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| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | September 2002 | March 2005 | 13 |
| Season 1 | September 1993 | May 1994 | 22 |
| Season 2 | October 1994 | May 1995 | 22 |
| Season 3 | October 1995 | May 1996 | 22 |
| Season 4 | October 1996 | May 1997 | 22 |
| Season 5 | September 1997 | May 1998 | 22 |
| Season 6 | October 1998 | May 1999 | 22 |
| Season 7 | January 2000 | May 2000 | 22 |
| Season 8 | January 2001 | May 2001 | 20 |
| Season 9 | November 2001 | May 2002 | 23 |
| Season 10 | September 2002 | May 2003 | 22 |
| Season 11 | September 2003 | May 2004 | 22 |
| Season 12 | September 2004 | March 2005 | 20 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 274 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | September 1993 | 1 | |
| Unassigned Episodes | 273 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Milch | 125 | 09/21/1993 - 05/23/2000 | |
| Bill Clark | 99 | 03/29/1994 - 05/20/2003 | |
| Mark Tinker | 55 | 10/25/1994 - 03/01/2005 | |
| Steven Bochco | 52 | 09/21/1993 - 12/15/1998 | |
| Ted Mann | 42 | 10/05/1993 - 02/09/1999 | |
| Steven DePaul | 38 | 09/21/1993 - 03/16/2004 | |
| Nicholas Wootton | 36 | 05/23/1995 - 09/28/2004 | |
| Michael M. Robin | 36 | 10/12/1993 - 01/05/1999 | |
| Matt Olmstead | 34 | 10/27/1998 - 09/21/2004 | |
| Gregory Hoblit | 33 | 09/21/1993 - 11/15/1994 | |
| Gardner Stern | 29 | 11/16/1993 - 02/20/1996 | |
| Leonard Gardner | 24 | 11/01/1994 - 05/23/2000 | |
| Robert J. Doherty | 23 | 10/12/1993 - 05/06/1997 | |
| David Mills | 14 | 04/04/1995 - 02/18/1997 | |
| Theresa Rebeck | 13 | 02/07/1995 - 04/22/1997 | |
| Donna Deitch | 13 | 01/10/1995 - 11/25/2003 | |
| Meredith Stiehm | 13 | 12/03/1996 - 03/21/2000 | |
| Paris Barclay | 12 | 01/21/1997 - 05/18/1999 | |
| Bob Doherty | 11 | 01/06/1998 - 01/18/2005 | |
| Jake Paltrow | 10 | 12/16/1997 - 12/14/2004 | |
| Jesse Bochco | 10 | 10/15/2002 - 02/22/2005 | |
| Matthew Penn | 7 | 04/29/1997 - 04/16/2002 | |
| Dennis Dugan | 6 | 11/30/1993 - 03/09/2004 | |
| Walon Green | 6 | 11/15/1994 - 05/02/1995 | |
| Tom Towles | 6 | 12/06/1994 | |
| Mark Piznarski | 6 | 05/09/1995 - 09/30/2003 | |
| Jorge Montesi | 5 | 02/28/1995 - 05/02/1995 | |
| Bob Glaudini | 5 | 05/21/1996 | |
| Perry Lang | 5 | 01/30/1996 - 03/31/1998 | |
| Elodie Keene | 4 | 12/06/1994 - 02/13/1996 | |
| Tawnia McKiernan | 4 | 03/05/2002 - 11/09/2004 | |
| Michael W. Watkins | 4 | 04/30/1996 - 03/20/2001 | |
| John Hyams | 4 | 04/08/2003 - 02/08/2005 | |
| Rick Wallace | 4 | 01/18/1994 - 02/15/2005 | |
| Charles Haid | 4 | 10/12/1993 - 01/08/2002 | |
| W.K. Scott Meyer | 3 | 11/30/1993 - 03/07/2000 | |
| Kevin Hooks | 3 | 04/03/2001 - 11/16/2004 | |
| Farrel Jane Levy | 3 | 11/04/1997 - 02/06/2001 | |
| Carol Banker | 3 | 05/13/2003 - 12/07/2004 | |
| Karen Gaviola | 3 | 04/13/1999 - 02/27/2001 | |
| Dennis M. White | 3 | 05/04/1999 - 05/01/2001 | |
| Daniel Sackheim | 3 | 11/16/1993 - 12/03/1996 | |
| John Chambers | 3 | 12/16/1997 - 02/16/1999 | |
| Joe Ann Fogle | 3 | 03/14/1995 - 01/07/2003 | |
| Davis Guggenheim | 3 | 12/12/1995 - 11/26/1996 | |
| David Simon | 2 | 03/26/1996 | |
| Ed Begley Jr. | 2 | 11/04/2003 - 02/01/2005 | |
| Catherine Stribling | 2 | 11/04/1997 | |
| Lesli Linka Glatter | 2 | 02/15/1994 - 03/29/1994 | |
| Adam Nimoy | 2 | 12/19/1995 - 01/28/1997 | |
| Peter Markle | 2 | 03/21/2000 - 02/19/2002 | |
| Bernadette McNamara | 2 | 05/18/1999 | |
| Marc Buckland | 2 | 01/12/1999 - 04/06/1999 | |
| Alan Rosenberg | 2 | 12/21/2004 | |
| Eric Newman | 2 | 12/06/1994 | |
