Actress
Julia Roberts was executive producer of
Queens Supreme, a weekly, seriocomic look at the judicial system in the Big City. The setting was the Queens Supreme County Courthouse, where a motley crew of judges worked together while working apart. The
dramatis personae included eccentric, cynical Judge Jack Moran (
Oliver Platt), dignified and equitable Judge Thomas O'Neill (
Robert Loggia), witheringly honest and outspoken Judge Rose Barnea (L. Scott Caldwell), and idealistic new apointee Judge Kim Vicidomini (
Annabella Sciorra). The flippantly liberal stance of the series was established on the opener, in which a disgruntled smoker held a jury hostage out of frustration over recent multimillion-dollar court decisions against cigarette manufacturers.
Queens Supreme debuted January 10, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide