The Guardian

Name: The Guardian
Genre: Drama
Released: September 25, 2001
Rating: 55
Cast: Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Dabney Coleman, Simon Baker, Raphael Sbarge

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Series Details & Credits

CBS | Release Date: September 25, 2001

Starring: Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Dabney Coleman, Simon Baker, Raphael Sbarge, Charles Malik Whitfield, Erica Leerhsen

Summary: The theme song to The Guardian is The Empire In My Mind as performed by Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers.

Genre(s): Drama

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S3:E24. Episode 2
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Tom Shales

Sep 20, 2013

Season 1 Review: The character and the show sneak up on you in clever, unexpected ways and prove a gratifying surprise. [25 Sept 2001, p.C01]

Aaron Barnhart

Sep 19, 2013

Season 1 Review: It's an engaging set-up for what will likely be a hit, since it was obviously designed to complement the social-service minded "Judging Amy." [25 Sept 2001, p.E1]

Barry Garron

Sep 20, 2013

Season 1 Review: What emerges is a drama that is solid, though not spectacular, and a star more charismatic than complicated. [24 Sept 2001]

John Doyle

Sep 19, 2013

Season 1 Review: The Guardian is a chilling, state-of-America show, pointedly devoted to the question, "What is a meaningful life?" Simon Baker is galvanizing as the hero, intense and hard to read. This is what he's meant to be, but as to whether The Guardian and this tortured angel of a corporate lawyer will be a hit with viewers, it is impossible to say in these days of war and retribution. [25 Sept 2001, p.R2]

Phil Rosenthal

Sep 19, 2013

Season 1 Review: Despite two great character actors as support--Alan Rosenberg runs the legal clinic and Dabney Coleman is the dad--this manipulative and cloying series neither rings true nor strikes the emotional chords it all too transparently wants to pluck. [25 Sept 2001, p.47]

Terry Kelleher

Jun 27, 2013

Season 1 Review: In the end, though, tinkering around the edges won't be enough to ensure The Guardian's future if Baker's performance remains a void at the center of the drama. Read full review

David Zurawik

Sep 19, 2013

Season 1 Review: I swear I have no idea what The Guardian is supposed to be about. But I don't think the producers or CBS do, either. [25 Sept 2001, p.3E]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 2003
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  S3:E24. Episode 2
  Air Date: September 19, 2017
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  S3:E23. Episode 1
  Air Date: September 19, 2017
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  S3:E23. Episode 11
  Air Date: November 21, 2017
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  S3:E23. Episode 13
  Air Date: December 5, 2017
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  S3:E22. Antarctica
  Air Date: May 4, 2004
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  S3:E21. Blood In, Blood Out
  Air Date: April 27, 2004
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  S3:E20. The Vote
  Air Date: April 20, 2004
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  S3:E19. Remember
  Air Date: April 6, 2004
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  S3:E18. The Bachelor Party
  Air Date: March 9, 2004
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  S3:E17. The Watchers
  Air Date: March 2, 2004
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  S3:E16. Sparkle (aka: Glow)
  Air Date: February 24, 2004
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  S3:E15. Without Consent
  Air Date: February 17, 2004
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  S3:E14. All Is Mended
  Air Date: February 10, 2004
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  S3:E13. Amends
  Air Date: January 27, 2004
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  S3:E12. Beautiful Blue Mystic
  Air Date: January 13, 2004
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  S3:E11. Legacy
  Air Date: January 6, 2004
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  S3:E10. Swimming
  Air Date: December 16, 2003
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  S3:E9. Let God Sort 'Em Out
  Air Date: November 25, 2003
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  S3:E8. Believe
  Air Date: November 11, 2003
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  S3:E7. Hazel Park
  Air Date: November 4, 2003
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  S3:E6. Let's Spend the Night Together
  Air Date: October 28, 2003
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  S3:E5. Shame
  Air Date: October 21, 2003
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  S3:E4. The Father-Daughter Dance
  Air Date: October 14, 2003
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  S3:E3. The Line
  Air Date: October 7, 2003
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  S3:E2. Big Coal
  Air Date: September 30, 2003
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  S3:E1. Carnival
  Air Date: September 23, 2003
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 2002
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 2001