100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
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Premise
The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order, although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street focused more on the personal lives of its characters. Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Joe Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Atallah "Queenie" Sims, a lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes's political scheming.
Main cast
Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind
Val Avery as Sal Gentile
Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies
Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington
Manny Pérez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez
LaTanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims
Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito
Michole Briana White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly
Bill J Vlasnic as Billy, Task Force detective on Jellinek's squad
Episodes
Guest stars
Sidney Armus as DA Spiegelman
Dennis Boutsikaris as Executive ADA Gil Byrnes
Paul Butler as Det. Willard Block
Sarita Choudhury as ADA Julia Brooks
Chuck Cooper as Charlie the Bridgeman (bailiff)
Tawny Cypress as Cassandra Rodriguez
Margo Martindale as Legal Aid supervisor Michelle Grange
Phyllis Newman as Sarah Rifkind
Amy Ryan as Rebecca Rifkind
Notable guest stars
Matthew Arkin
Jude Ciccolella
Terry Serpico
Anna Deavere Smith
Floyd Vivino
Kerry Washington
Judy Reyes
Eric Millegan
Brian Scolaro