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  • 1995
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  • CBS
  • 1995
  • TV-14
  • CBS
The Client

Summary A riveting dramatic series based on John Grisham's novel of the same name, as well as the feature film starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. JoBeth Williams and John Heard starred as their television counterparts (Sarandon reportedly offered Miss Williams name as her personal choice to resume the role of Reggie Love). The televisi...

  • 1995
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • 1995
  • TV-14
  • CBS

The Client

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 17, 1995
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary A riveting dramatic series based on John Grisham's novel of the same name, as well as the feature film starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. JoBeth Williams and John Heard starred as their television counterparts (Sarandon reportedly offered Miss Williams name as her personal choice to resume the role of Reggie Love). The televisi...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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53% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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27% Positive
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53% Mixed
8 Reviews
20% Negative
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May 29, 2014
The pilot is plodding at times, the result of a few too many heart-to-heart discussions among the characters. Still, Williams, Holliday and Heard create such fresh, memorable characters that it's impossible to get bored. [16 Sept 1995, p.E7]
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
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May 29, 2014
This is hardly a plot to test Hercule Poirot's little gray cells. It is a fairly typical movie-of-the-week type action-lawyer show, and Reggie's a nice change as the strong-woman-hero character. 16 Sept 1995]
By Ann Hodges FULL REVIEW
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May 29, 2014
A first-rate movie thriller has been turned into a second-rate TV show, but upper-second-rate, not lower. And among this season's new entries, with one or two exceptions, second-rate is about as good as things get. [16 Sept 1995, p.D01]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
50
May 29, 2014
Williams, though, in both Sunday's telemovie and the subsequent Tuesday-night regular episode time-slot at 8, is too reserved and colorless. [15 Sept 1995, p.127]
By David Bianculli FULL REVIEW
50
May 29, 2014
The original pilot was a mess, confusing and annoyingly full of holes, but an extremely well-cast mess with a lot of potential. [17 Sept 1995, p.6C]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
37
May 29, 2014
Say what literary critics will about John Grisham's best sellers, they're not dull. And dull is about the best you can say of the series derived from John Grisham's The Client. [15 Sept 1995, p.3D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
20
May 29, 2014
As TV's gold-hearted Reggie, the capable JoBeth Williams is undermined by a script with plot holes wide enough to drive the Atlanta Braves and their families through. The plodding, convoluted, unnavigable story has her resourceful 11-year-old client -- the court has made her his legal guardian -- gaining possession of $1 million in stolen loot, putting both of them in conflict with some murderous types.
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Michael Filerman Productions
  • Judith Paige Mitchell Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 17, 1995
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
• 1 Nomination

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