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1994 American TV series or program
| Sweet Justice | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Legal drama |
| Created by | John Romano |
| Starring | Cicely TysonMelissa GilbertRonny CoxJason GedrickGreg Germann |
| Composer | W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | John Romano |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Trotwood ProductionsColumbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 15, 1994 (1994-09-15) –August 12, 1995 (1995-08-12) |
Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series created by John Romano and starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994, to August 12, 1995, on NBC.[1] The series was produced by Trotwood Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
Attorney Kate Delacroy (Melissa Gilbert) returns to New Orleans from Wall Street for her sister's engagement party and decides to stay. Instead of joining the prestigious law firm headed by her arch conservative father, James-Lee (Ronny Cox), she joins forces with old civil rights warrior Carrie Grace Battle (Cicely Tyson) in Battle-Ross & Associates, the better to take on cases of women's rights, minority rights, and everyone else's rights.
Cast and characters
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- Melissa Gilbert as Kate Delacroy, a novice Wall Street attorney
- Greg Germann as Andy Del Sarto, a passionate upstate attorney
- Cicely Tyson as Carrie Grace Battle, a feminist, civil rights lawyer and senior partner of a New Orleans law firm
- Ronny Cox as James Lee Delacroy, Kate's father, a senior partner in the town's old-money-and-big business law firm
- Jason Gedrick as Bailey Connors, Kate's high school sweetheart, a journalist
- Cree Summer as Reese Daulkins, an energetic attorney and single mother
- Jim Antonio as Ross A. Ross
- Megan Gallivan as Anne Delacroy-Foley
- Scott Paetty as Harry Foley
- Marcia Strassman as Althea "Bunny" McClure
- John Allen Nelson as Logan Wright
- Michael Warren as Michael "T-Dog" Turner
Awards and nominations
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Tyson was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role on the series.
- ^ Scott, Tony (September 15, 1994). "Sweet Justice". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-04.