	April 13, 2007
Belgium	Close to Home	VijfTV	June 8, 2006
Brazil	Em Nome da Justiça (on SBT, Portuguese for In Name of Justice; Warner Channel uses the original title)	Warner Channel and SBT (dubbed)	November 7, 2005
Bulgaria	В опасна близост (Latin alphabet: V Opasna Blizost)	Nova Television (Season 1) Diema 2 (Repeats of Season 1 and premieres of Season 2)	Season 1 - 2006 Season 2 - 2009
Canada	Close to Home	CTV
Croatia	Blizu doma	HRT2
Czech Republic	Zločiny ze sousedství (Crimes from Neighbourhood)	TV Prima	2007
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Close to Home	OBN	2008
Finland	Kodinpuolustaja	MTV3
France	Close to Home - Juste cause	TF1 and TMC	September 6, 2006
Germany	Close to Home	VOX	9 February 2007
Greece	Αναζητώντας την Αλήθεια (Seeking Truth)	Star Channel
Ireland	Close to Home	RTÉ One
Israel	קרוב לבית (Karov LaBait; lit. Close to Home)	Xtra HOT, HOT family	2006
Italy	Close to Home - Giustizia ad ogni costo	RaiDue	11 June 2007
Jamaica	Close To Home	Television Jamaica	2008
Korea, South	클로스 투 홈 (RR: Keulloseu tu Hom, MR: K'ŭllosŭ t'u Hom; vocal transliteration of the English title Close to Home)	On Style
Latin America	Close to Home	Warner Channel
Malaysia	Close to Home	RTM 2	2008
Netherlands	Close to Home	SBS 6	September 13, 2007
New Zealand	Close to Home	TV One
Norway	Close to Home	TV3
Philippines	Close to Home	C/S on RPN[2]
Poland	Krok od domu	TVN	December 19, 2006
Portugal	Perto de Casa	FOX, RTP2	RTP2 - November 17 2008
Quebec	Juste Cause	Séries +
Slovakia	V tieni zločinu (In the shadow of crime)	Markíza
Slovenia	Zločini pred domačim pragom	POP TV
South Africa		SABC 2
Sweden		TV3
Switzerland (Italian)		TSI1
Spain	Fiscal Chase	Fox	October 2006
Spain (Catalonia)	Fiscal Chase	TV3	January 9, 2006
Thailand	Close to Home	True Series	September 28, 2006
Turkey		Mymax	March 23, 2007
United Arab Emirates	Close to Home	Dubai One	February 10, 2009
United Kingdom	Close to Home	Living and Ftn	January 23, 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Close to Home at the Internet Movie Database
• Close to Home at TV.com