The Defenders

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American television series legal drama television series television series

The Defenders is an acclaimed early-1960s American legal drama television series known for its socially conscious, issue-driven courtroom stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series ⓘ
legal drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
awardReceived Humanitas Prize ⓘ
Peabody Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series ⓘ
basedOn The Defender (Studio One episode) ⓘ
surface form: The Defender (Studio One teleplay)
broadcastOn CBS ⓘ
surface form: CBS Television Network
characterOccupation defense attorney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Reginald Rose ⓘ
distributionFormat syndication (reruns) ⓘ
endTime 1965 ⓘ
executiveProducer Herbert Brodkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
followedBy The Defenders (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: The New Defenders (1970s revival)
genre legal drama ⓘ
hasSubject American legal system ⓘ
ethical dilemmas in law ⓘ
mainCharacter Kenneth Preston ⓘ
Lawrence Preston ⓘ
mediaType live-action television ⓘ
notableEpisodeTheme McCarthyism ⓘ
abortion ⓘ
capital punishment ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
conscientious objection ⓘ
notableFor issue-driven courtroom drama ⓘ
socially conscious storylines ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 132 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek Saturday ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn prime time ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
pictureFormat black-and-white ⓘ
precededBy The Defender (Studio One episode) ⓘ
surface form: The Defender (Studio One teleplay)
producer Herbert Brodkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Plautus Productions ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode 60 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
starring E. G. Marshall ⓘ
Joan Hackett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ossie Davis ⓘ
Polly Rowles ⓘ
Robert Reed ⓘ
startTime 1961 ⓘ
timeSlotCompetition The Jackie Gleason Show ⓘ

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Franklin J. Schaffner → directedTelevision → The Defenders ⓘ
David Susskind → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Jerry O’Connell → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Jack Weston → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Anthony Ray → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Rita Gam → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Zohra Lampert → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
James Daly → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ
Anne Archer → actedIn → The Defenders ⓘ
Lou Antonio → notableWork → The Defenders ⓘ