First Years
American television series
title: "First Years" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2001-american-television-series-debuts", "2001-american-television-series-endings", "2000s-american-legal-drama-television-series", "american-television-series-based-on-british-television-series", "american-english-language-television-shows", "nbc-legal-dramas", "television-series-by-universal-television", "television-shows-set-in-san-francisco"] description: "American television series" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Years" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American television series ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox television"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| composer | W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Joseph Williams | |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 1 |
| num_episodes | 9 (6 unaired) |
| executive_producer | Jill Gordon |
| Mark B. Perry | |
| Ken Topolsky | |
| cinematography | John B. Aronson |
| camera | Single-camera |
| runtime | 45 mins. |
| company | P.D. Oliver, Inc. |
| NBC Studios | |
| Studios USA Television | |
| channel | NBC |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| related | This Life |
| :: |
| image = | caption = | 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 = | last_aired = | 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. 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.
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
|total_width = 100 |background = |overall = 5 |title = 20 |director = 14 |directorR = |writer = 18 |airdate = 25 |airdateR = |prodcode = 12 |prodcodeR = |country = US |episodes = |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = The First Thing You Do... |DirectedBy = Scott Winant |WrittenBy = Jill Gordon |OriginalAirDate = |ProdCode = E1902 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = ...And Then You Die |DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield |WrittenBy = Mark B. Perry |OriginalAirDate = |ProdCode = E1903 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = There's No Place Like Homo |DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield |WrittenBy = Mark B. Perry |OriginalAirDate = |ProdCode = E1907 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Porn in the U.S.A. |AltTitle = First Day |RAltTitle = |DirectedBy = Tom Moore |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1901 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Touched by a Reindeer |DirectedBy = Ken Topolsky |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1904 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Lawyerboy |DirectedBy = Tucker Gates |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1905 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = When I Grow Up |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1906 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Habeas Corpse |DirectedBy = Ken Topolsky |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1908 |ShortSummary = |LineColor = |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = This Life |DirectedBy = Timothy Busfield |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = Unaired |ProdCode = E1909 |ShortSummary = |LineColor =
Reception
Eric Mink of the New York Daily News critically panned the series, describing the lead characters as "collectively annoying".
References
References
- T.L. Stanley. (March 19, 2001). "Pulling NBC's 'First Years' Through a Rocky Birth". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- (2007). "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present". Ballantine Books.
- "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "First Years : no."]". United States Copyright Office.
- "Signatory Project Confirmation [search: "First Years"]". Writers Guild of America, West.
- Eric Mink. (March 19, 2001). "THERE OUTTA BE A LAW 'First Years' is an annoying ripoff". [[New York Daily News]].
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::