A story about three generation women living together as they confront the personal and professional dilemmas in their changing, challenging lives. A real-life story about single mother Amy Madison Gray raising her young daughter Lauren, be a Family Court judge and live with Amy's opinionated mother Maxine in Hartford, Connecticut. Amy have to re-establish & balance her new life with her relatives and new friends and also her love life. Judge Amy make name for herself by her unusual methods, sentences and stubbornness but sometimes get her in trouble. Last episodes Amy quits judiciary and run for U.S. senate and try to prevent passing laws ending the juvenile justice system.Main Characters:
- Amy Madison Gray, played by Amy Brenneman - After divorcing her husband, Amy Gray returns to her childhood home with her daughter and becomes a judge on Hartford's family court, trying to go on with her life. Balancing her new job, her family and trying to rebuild her love life isn't easy, but she keeps trying.
- Maxine McCarty Gray, played by Tyne Daly - Amy's widowed mother. A social worker for DCF (the Department of Children and Families), she retired once but returns to the job at the start of the series, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to help the children in her care, even bending the law. She's an opinionated, strong willed woman, very set in her ways and capable of holding long grudges (she hasn't spoken to her brother in over 12 years) but loving to her family.
- Vincent Gray played by Dan Futterman - Amy's younger brother, with whom she has always been closest.
- Kyle McCarty played by Kevin Rahm - Amy's cousin, the son of Maxine's estranged brother Richard. A former medical student who was expelled because of problems related to his addiction to drugs.
- Peter Gray, played by Marcus Giamatti - Amy's older brother. He inherited the family business from his father and he's good at it, even if it wasn't his first choice in life. He's a good but grey man who sometimes surprises people with some outbursts.
- Gillian Gray, played by Jessica Tuck - Peter's wife. A controlling woman with a good heart who completely loves her husband. She is usually well-meaning, but also often obsessive and nerve-wracking.
- Lauren Cassidy, played by Karle Warren - Amy's daughter, 6 years-old at the start of the series. A mostly well-adjusted girl going through the pains of childhood and pre-adolescence with divorced parents but a loving family. As a young girl, she struggles over her father's relationship with Leisha, whom she likes at first.
- Bruce van Exel, played by Richard T. Jones - Amy's Court Services Officer, who eventually becomes her friend. The series addresses a number of issues of their cross-racial friendship and how each feels differently about it.
- Donna Kozlowski, played by Jillian Armenante - Amy's clerk. An eccentric woman from a wealthy family, from whom she's estranged. Donna is intellectually a genius (she finishes her law degree in one and a half years) but socially awkward.
A worth watching tv series Judging Amy DVD completed 6 seasons and total of 138 episodes aired from 1999 to 2005, now on dvd available at DVDAvenue.tv
