Does The Guardian leave you hopeful?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 69% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 66% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Guardian scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Guardian violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 59% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is The Guardian easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

The Guardian

Name: The Guardian
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Rating: 7
Cast: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman, Alan Rosenberg, Wendy Moniz, Raphael Sbarge

Created by David Hollander

On CBS

2001–20043 seasons67 episodes60 min7.0 / 10

A redemptive legal drama about a privileged lawyer forced into community service with vulnerable children, balancing procedural case resolution with character transformation and moral reckoning.

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

Clusters

Time's Weight, Quietly Carried Underdogs, Institutions, and Earned Triumph Period Charm, Procedural Comfort Case Closed, Grief Carried

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Parent Child Relationship Community Service Lawyer Recovering Addict Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Does The Guardian leave you hopeful? Somewhat. More hopeful than 69% of series.
Is The Guardian sad? Somewhat. More sad than 66% of series.
Is The Guardian scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
Is The Guardian violent? Not especially. Less violent than 59% of series.
Is The Guardian easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

The Guardian

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