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Picket Fences on CBS

1992, TV Show

Episode Detail: Pilot Episode - Picket Fences

Debut: Small-town homeyness collides with big-city-style intrigue in Rome, Wis. First up: A murder investigation leads the sheriff to use privileged information. Jill: Kathy Baker. Marcia Banks: Linda Gehringer. Julia Boles: Rusty Schwimmer. Kenny: Costas Mandylor.

Episodes: Pilot Episode - Picket Fences - 95 total Episodes

2/14/2001: Sightings
11/10/1999: Heroes and Villains
9/10/1999: Unlawful Entries
9/9/1999: Duty-Free Rome
9/3/1999: Sugar and Spice
9/2/1999: Rights of Passage
Pilot Episode
Frank, the Potato Man
Nuclear Meltdowns
Picket Fences
Turpitude
Final Judgement
Upbringings
System Down
Dem Bones
Snow Exit
Bye Bye Bey-Bey
Three Weddings and a Meltdown
Pageantry
Lullaby League
Divine Recall
Enemy Lines
Frogman Returns
Without Mercy
Saint Zack
A Change of Season
Bye Bye Bey-Bey; Three Weddings and a Meltdown
Systematic Abuse
Mr. Seed Goes to Town
Close Encounters
The Z Files
Liver Let Die
Green Bay Chopper
Be My Valentine
Under the Influence
Squatter's Rights
Cold Spell
Changing of the Guards
Blood Brothers
Remote Control
Cross Examination
Terms of Estrangement
Rebels with Causes
Elective Conduct
Dairy Queen
Frosted Flakes
Buried Alive
Howard's End
Away in the Manger
Strangers
Guns 'R' Us
Pal Joey
Bottled
Winner Takes All
Remembering Rosemary
The Snake Lady
Frog Man
Picket Fences
The Dancing Bandit
Survival of the Fittest
When in Rome
May It Please the Court
Pilot Episode
Pilot Episode
Supreme Courting
Dante's Inferno
Forget Selma
The Contenders
Bad Moon's Rising
Reap the Whirlwind
Heart of Saturday Night
The Autumn of Rome
Sacred Hearts
Thanksgiving
The Body Politic
Freezer Burn
Blue Christmas
The Bus Stops Here
The Song of Rome
Bloodlines
To Forgive Is Divine
High Tidings
Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town
Pilot Episode
Paging Dr. God
My Left Shoe
For Whom the Wind Blows
Heroes and Villains
Dog Eat Dog
Down the Tubes
Witness for the Prosecution
Fetal Attraction
My Romance
This Little Piggy
Abominable Snowmen

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Premiered: September 18, 1992, on CBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: David E. Kelley's surreal slice of small-town Wisconsin life centered on the Brock family: the town's sheriff, his physician wife and their three kids. There was some conventional murder and mayhem, along with dark humor. The occasionally bizarre story lines (like a `serial bather' sneaking into homes) were often juxtaposed with ruminations on a variety of social issues (among them, bigamy and euthanasia). While never much of a ratings hit, this was a critical darling, winning 14 Emmys.

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