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Trial & Error
2017–2018
· TV Show
· 22 min episodes
· 2 seasons
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
69–88
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the most agreed on TV shows →A spoof of crime documentaries about the arrest and trial of a beloved poetry professor from a small town in South Carolina, who is accused of brutally murdering his wife, and the young Northeastern lawyer hired to defend him.
Details
- Created by
- Jeff Astrof, Matthew Miller
- Released
- 14 March 2017
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 23 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Episodic Comedy ( For episode "The Verdict" ) | Jeff Astrof | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2018 | Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | John Lithgow | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Episodic Comedy ( For episode "The Verdict" ) | Jeff Astrof | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | John Lithgow | Nominee |