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Shark is an American legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. Created by Ian Biederman, the series starred James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor.

History

The show first aired in the 10:00 p.m., Eastern Thursday night slot. On October 20, 2006, it was announced that CBS had picked up the show for a full 22-episode season.^[1] CBS announced on May 16, 2007 that Shark would return for a second season.^[2]

In Shark's second season, it moved to Sunday night at 10:00 p.m., switching timeslots with Without a Trace and thereby competing against another highly-rated series, ABC's Brothers & Sisters. In Canada, Global had also picked up Brothers & Sisters, so they decided to keep Shark on Thursday 10 p.m. timeslot, three days ahead of the CBS broadcast (except for the Season 2 premiere), and Brothers & Sisters for their Sunday night 10 p.m. timeslot.

The show returned Tuesday April 29, 2008 in a new timeslot at 9:00 to air the four remaining post-strike episodes.^[3] CBS officially cancelled the series on May 13, 2008.^[4]

In Australia Shark started airing season 2 at 10pm on Thursdays from Nov. 12, 2009 on Seven's new digital channel 7TWO. Season 2 and the series overall completed its first run airing on W on Friday December 18.

Cast members

Characters

• Sebastian Stark: A charismatic and cutthroat former high end defense attorney. Stark chose to become a public prosecutor after a client he had previously defended against assault charges killed his wife just a few days later. Despite his realisation after this case, his methods as a defense attorney have not been changed dramatically for his role as a prosecutor.
• Jessica Devlin: Los Angeles District Attorney for 15 years, Devlin was Stark's boss for the duration of the season one. When she was defeated in an election, however, Stark hired her as the Senior Member of his team.
• Madeline Poe: Poe was originally the only voluntary member of Stark's team. In season one, she began a relationship with Casey, who had later left the team by the start of season two, to run his father's political campaign.
• Raina Troy: Troy is passionate, smart and tough, and described by Stark as "a contempt citation waiting to happen". She is in a relationship with Isaac Wright.
• Danny Reyes: Reyes was transferred from the gang-crime unit, and used past experience to influence his motives. He often conflicts with Stark and Jessica, both of whom privately agree that he is a very good lawyer.
• Isaac Wright: A former LAPD officer, Stark offered him a job on his team after Wright was forced to admit he planted evidence in an effort to prosecute his partner's killer.
• Julie Stark: The daughter of Sebastian, she decided to stay with her father after her custody hearing, because "he needs her more than he'll ever know".

Episodes

American ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Shark on CBS:

Visual in-references

In episode four, during an exterior shot of a hotel right before a scene where Casey and Raina question a bartender, a bus with an ad for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip passes in front of the camera. CBS had previously lost a bidding war to NBC for the rights to Studio 60 in October 2005.

DVD release

References

External links

• Official website
• Shark at the Internet Movie Database
• Shark at TV.com
• Shark (TV series) at Yahoo! TV
• James Woods Stars in CBS Shark
• Thefutoncritic.com Development Update: October 17, 2005
• TV Guide's Shark page

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Shark (TV series)

Shark (2006–) Drama series about a defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor.

Season 1

Pilot [1.1]

Stark: I eat prosecutors for breakfast, they're my main source of fiber.

Stark:[to his new team] My cutthroat manifesto. Rule number one: trial is a war, second place is death. Rule number two: truth is relative, pick one that works. Rule number three: in a jury trial there are only twelve opinions that matter and [to Raina] yours isn't one of them.

Stark: Your job is to win. Justice is God's problem.

Julie: It's not enough to love someone when it's easy. You gotta love them when it's hard, when they don't deserve it, when they're in trouble. That's what family does.

Stark: I am great and yet... I am humble.

LAPD Blue [1.2]

Stark: Now my problem is, I don't believe in God, and He hates me.

Devlin: Better to be lucky than good.

Stark: Better to be both.

Dr Feelbad [1.3]

Russo [1.4]

In The Grasp [1.5]

Fashion Police [1.6]

[Discussing Julie's upcoming plagiarism hearing]

Stark: You say what I tell you, we'll win.

Julie: Are you asking me to lie?

Stark: It's like I tell the kids at work. Truth... it's relative. Sometimes you have to...

Julie: Shade the truth?

[Stark nods.]

Deja Vu All Over Again [1.7]

Love Triangle [1.8]

Dial M for Monica [1.9]

Sins of the Mother [1.10]

The Wrath of Khan [1.11]

Wayne's World [1.12]

Teacher's Pet [1.13]

Starlet Fever [1.14]

Here Comes the Judge [1.15]

Casey Woodland: This is the part where we get disbarred, isn't it?

Blind Trust [1.16]

Backfire [1.17]

Trial By Fire [1.18]

Isaac Wright: Go ahead. You kill her, I kill you. Either way, I'm still a hero.

Porn Free [1.19]

Fall from Grace [1.20]

Strange Bedfellows [1.21]

Wayne's World 2 - Revenge of the Shark [1.22]

Cast

• James Woods - Sebastian Stark
• Danielle Panabaker - Julie Stark
• Jeri Ryan - Jessica Devlin
• Sophina Brown - Raina Troy
• Sarah Carter - Madeleine Poe
• Samuel Page - Casey Woodland
• Henry Simmons - Isaac Wright

External links

Shark on IMDB