All Rise (TV series)


All Rise is an American legal drama television series created by Greg Spottiswood that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2019, as a Monday night entry in the 2019–20 television season. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season.

Premise

Follows the cases and personal lives of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders in a Los Angeles courthouse.

Cast

Main

Production

Development

On January 31, 2019, it was announced that CBS had given the production, then titled Courthouse, a pilot order. The pilot was written by Greg Spottiswood, who also executive produced. Production companies involved with the pilot included Warner Bros. Television.
On May 9, 2019, it was announced that CBS had given the production, now titled All Rise, a series order. A day after that, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2019 and air on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. A trailer for the series was released on May 15. The series debuted on September 23, 2019.
On October 22, 2019, the series received a full season order. On December 5, Dee Harris-Lawrence was announced to be replacing Sunil Nayar as a co-showrunner; she will be working alongside series developer Greg Spottiswood, who will not depart.
On April 6, 2020, it was announced that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an all-virtual episode will be produced about how the characters on the show handle the case using social distancing. The episode will be filmed in all the actors' homes using FaceTime, WebEx, and Zoom, but use visual effects to replace the inside of their homes with that of their characters' homes.
On May 6, 2020, CBS renewed the series for a second season.

Casting

In February 2019, it was announced that Simone Missick had been cast in the pilot's lead role. The next month, it was reported that J. Alex Brinson, Lindsay Mendez, Marg Helgenberger, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jessica Camacho and Wilson Bethel had joined the cast. On August 20, 2019, Reggie Lee and Nadia Gray were cast in recurring roles. On September 10, 2019, it was reported that Mitch Silpa had been cast in a recurring capacity.

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 56% approval rating with an average rating of 5.98/10, based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus states, "While All Rise can't quite rise above the shows it aspires to be, it shows potential for future growth while providing a decent showcase for Simone Missick." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Ratings

Throughout its first eight episodes, All Rise was the highest-rated freshman program of the 2019-20 television season. The series averaged 7 million viewers a week, in Nielsen's Live-plus-three day viewership.