Cinematography:
Hugo CortinaCast:
Joe Mantegna, Linda Purl, James Garner, Charles Durning, James McEachin, James Karen, Lyman Ward, Gail Strickland, Hedy Burress, Camille Saviola, Joe Flanigan, Dean Stockwell, Laura Putney (more)Plots(1)
In this short lived series First Monday hoped to utilize the Supreme Court in the same dramatic manner that West Wing utilized the White House. The CBS series First Monday focused on the nine Justices who laid down the law for the United States. Joe Mantegna headed the cast as Joseph Novelli, the newest member of the nine-person Supreme Court. Entering a political arena that was evenly divided between Conservative and Liberal, the "moderate" Justice Novelli generally acted as the tie-breaker. James Garner co-starred as staunchly conservative Chief Justice Thomas Brankin, who displayed his contempt for contemporary political correctness by puffing away on a cigarette in his "officially" smoke-free private office. Brankin's chief ally was the whimsical, womanizing Justice Henry Hoskins (Charles Durning), while on varying extremes of the political spectrum were Jewish jurist Esther Weisenberg (Camille Saviola) and black Justice Jerome Morris (James McEachin). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Joe Mantegna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/532/162532773_36686e.png)
Joe Mantegna
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Sopranos (1999) (series)
As We See It (2022) (series)
![Linda Purl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270765_a5225e.jpg)
Linda Purl
USA
Best series:
Homeland (2011) (series)
The Office (2005) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (series)
![James Garner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267724_ae39ba.jpg)
James Garner
USA
Best series:
God, the Devil and Bob (2000) (series)
Maverick (1957) (series)
Streets of Laredo (1995) (series)
![Charles Durning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270517_795002.jpg)
Charles Durning
USA
Best series:
Family Guy (1999) (series)
A Woman of Independent Means (1995) (series)
Rescue Me (2004) (series)
![James McEachin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426759_46bb19.gif)
James McEachin
USA
Best series:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![James Karen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280326_248ee7.jpg)
James Karen
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
Class of '96 (1993) (series)
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
![Lyman Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/711/161711898_a30199.jpg)
Lyman Ward
Canada
Best series:
The Wonder Years (1988) (series)
Transparent (2014) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (series)
![Gail Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364337_80e445.jpg)
Gail Strickland
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
Dark Shadows (1966) (series)
Highway to Heaven (1984) (series)
![Hedy Burress](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/441/158441972_bb1eeb.jpg)
Hedy Burress
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Shameless (2011) (series)
Lie to Me (2009) (series)
![Camille Saviola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/425/158425451_7b8dc8.jpg)
Camille Saviola
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series) - actor, a.f.
The Heights (1992) (series)
Entourage (2004) (series)
![Joe Flanigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/436/162436929_747654.jpg)
Joe Flanigan
USA
Best series:
Fringe (2008) (series)
Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (series)
SEAL Team (2017) (series)
![Dean Stockwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/810/165810081_8fec24.jpg)
Dean Stockwell
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Battlestar Galactica (2004) (series)
![Laura Putney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276805_0848aa.jpg)
Laura Putney
Best series:
ER (1994) (series)
Mistresses (2013) (series)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) (series)
![Robin DeMarco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277027_725415.jpg)
Robin DeMarco
Best series:
Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
Scandal (2012) (series)
Worst Week (2008) (series)
![Wanda De Jesus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277171_d06a36.jpg)
Wanda De Jesus
USA
Best series:
Vengeance Unlimited (1998) (series)
Sons of Anarchy (2008) (series)
Spider-Man (1994) (series)
![James Lafferty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/089/166089817_793ebb.jpg)
James Lafferty
USA
Best series:
The Haunting (2018) (series)
One Tree Hill (2003) (series)
All American (2018) (series)
![Laurence Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473468_c0a461.jpg)
Laurence Mason
USA
Best series:
Daredevil (2015) (series)
The Shield (2002) (series)
Prison Break (2005) (series)
Caroline Lagerfelt
France
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
Six Feet Under (2001) (series)
How I Met Your Mother (2005) (series)
![Martin Spanjers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364293_6b40c9.jpg)
Martin Spanjers
USA
Best series:
Moonlight (2007) (series)
Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
Family Guy (1999) (series)
![Stan Kirsch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279219_b2f24f.jpg)
Stan Kirsch
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) (series)
Family Law (1999) (series)