[Speed Gibson,
Friday August 31, 2007 at 6:16am]
Law and Order
I loved the old black and white Perry Mason series, which hasn't been on TV or Cable in years. But a pretty good substitute is "Law and Order" on NBC, with abundant reruns on TNT. I have the DVR set to record them, and I typically have 4-8 in the queue to watch, while I'm blogging or working on other stuff in my office.
Season 18 starts this January, with Jack McCoy moving up to be the District Attorney. Funny, I saw Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) tell McCoy (Sam Waterston) he was a great attorney but was too idealist to make D.A.
My favorite cast was from 1996-1998, with Briscoe (the late Jerry Orbach), Curtis (Benjamin Bratt), Ross (Carey Lowell), and Schiff (Steven Hill). A very close second is Briscoe, Green (Jesse L. Martin), and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) in 1999. Really, they're all pretty good.
Unlike Perry Mason's foe Hamilton Burger, the prosecutors win most of the time, but not always. The writing is terrific, too, even if it does lean a little left of center.
But O Perry, where art thou?
Season 18 starts this January, with Jack McCoy moving up to be the District Attorney. Funny, I saw Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson) tell McCoy (Sam Waterston) he was a great attorney but was too idealist to make D.A.
My favorite cast was from 1996-1998, with Briscoe (the late Jerry Orbach), Curtis (Benjamin Bratt), Ross (Carey Lowell), and Schiff (Steven Hill). A very close second is Briscoe, Green (Jesse L. Martin), and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) in 1999. Really, they're all pretty good.
Unlike Perry Mason's foe Hamilton Burger, the prosecutors win most of the time, but not always. The writing is terrific, too, even if it does lean a little left of center.
But O Perry, where art thou?