For the People is an American legal drama television series that aired on ABC from March 13, 2018, to May 16, 2019.

[4] Set in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Federal Court, known as "The Mother Court", For the People follows new lawyers—both prosecutors and federal public defenders—as they handle the most high-profile and high-stakes cases and their personal lives intersect.

Britne Oldford and Lyndon Smith were cast in the pilot as Sandra Black and Allison Anderson, respectively.

[8] After re-shooting the pilot and shooting the second episode with the new actresses, production was temporarily shut down in September 2017 in order to rewrite existing scripts for the rest of the season to adjust the show to Robertson and Brown's new dynamic.

The website's critical consensus reads, "For the People's concept may be all too familiar, but the character depth and clever dialogue help set it apart.