The Client (also referred to as John Grisham's The Client) is an American legal thriller drama television series developed by Judith Paige Mitchell that aired on CBS for one season, premiering with a two-hour pilot on September 17, 1995, and airing new episodes through April 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel. It stars JoBeth Williams, John Heard, and Polly Holliday in the roles created in the film by Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Micole Mercurio, respectively.
Contents
Cast
Main
JoBeth Williams as Reggie Love
John Heard as Roy Foltrigg
Polly Holliday as Momma Love
David Barry Gray as Clint McGuire
Ossie Davis as Judge Harry Roosevelt
Recurring
Valerie Mahaffey as Ellie Foltrigg
David Michael Mullins as Lewis Maddox
Burke Moses as Jackson Love
William Converse-Roberts as Dr. Gus Cardoni
Derek McGrath as Arnie
Thom Barry as Judge Waite-Barkley
Brixton Karnes as Officer Brill
Guests
Mac Davis as Waldo Gaines
Harry Lennix as Daniel Holbrook
Emilio Borelli as Nick
Allen Williams as Howard Straithe
Timothy Carhart as Walon Clark
Emmanuelle Bach as Nicole
Ray McKinnon as Lenny Barlow
Ratings
The Client averaged at 7.9 million viewers, ranking at #22 for the network and #82 overall.
Syndication and home media
The TNT Network rebroadcast the series five nights a week, March 1999 through February 2001.
While the full series is not available on DVD or Blu-ray, the 1995 pilot episode of the series was included as a bonus feature on the 2013 Blu-ray release of the 1994 film.