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Raising the Bar 
Genre Legal drama Created by Steven Bochco
David FeigeWritten by Steven Bochco
David FeigeDirected by - Carol Banker
- Jesse Bochco
- Rick Bota
- Eric Laneuville
- Chris Long
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Rick Wallace
Starring Composer(s) Alec Puro Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 25 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Steven Bochco Producer(s) Jonathan Abrahams
Dayna Kalin Bochco
David Feige
Caroline JamesRunning time 45–48 minutes Broadcast Original channel TNT Original run September 1, 2008 – December 24, 2009 Raising the Bar is an American legal drama, which ran on TNT network from September 1, 2008 to December 24, 2009.[1] The series revolves around a group of lawyer friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the criminal law.[2]
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Production
Raising the Bar was originally announced to be joining TNT as a new series in January 2008.[3] It came to TNT through ABC Studios and Steven Bochco served as executive producer, with Jesse Bochco as co-executive producer and David Feige as supervising producer. After completing its first season of 10 hour-long episodes in November 2008, the series was renewed for a 15-episode second season, which premiered on Monday June 8, 2009 at 10p.m ET/ 9 p.m. CT.[4]. The show was canceled after season 2.
Plot summary
Idealistic public defender Jerry Kellerman does whatever it takes to assist the helpless and disenfranchised, which often leads to clashes in the courtroom presided over by Judge Trudy Kessler, a hard-liner hoping to become the city's next district attorney. Jerry has many clashes with both law enforcement and the assistant district attorneys (ADAs) such as Michelle Ernhardt, the beautiful and occasionally devious attorney with whom he has had a turbulent secret fling.[5]
Cast and characters
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Jerry Kellerman
- Gloria Reuben as Rosalind Whitman
- Jane Kaczmarek as Trudy Kessler
- Melissa Sagemiller as Michelle Earnhardt
- Jonathan Scarfe as Charlie Sagansky
- J. August Richards as Marcus McGrath
- Currie Graham as Nick Balco
- Teddy Sears as Richard Patrick Woolsley
- Natalia Cigliuti as Roberta "Bobbi" Gilardi
Episodes
Main article: List of Raising the Bar episodesReception
The series debut garnered 7.7 million viewers. It was the biggest audience ever for a new-series launch on basic cable. It beat the record set in 2004 by USA Network's launch of The 4400 which opened with an average of 7.4 million viewers; runner-up was TNT's The Closer, which recorded 7 million viewers when it was unveiled in 2005.[6] Following the premiere, ratings evened out to around 5.5 million viewers per episode.[4] For calendar-year 2008 on a first-run basis, the series delivered 1.37 million viewers in the 18–49 demographic,[7] garnering mixed reviews.[8]
Cancellation
TNT confirmed to E! Online on November 30, 2009 that the series would not be renewed for a third season.[9] The final three episodes were burned off marathon style on Christmas Eve night. [10]
International distribution
Country TV Network(s) Series Premiere Weekly schedule (local time) 
United StatesTNT September 11, 2008 Monday 22:00 
Pan-Arab StatesFox Series 2010 
TurkeyDiziMax October 17, 2008 Friday 22:00 
South AfricaM-Net December 2008 Tuesday 21:00 
BulgariaTV7 December, 2009 20:00 
CanadaCTV January 9, 2009 Friday 22:00 
SpainTNT March 2, 2009 Thursday 22:15 
ItalyFox Crime & La5 March 18, 2009 Wednesday 22:50 
PortugalAXN & Sony Entertainment Television April 8, 2009[11] Wednesday 21:30 
NorwayTV2 June 23, 2009 Tuesday 21:45 
SingaporeSony Entertainment Television August 26, 2009 Wednesday 21:00 
Hong KongSony Entertainment Television August 26, 2009 Wednesday 21:00 
GreeceFox Life December 5, 2009 Fridays 21:00 
New ZealandTV2 July 27, 2009 Tuesday 00:30 
Uruguay
ArgentinaAXN September 8, 2009 Monday 21:00 
BrazilAXN October 5, 2009 Monday 21:00 
FranceJimmy October 1, 2009 Thursday 20:40 
MexicoAXN October 5, 2009 Monday 22:00 
Israelyes stars Base / HOT family November 14, 2009 Saturday 17:15 DVD release
DVD name Release date Ep # The Complete First Season June 2, 2009 10 The Complete Second Season May, 2010 15 References
- ^ Raising the Bar at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ {{subst:User:Plastikspork/test|id=75090|title=Raising the Bar}}
- ^ TNT Press Release (2008-01-26). "TNT Heads to the Courtroom With New Steven Bochco Legal Drama Series Raising the Bar". Webwire. http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=57574. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ a b TNT Press Release (2008-09-16). "TNT Renews Two Hit Series: Saving Grace and Raising the Bar". The Futon Clinic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080916tnt01. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Raising the Bar". Zap2It. http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCProgram.do?method=getDetail&pgmId=EP010725340002&sch=1220925600000&stn=11164&chn=11. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (2008-09-03). "'Raising the Bar' and Clearing It in the Ratings". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090203001.html. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=12/18/08&id=20081218fx01
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/raisingthebar?q=Raising%20the%20Bar
- ^ Jennifer Godwin (2009-11-30). "TNT Cancels Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Raising the Bar". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b155758_tnt_cancels_mark-paul_gosselaars.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8418
- ^ http://hotvnews.com.pt/2009/03/04/raising-the-bar/
External links
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Categories:- 2008 American television series debuts
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