Starring
E.G. MarshallRobert ReedPolly RowlesOssie DavisJ.D. CannonLonny Chapman
Written by
Reginald Rose
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The Defenders Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | E33 | E34 | E35 | E36 | ||
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| S1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | |||||
| S2 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S3 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
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About
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
All Seasons
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Season 11961
8.07943232h
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Season 21962
8.41563434h
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Season 31963
8.61143636h
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Season 41964
8.2463030h
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
E.G. Marshall Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed Kenneth Preston
Polly Rowles Helen Donaldson
Ossie Davis District Attorney Daniel Jackson, District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney
J.D. Cannon District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney Ashley, D.A. Al Ashley
Lonny Chapman District Attorney, Barney Fox, District Attorney Harry Hayes
John Boruff Judge, Judge Keene, Second Judge
Walter Klavun Judge, First Judge, Judge Santini
Frank Overton D.A. Bill Bryan, District Attorney, Malcolm Page
Robert Gerringer The District Attorney, D.A. Louis Fontana, DA Louis Fontana
Crew
Reginald Rose
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