
About the TV Show

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The Defenders
First Air Date: September 16, 1961
First Aired on | : | 1961 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | Reginald Rose |
Networks | : | CBS |
Genres | : | Drama |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 132 episodes in 4 Seasons |
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.