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Petrocelli (1974)
Petrocelli (1974)
Overview
Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.1
Overview
Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The series focuses on the pursuit of justice within the legal system, highlighting individual cases of wrongful accusation and the defense of the innocent. It champions universal principles of fairness and due process through the actions of an ethical lawyer, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The series features primarily traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without explicitly centering on or critiquing DEI themes.
Secondary
Based on available information, the legal drama 'Petrocelli' does not appear to feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The series, typical of its 1970s broadcast era, focused on legal cases and character-driven narratives without incorporating queer representation.
Based on available information, the TV show 'Petrocelli' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. There are no plot points or character arcs related to transsexual identity within the series.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1974 television series "Petrocelli" is an adaptation of a novel and a film. The main characters, including Tony Petrocelli, maintain their established genders from the source material in the show. There are no instances of characters canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
The lead character, Tony Petrocelli, was consistently portrayed by a white actor (Barry Newman) in both the original film and the TV series, aligning with his established Italian-American background. No other significant characters in the series show evidence of a race swap from prior canon or historical record.
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