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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Twelfth Year
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsDuring the 12th season of this Emmy-winning crime drama, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), detectives with New York's Special Victims Unit, welcome new assistant D.A. Gillian Hardwicke (Melissa Sagemiller) and face off with suspicious charmer Erik Weber (Henry Ian Cusick). Benson also aids a traumatized rape victim (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and travels to Los Angeles to process old DNA evidence.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsTackling hard-hitting social issues ripped from newspaper headlines, this edgy police procedural follows members of the NYPD Special Victims Unit as they investigate sexual offenses such as rape, incest, pedophilia, torture and serial murder. Created by Dick Wolf, this award-winning Law & Order spinoff co-stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay as seasoned detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Eleventh Year
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni return for another dramatic season of this long-running "Law & Order" spinoff, starring as Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, the lead detectives of the NYPD's Special Victims Unit. Joining Meloni and Hargitay are series mainstays Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch, rapper-turned-actor Ice-T as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola and Dann Florek as Capt. Donald Cragen.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Tenth Year
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe 10th season of this Emmy Award-winning police drama opens with Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) investigating the connection between a 7-year-old boy (Jae Head) who claims he's being abused by his foster parents (Luke Perry and Julie Bowen) and a traumatized young woman (Sara Gilbert) whose rapist was never found. Later, Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) is forced to confront his own demons when his daughter gets caught with drugs.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Ninth Year
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni hit the streets of New York for a ninth season as detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler in this Emmy Award-winning police procedural that draws its inspiration from real-life criminal cases. Cynthia Nixon guest stars as a mother with a dissociative personality disorder, while Robin Williams makes a memorable turn on the show's 200th episode as a troubled man who rejects authority.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Eighth Year
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThe critically acclaimed series continues to reveal the dirty underworld of New York's sexually oriented crimes. Special Victims Unit detectives Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay) use their knowledge of psychology to bring criminals to justice while trying to manage the impact the disturbing work has on their personal lives. Richard Belzer and Ice-T round out the cast with humor and cynicism.
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Damages: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsGlenn Close returns as ruthless litigator Patty Hewes in this Emmy-winning drama, which follows the lawyer's merciless, win-at-any-cost schemes and her devious attempts to manipulate hotshot young protégé Ellen Parsons.
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Damages: Season 5
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe man behind a controversial Internet site dedicated to government and business transparency gets sued when his latest information leak creates disastrous fallout, setting the stage for a decisive showdown between Patty and Ellen.
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Damages: Season 4
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThree years after their last uneasy alliance, lawyers Patty Hewes and Ellen Parsons become reluctant allies when Patty files a class action suit against a pharmaceutical giant and Ellen investigates a U.S. military contractor working in Afghanistan.
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Drop Dead Diva: Season 4
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDeceased model Deb Dobkins continues to adapt to her new incarnation, which means learning how to be happy as Jane Bingum, an overweight attorney. In the show's fourth season, Jane returns from an Italian holiday to find the law firm in crisis.
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Drop Dead Diva: Season 3
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis season finds the spirit of Deb Dobkins, a svelte, empty-headed model who's been reincarnated into the body of plus-sized lawyer Jane Bingum, taking on more cases that help her discover what being beautiful really means.
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Damages: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis legal drama stars Glenn Close as steely litigator Patty Hewes, head of the revered Hewes & Associates. Dedicated to their work, Patty, protégé Ellen Parsons and senior associate Tom Shayes battle CEO Arthur Frobisher in a class-action suit.
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Drop Dead Diva: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this offbeat dramedy, a heavenly mix-up causes a rail-thin, superficial model to be reincarnated as a whip-smart, plus-sized lawyer. At first distraught by her new physique, Jane soon discovers the benefits of her new life.
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Damages
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsEmmy winner Glenn Close is riveting as lawyer extraordinaire Patty Hewes, whose intellect is as boundless as her morals are skimpy. With her devoted colleague, Tom Shayes, and conflicted protégé, Ellen Parsons, Patty rules the New York legal scene.
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Drop Dead Diva: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhile settling into her role as plus-sized attorney Jane Bingum, reincarnated model Deb Dobkins discovers that Jane has a husband. Meanwhile, Jane could face disbarment after violating attorney-client confidentiality.
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Drop Dead Diva
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsKarma catches up with superficial, stick-thin Deb Dobkins in this engaging comedy series when she dies and returns to Earth in the body of smart, plus-sized attorney Jane Bingum, who's just the type of person Deb dismissed in her previous life.
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Damages: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis season of the legal thriller finds attorney Ellen Parsons -- once a wide-eyed associate -- hardened into a cynical attorney in her own right. She's out for justice, and she may give her calculating mentor, Patty Hewes, a run for her money.
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The Defenders
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Sin City, it takes a little flash to stand out from the crowd. Though defense attorneys Pete Kaczmarek and Nick Morelli couldn't be more different, they aren't above a little razzle-dazzle in the courtroom if it will help a client.
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The Defenders: Season 1
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Sin City, it takes a little flash to stand out from the crowd. Though defense attorneys Pete Kaczmarek and Nick Morelli couldn't be more different, they aren't above a little razzle-dazzle in the courtroom if it will help a client.
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The Guardian
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsNick Fallin is a fallen corporate lawyer who's working off a drug conviction with 1,500 hours of court-mandated community service, splitting his time between helping kids in trouble and patching up relations with his workaholic father.
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The Guardian: Season 2
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2, lawyer Nick Fallin continues his court-ordered service at a legal aid firm, where his once-reluctant commitment deepens. Nick also must cope with a thorny relationship with his father, his ex-dealer's murder and a complicated romance.
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The Guardian: Season 1
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a drug conviction upends corporate attorney Nick Fallin's high-powered career, he's sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service. To fulfill his obligation, Nick works to help children tangled up in bad luck, bad families or both.
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The Guardian: Season 3
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHigh-powered attorney Nick Fallin continues his court-ordered stint at Legal Services of Pittsburgh in the final season of this drama series, taking up the cases of a patient who can't pay for cancer treatment and two children who may have AIDS.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent: The Ninth Year
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAn internal tragedy in the Major Case Squad leads to big cast changes for Season 9 of this installment of the "Law & Order" franchise. Saffron Burrows joins as Det. Serena Stevens, who partners with Det. Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) and new Capt.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent: The Seventh Year
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn the seventh season of the "Law & Order" spinoff, Alicia Witt joins the cast as Detective Nola Falacci, who helps her partner, Mike Logan (Chris Noth), solve crime in New York City's Major Case Squad. The series alternates between the cases of Logan and Felacci and those of quirky ace profiler Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his pragmatic partner, Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe).
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