Last week, an Amazon listing popped up for a 6-disc DVD set of The Young Lawyers, a legal drama that aired on ABC from 1970-1971. The series starred Lee J. Cobb as David Barrett, an experienced lawyer who oversaw the Neighborhood Law Office (NLO), a legal aid outfit in Boston. Zalman King and Judy Pace co-starred as law students Aaron Silverman and Pat Walters. A total of 24 episodes were broadcast.
The listing includes cover art but no release date, although the set is available for pre-order for $34.99 if you’re interested. Do note this is coming from Amazon’s CreateSpace manufacture-on-demand (MOD) program.
(Courtesy of Amazon.com)
There’s no official announcement as far as I know. TVShowsOnDVD.com doesn’t have anything yet. So there’s no word on whether or not the set will include the pilot telefilm from October 1969.
Were you a fan of The Young Lawyers? Will you be buying the DVD set when it gets released? Hit the comments with your thoughts.
(via Home Theater Forum)
The series was set in Boston because Massachusetts allows law school students to try cases in court, under the supervision of a practicing attorney.
Having seen the TV movie for the first time in 45+ years on the Decades cable network in 2015 and about 8-10 episodes which aired on TV Land in the 1990s, the series did show some promise but, I believe, failed for various reasons. Notably, competition against established higher-rated shows like Gunsmoke, Laugh-In [Monday nights before ABC’s Monday Night Football] and Hawaii Five-O [mid-season scheduling switch to Wednesday nights]).
I hope more short-lived series are given a chance to be viewed via MOD or streamed.
Thank you for this. I was a kid in 1971 and loved the show. Aaron Silverman was an amazing character portrayed compassionately and groovily by Zalman King–he had a way of communicating his soul. Many episodes were never even broadcast. I’ve seen the pilot movie many times, and it is NOT the series, nothing but a law and order procedural. The series was Aaron and Zalman and I very much would like to get The Young Lawyers DVD. Also a show that same Fall, the Young Rebels, a period show about the American revolution.
I wanted to become a lawyer to save the world because of this brief series. I wanted to be a defense atty and save the world……until someone explained to me that I would have no choice who I defended and most of my clients would be scum and guilty as charged. I should have considered becoming part of the D.A.’s office; perhaps I would eventually have enough power to throw out the “most convenient suspect” problem. Who knows?