100 Centre Street

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100 Centre Street
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Genre Legal drama
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes31
Production
Executive producerSidney Lumet
Production companies
Original release
Network A&E Network
ReleaseJanuary 15, 2001 (2001-01-15) 
March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)

100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Premise

The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order , although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street focused more on the personal lives of its characters. [6] Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.

Main cast

Episodes

Season 1 (2001)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Bobby and Cynthia" Sidney Lumet Sidney LumetJanuary 15, 2001 (2001-01-15)101
22"Queenie and Joe"Sidney LumetSidney LumetJanuary 15, 2001 (2001-01-15)102
33"And Justice for Some" Jerry London Siobhan Byrne O'ConnorJanuary 22, 2001 (2001-01-22)112
44"My Brother's Keeper" Steven Shill Sidney LumetJanuary 29, 2001 (2001-01-29)103
55"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"Jerry LondonSteven SchwartzFebruary 5, 2001 (2001-02-05)104
66"Hostage"Jerry LondonDavid BlackFebruary 12, 2001 (2001-02-12)105
77"Things Change"Steven ShillRichard WesleyFebruary 19, 2001 (2001-02-19)113
88"Lady Paris"Sidney LumetDavid BlackFebruary 26, 2001 (2001-02-26)106
99"A Shot in the Dark" John O'Connell Steven SchwartzMarch 5, 2001 (2001-03-05)107
1010"Joe Must Go"Sidney LumetJames SolomonMarch 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)108
1111"The Bug"Steven ShillDavid BlackMarch 19, 2001 (2001-03-19)109
1212"Domestic Abuses"Steven ShillSteven SchwartzMarch 26, 2001 (2001-03-26)110
1313"Let's Make a Night of It"Sidney LumetSidney LumetApril 2, 2001 (2001-04-02)111

Season 2 (2001–02)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
141"Kids: Part 1" Sidney Lumet Sidney LumetOctober 8, 2001 (2001-10-08)201
152"Kids: Part 2"Sidney Lumet Rudy Wurlitzer & Sidney LumetOctober 15, 2001 (2001-10-15)202
163"Love Stories" Don Scardino Siobhan Byrne O'ConnorOctober 22, 2001 (2001-10-22)203
174"Queenie's Tough" Steven Shill Sidney LumetOctober 29, 2001 (2001-10-29)204
185"The Fix" Arthur Penn David BlackNovember 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)205
196"Daughters"Sidney LumetRudy WurlitzerNovember 13, 2001 (2001-11-13)206
207"Lost Causes"Steven ShillSteven SchwartzNovember 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)207
218"Queenie's Running"Don ScardinoSidney LumetNovember 27, 2001 (2001-11-27)208
229"Andromeda and the Monster" John O'Connell David BlackDecember 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)209
2310"Bottlecaps"Susanna StyronSusanna StyronDecember 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)210
2411"End of the Month"Don ScardinoRobert LeuciJanuary 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)211
2512"Give Up or Fight"Sidney LumetSteven Schwartz & Rudy WurlitzerJanuary 15, 2002 (2002-01-15)212
2613"Babies"Sidney LumetRudy WurlitzerJanuary 22, 2002 (2002-01-22)213
2714"Zero Tolerance"Steven ShillSiobhan Byrne O'ConnorJanuary 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)214
2815"Justice Delayed"John O'ConnellSteven SchwartzFebruary 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)215
2916"Hurricane Paul"Don Scardino Warren Leight February 12, 2002 (2002-02-12)216
3017"Fathers"John O'ConnellRichard WesleyFebruary 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)217
3118"It's About Love"Sidney LumetSiobhan Byrne O'Connor & Rudy WurlitzerMarch 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)218

Guest stars

Notable guest stars

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