Civil Wars (TV series)

Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 20, 1991, to March 2, 1993. The series was created and executive produced by William M. Finkelstein and produced by Steven Bochco.

Synopsis

The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. In the series, two of New York City's top divorce lawyers, Charlie Howell and Sydney Guilford, form a partnership despite barely knowing each other, following the mental breakdown of Guilford's stressed-out partner, Eli Levinson. The show had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence; in it, romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other in court, as each of the show's principal attorneys interrogated them, one by one, on the stand.

Cast

Mariel Hemingway as Sydney Guilford
Peter Onorati as Charlie Howell
Debi Mazar as Denise Iannello
Alan Rosenberg as Eli Levinson
David Marciano as Jeffrey Lassick

Alan Rosenberg and Debi Mazar continued in their roles as Eli Levinson and Denise Iannello after ABC cancelled Civil Wars in 1993. The two characters were moved over to Bochco’s L.A. Law on NBC for its eighth and final season, with Levinson becoming a member of the series’ major law firm and Iannello serving as his secretary.