The Client (TV series)

The Client
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Genre	Legal drama Thriller
Based on	Characters from The Client by John Grisham
Developed by	Judith Paige Mitchell
Starring	JoBeth Williams John Heard Polly Holliday David Barry Gray Ossie Davis
Theme music composer	Stephen Graziano Dino A. Moriana
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Judith Paige Mitchell Mitchell Binder
Cinematography	Lowell Peterson
Editors	Robert L. Sinise M. Edward Salier
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Michael Filerman Productions Judith Paige Mitchell Productions Regency Enterprises Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 17, 1995 (1995-09-17) – April 16, 1996 (1996-04-16)

The Client (also referred to as John Grisham's The Client) is an American legal thriller drama television series developed by Judith Paige Mitchell that aired on CBS for one season, premiering with a two-hour pilot on September 17, 1995,^[1] and airing new episodes through April 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel. It starred JoBeth Williams, John Heard, and Polly Holliday in the roles created in the film by Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Micole Mercurio, respectively.

• JoBeth Williams as Reggie Love
• John Heard as Roy Foltrigg
• Polly Holliday as Momma Love
• David Barry Gray as Clint McGuire
• Ossie Davis as Judge Harry Roosevelt (13 episodes, 1995–96)

• Valerie Mahaffey as Ellie Foltrigg (4 episodes, 1995–96)
• Mac Davis as Waldo Gaines (3 episodes 1995–96)
• David Michael Mullins as Lewis Maddox (7 episodes, 1995–96)
• Burke Moses as Jackson Love (6 episodes, 1995–96)
• William Converse-Roberts as Dr. Gus Cardoni (6 episodes, 1995–96)
• Derek McGrath as Arnie (4 episodes, 1996)
• Thom Barry as Judge Waite-Barkley (4 episodes, 1996)
• Brixton Karnes as Officer Brill (4 episodes, 1995–96)
• Harry Lennix as Daniel Holbrook (3 episodes, 1995–96)
• Emilio Borelli as Nick (3 episodes, 1996)
• Allen Williams as Howard Straithe (3 episodes, 1995–96)
• Timothy Carhart as Walon Clark (3 episodes, 1995)
• Emmanuelle Bach as Nicole (3 episodes, 1995–96)
• Ray McKinnon as Lenny Barlow (3 episodes, 1995)

The Client averaged at 7.9 million viewers, ranking at #22 for the network and #82 overall.^[2]

The TNT Network rebroadcast the series five nights a week, March 1999 through February 2001.^[3]

While the full series is not available on DVD or Blu-ray, the 1995 pilot episode of the series was included as a bonus feature on the 2013 Blu-ray release of the 1994 film.^{[citation needed]}

• The Client at IMDb