Civil Wars was a legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. It had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence, in which romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other. A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about law, crime, punishment or the legal profession. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Misanthropy is a general dislike of the human race. ...

The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues. Steven Ronald Bochco (born December 16, 1943) is an American television producer and writer. ... NYPD Blue was an Emmy Award-winning hour long-running American television police drama set in New York City. ... L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ...

Cast

• Mariel Hemingway as Sydney Guilford
• Peter Onorati as Charlie Howell
• Debi Mazar as Denise Ianello
• David Marciano as Jeffery Lassick
• Alan Rosenberg as Eli Levinson

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Trivia

Two of the characters lived on longer than the show itself. After Civil Wars was cancelled, Eli Levinson (Rosenberg) and Denise Ianello (Mazar) were transplanted to the final season of L.A. Law. This was despite the fact that the shows aired on different networks ( L.A. Law aired on NBC). L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

External links

• Civil Wars at the Internet Movie Database