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THEY'RE BA-A-A-CK
 Last
year's short-lived attempts to make appellate judges interesting
(First Monday; The Court) seems to have convinced the
programmers at CBS to return to the trial court as a venue for
drama: they are now offering us Queens Supreme, Fridays
at 10 p.m. (9 central time). This hour long entry features talented
folks like Oliver Platt (whom some may have caught as the veteran
tabloid journalist hero of cable tv's Deadline), Robert Loggia,
L. Scott Caldwell and Annabella Sciorra trying to bring some
life into the sometimes mundane world of the judicial first responders.
Does Queens Supreme offer something different from shows
like Judging Amy? Certainly its first few episodes suggest
that the emphasis is not on any one judge, but rather on the
many facets of judging, as represented by the main characters:
Jack Moran (Platt), the quirky liberal judge whose youthful optimism
has given way to a certain amount of despair, Thomas O'Neill
(Loggia), the fatherly judge looking for validation at the end
of a career, Rose Barnea (Caldwell), the matter of fact, practical
but somewhat angry judge, and Kim Vicidomini (Sciorra), the up
and coming, ambitious judge, who seems to have achieved more
than one would expect given her credentials. Will these folks
resonate with viewers? Is the public ready for some ugly truths
about judging?
Is this series one whose time has come? Or one that now seems
dated and unoriginal compared with such ground breaking series
as Law and Order?
LATE BREAKING BULLETIN: CBS cancelled the show after three episodes.
Christine Corcos
Posted February, 2002
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