| James McDaniel | 2 | 04/25/2000 | |
| Randy Zisk | 2 | 02/27/1996 - 02/18/1997 | |
| Bradley Silberling | 2 | 10/26/1993 - 12/07/1993 | |
| William L. Morris | 2 | 01/16/1996 | |
| Kevin Arkadie | 2 | 05/12/1998 | |
| Jill Goldsmith | 2 | 03/31/1998 | |
| Lee Hubbard | 2 | 02/08/2000 | |
| Dick Lowry | 1 | 12/18/2001 | |
| Brad Silberling | 1 | 10/22/1996 | |
| Henry Bronchtein | 1 | 11/13/2001 | |
| John Tracy | 1 | 03/27/2001 | |
| Dianne Houston | 1 | 02/05/2002 | |
| Nelson McCormick | 1 | 05/07/2002 | |
| Michael Swither | 1 | 10/08/2002 | |
| Jim Charleston | 1 | 11/28/1995 | |
| Paul Eads | 1 | 11/18/2003 | |
| Jeff McCracken | 1 | 02/08/2000 | |
| Félix Enríquez Alcalá | 1 | 02/08/1994 | |
| Jesus Salvador | 1 | 03/01/1994 | |
| Clark Johnson | 1 | 05/02/2000 | |
| Eric Laneuville | 1 | 12/14/1993 | |
| Christopher McQuarrie | 1 | 11/22/1994 | |
| Andy Wolk | 1 | 11/29/1994 | |
| JoAnne McCool | 1 | 02/11/2003 | |
| Craig Zisk | 1 | 03/12/2002 | |
| David Rosenbloom | 1 | 05/14/1996 | |
| Kathy Bates | 1 | 04/22/1997 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jody Worth | 21 | 05/17/1994 - 04/15/2003 | |
| Burton Armus | 20 | 10/26/1993 - 01/17/1995 | |
| Tom Szentgyorgyi | 13 | 10/29/2002 - 02/22/2005 | |
| Keith Eisner | 12 | 10/22/2002 - 02/15/2005 | |
| Greg Plageman | 8 | 11/12/2002 - 01/25/2005 | |
| Charles H. Eglee | 5 | 10/11/1994 - 01/03/1995 | |
| William M. Finkelstein | 5 | 11/25/2003 - 03/01/2005 | |
| Channing Gibson | 5 | 10/11/1994 - 01/03/1995 | |
| Jonathan Lisco | 4 | 02/06/2001 - 05/22/2001 | |
| Buzz Bissinger | 4 | 01/30/2001 - 05/08/2001 | |
| Harold Sylvester | 4 | 04/17/2001 - 11/27/2001 | |
| Ann Biderman | 3 | 02/08/1994 - 05/03/1994 | |
| Doug Palau | 3 | 11/17/1998 - 03/02/1999 | |
| Alexandra Cunningham | 3 | 02/13/2001 - 05/15/2001 | |
| George D. Putnam | 3 | 01/04/1994 - 12/17/1996 | |
| Victor Bumbalo | 2 | 05/16/1995 - 03/20/2001 | |
| Bonnie Mark | 2 | 10/07/2003 - 02/17/2004 | |
| Art Monterastelli | 2 | 10/12/1993 | |
| Hugh Levick | 2 | 01/07/1997 - 05/02/2000 | |
| Kevin Stevens | 1 | 11/18/1997 | |
| Thad Mumford | 1 | 04/29/1997 | |
| Elizabeth Sarnoff | 1 | 11/20/2001 | |
| Barry Douglass | 1 | 02/21/1995 | |
| Edward Allen Bernero | 1 | 10/28/1997 | |
| Glen Plageman | 1 | 10/15/2002 | |
| Scott Williams | 1 | 05/19/1998 | |
| Jason Cahill | 1 | 11/11/1997 | |
| Larry Cohen | 1 | 03/21/1995 | |
| Dennis Woods-Doderer | 1 | 02/17/1998 | |
| Adisa Iwa | 1 | 03/03/1998 | |
| Ami Canaan Mann | 1 | 05/09/2000 | |
| Kim Newton | 1 | 04/11/2000 | |
| Rosemary Breslin | 1 | 02/14/1995 | |
| Jane Wallace | 1 | 05/20/1997 | |
| Michael R. Perry | 1 | 11/12/1996 | |
| Franklyn Ajaye | 1 | 02/21/1995 | |
| Robert Ward | 1 | 04/28/1998 | |
| Michael A. Graham | 1 | 04/27/1999 | |
| Gardener Stern | 1 | 02/20/1996 | |
| T.J. English | 1 | 02/10/1998 | |
| Greg Ball | 1 | 11/30/2004 | |
| David Shore | 1 | 05/13/1997 | |
| Bill Barich | 1 | 05/06/1997 | |
| Jonathan Robert Kaplan | 1 | 01/08/2002 | |
| Stephen Gaghan | 1 | 11/12/1996 | |
| Ted Shuttleworth | 1 | 05/16/2000 | |
| Eric Rogers | 1 | 02/18/2003 | |
| Steve Blackman | 1 | 11/30/2004 | |
| Rift Fournier | 1 | 11/26/1996 | |
| Stephen Adly Guirgis | 1 | 04/16/2002 | |
| Sonny Postiglione | 1 | 02/11/2003 | |
| Michael Daly | 1 | 05/07/1996 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigi Coello-Bannon | 20 | 10/19/1993 - 10/18/1994 | |
| Chad Savage | 11 | 10/19/1993 - 10/18/1994 | |
| Joseph Berger-Davis | 11 | 10/26/1993 - 10/18/1994 |
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