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Peter Krause’s First Starring Role Was in 1995 Legal Drama
Peter Krause’s first starring role was in Fox’s legal drama The Great Defender, which premiered in 1995.
He played Crosby Caufield III, a lawyer whose snobbish manner contrasted with the show’s lead character, Boston attorney Lou Frischetti.
The series followed Frischetti as he defended clients considered unsavory by society.
Fox pulled the show from its schedule soon after its first two episodes aired, and the remaining episodes were shown later in 1995.
The debut drew poor ratings, and an executive producer said Fox had barely promoted the series.
Though the show quickly faded from view, Krause’s work on it helped lead to his casting on the sitcom Cybill.
He appeared in 23 episodes of Cybill from 1995 to 1997.
Peter Krause’s first starring role was in Fox’s legal drama The Great Defender, which premiered in 1995.
He played lawyer Crosby Caufield III, whose snobby demeanor contrasted with attorney Lou Frischetti.
The show was pulled from the air shortly after its debut and had an extremely short run.
Its premiere drew 6% of the available audience, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Krause later said his work on the series helped lead to a meeting about the sitcom Cybill.
- Who
- Peter Krause starred as lawyer Crosby Caufield III, alongside Michael Rispoli as Lou Frischetti.
- What
- Fox’s legal drama The Great Defender premiered, marking Krause’s first starring role.
- When
- The show premiered in 1995.
- Where
- The series was set in Boston.
- Why
- Krause’s role was his first starring part; the sources do not state why Fox pulled the show.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
They did not promote it at all, to the point where the first two or three promotions Fox ran, they quoted the main character's name wrong on the air
Obviously, whoever makes the promos never watched the show.
Les Moonves, who had been in Warner Bros. when I did 'The Great Defender,' liked me a lot, so they set up this meeting with the people over at 'Cybill,'
The pilot episode of The Great Defender debuted.
The second episode premiered.
The third episode, titled “Naked Truth,” aired after Fox had pulled the show from the schedule.
The remaining episodes aired.
- Series
- The Great Defender
- Network
- Fox
- Premiere
- March 5, 1995
- Setting
- Boston
- Krause’s character
- Crosby Caufield III
- Premiere audience share
- 6% of the available audience
Sources
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