First Years
{{short description|American television series}}
{{for|the 2014 Dutch TV series|The First Years}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre = Legal drama
| creator = Jill Gordon
| based_on = This Life by Amy Jenkins
| writer = Jill Gordon
Mark B. Perry
| director = Timothy Busfield
Tucker Gates
Tom Moore
Ken Topolsky
Scott Winant
| starring = Mackenzie Astin
Ken Marino
Samantha Mathis
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
James Roday
Eric Schaeffer
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| composer = W. G. Snuffy Walden
Joseph Williams
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 9 (6 unaired)
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Jill Gordon
Mark B. Perry
Ken Topolsky
| producer =
| editor =
| cinematography = John B. Aronson
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 45 mins.
| company = P.D. Oliver, Inc.
NBC Studios
Studios USA Television
| channel = NBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2001|3|19}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2001|4|2}}
| related = This Life
}}
First Years is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from March to April 2001. It is a remake of the British series This Life.{{cite news|author=T.L. Stanley|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-19-ca-39665-story.html|title=Pulling NBC's 'First Years' Through a Rocky Birth|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 19, 2001|access-date=2017-10-10}} The series premiered on March 19, 2001, but was canceled after only three of the nine episodes produced had aired.
Overview
The series chronicles the lives of five young lawyers who live together in a house in San Francisco.{{cite book|author1=Tim Brooks |author2=Earle Marsh|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present |publisher=Ballantine Books|year=2007|edition=9|pages=477|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}}
Cast
=Main=
- Mackenzie Astin as Warren Harrison
- Ken Marino as Miles Lawton
- Samantha Mathis as Anna Weller
- Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Riley Kessler
- James Roday as Edgar "Egg" Ross
- Eric Schaeffer as Sam O'Donnell
=Recurring=
- Kevin Connolly as Joe
- Bruce Winant as Bruce
Episodes
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|title = 20
|director = 14
|writer = 18
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|Title = The First Thing You Do...
|DirectedBy = Scott Winant
|WrittenBy = Jill Gordon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = ...And Then You Die
|DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield
|WrittenBy = Mark B. Perry
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|26}}
|ProdCode = E1903
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = There's No Place Like Homo
|DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield
|WrittenBy = Mark B. Perry
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|2}}
|ProdCode = E1907
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = Porn in the U.S.A.
|AltTitle = First Day
|DirectedBy = Tom Moore
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1901
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = Touched by a Reindeer
|DirectedBy = Ken Topolsky
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1904
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Lawyerboy
|DirectedBy = Tucker Gates
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1905
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = When I Grow Up
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1906
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Habeas Corpse
|DirectedBy = Ken Topolsky
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1908
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = This Life
|DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = E1909
|ShortSummary =
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Reception
Eric Mink of the New York Daily News critically panned the series, describing the lead characters as "collectively annoying".{{cite news|author=Eric Mink|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/outta-law-years-annoying-ripoff-article-1.915529|title=THERE OUTTA BE A LAW 'First Years' is an annoying ripoff|work=New York Daily News|date=March 19, 2001|accessdate=2017-10-10}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0278195}}
- {{epguides|id=FirstYears}}
Category:2001 American television series debuts
Category:2001 American television series endings
Category:2000s American legal drama television series
Category:American television series based on British television series
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:NBC television dramas