For the People: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, aka "The Mother Court", For the People follows brand-new lawyers working for both the defense and the prosecution handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country - all as their lives intersect in and out of the courtroom.

Series details

• Title: For the People
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Legal
• Premiere date: 2018-03-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-05-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 28154
• IMDb ID: tt6437276
• TVDB ID: 328633

Cast and credited roles

• Ben Rappaport — Seth Oliver
• Anna Deavere Smith — Tina Krissman
• Hope Davis — Jill Carlan
• Susannah Flood — Kate Littlejohn
• Wesam Keesh — Jay Simmons
• Regé-Jean Page — Leonard Knox
• Ben Shenkman — Roger Gunn
• Britt Robertson — Sandra Bell
• Jasmin Savoy Brown — Allison Adams
• Vondie Curtis-Hall — Judge Nicholas Byrne
• Charles Michael Davis — Ted

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-03-13; final listed air date 2018-05-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-03-07; final listed air date 2019-05-16; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from For the People on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.