Sirota's Court

TV Series
1976–1977
30m

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Night shift Judge Matthew Sirota runs his urban courtroom with humor and common sense. He has a casual romance with his clerk Maureen plus referees between idealistic defender Gail Goodman a... Read allNight shift Judge Matthew Sirota runs his urban courtroom with humor and common sense. He has a casual romance with his clerk Maureen plus referees between idealistic defender Gail Goodman and zealous prosecutor Bud Nugent.Night shift Judge Matthew Sirota runs his urban courtroom with humor and common sense. He has a casual romance with his clerk Maureen plus referees between idealistic defender Gail Goodman and zealous prosecutor Bud Nugent.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 nominations total

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Michael Constantine

Judge Matthew Sirota

• 1976–1977

Cynthia Harris

Maureen O'Conner…

• 1976–1977

Kathleen Miller

Gail Goodman…

• 1976–1977

Fred Willard

H.R. 'Bud' Nugent

• 1976–1977

Ted Ross

Sawyer Dabney

• 1976–1977

Owen Bush

John Belson…

• 1976–1977

Annie Potts

Dawn

• 1976

Philip Michael Thomas

J.V.

• 1976

Tricia O'Neil

Sugar Hills

• 1976

Victor Buono

the Reporter

• 1976

William Bogert

Lombardi

• 1976

Phillip R. Allen

McKay

• 1976

Andrew Johnson

• 1976

Richard Karron

Blackie Wilson

• 1976

Emory Bass

Ravenburst

• 1976

Mickey Fox

Margie

• 1976

Wynn Irwin

Baltic

• 1976

Alan Berger

Puckett Nugent

• 1976

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7skinnybert

Another good one that disappeared

I don't know if it's still possible to see this, but the fact I still remember it after four decades surely says something. It started without much fanfare, then disappeared without any mention -- as TV series sometimes do. Eventually Night Court came along, but I always wondered where this one went.

Even now, I remember one episode concluding with musings over people mistaking one name for another. Sirota admits that he got the court job because some people mistook him for Judge Sirica. I suspect that was the last episode aired.

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This was the first attempt at what would eventually become (with a different cast and character name changes) the hit series Tribunal de nuit (1984).

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Narrator: [opening credits] This is the city! It could be your city!
Female Voice: Lucky for you it's not. What a jungle!
Narrator: Yes, this city like many others is a victim of rising crime.
Male Voice: Tell me. I live with bars on my windows while the crooks are out on the streets.
Female Voice: I bought one of those Doberman dogs. They beat them up.
Narrator: And where does the average citizen find justice?
Male Voice: Not here, buddy.
Female Voice: Ooo, could we use Superman now!
Male Voice: Ah, nobody cares!
Narrator: Nobody? What about the honorable Matthew J. Sirota of Night Court?
Male Voice: Oh, he's the one whose tough but fair.
Female Voice: Oh, yeah. He's a nice man.