Kevin Hill is an American legal drama

Legal drama

A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation. Subtypes of legal dramas include courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, and come in all forms, including novels, television shows, and films. Legal drama sometimes overlap with crime drama, most notably in the case of Law...

 that aired on UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

 during the 2004-2005 TV season.

Synopsis

The series stars Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs

Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway musical Rent, the motion picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the television series Private Practice...

 as the title character, a lawyer

Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

 who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin. (His late cousin's daughter)
The season ended on a cliff hanger when the biological mother returned to demand Sarah back.

Although critically acclaimed, Kevin Hill failed to attract sufficient ratings to be renewed after its first season. The series was canceled during a re-organization of UPN programming that occurred in the spring of 2005 as the low-rated network shifted its demographic aim, and because of that, UPN did not renew it for a second season.

Cast

• Taye Diggs
  Taye Diggs
  Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs is an American theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway musical Rent, the motion picture How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the television series Private Practice...
  
   - Kevin Hill
• Jon Seda
  Jon Seda
  Jonathan Seda is an American actor, possibly best known for his role as Detective Paul Falsone on NBC's: Homicide: Life on the Street....
  
   - Damian "Dame" Ruiz
• Patrick Breen
  Patrick Breen
  Joseph Patrick Breen is an American actor. He has acted primarily on TV but has also appeared in numerous films, as well as on Broadway and Off Broadway...
  
   - George Weiss
• Christina Hendricks
  Christina Hendricks
  Christina Rene Hendricks is an actress known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC cable television series Mad Men, and as Saffron in Fox's short-lived series Firefly. Hendricks was named "the sexiest woman in the world" in 2010 in a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine.-Personal...
  
   - Nicolette Raye
• Kate Levering
  Kate Levering
  Kate Levering is an American actress and dancer. She was born in Sacramento, California.Levering attended El Camino Fundamental High School, where she took part in school musicals and dance classes before graduating in 1997 and leaving for New York City to pursue a career on Broadway. In 2001 she...
  
   - Veronica Carter
• Michael Michele
  Michael Michele
  Michael Michele is an American film and television actress. She played Dr. Cleo Finch on the medical drama ER and Det. Rene Sheppard on the police procedural Homicide: Life on the Street...
  
   - Jessie Grey
• Meagan Good
  Meagan Good
  Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....
  
   - Melanie West

Guest appearances

• Toni Braxton
  Toni Braxton
  Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
  
   - Terri Knocks
• Eva Pigford - Sandra
• Idina Menzel
  Idina Menzel
  Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked.-Early life:...
  
   - Francine Prescott

Season 1

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International airings

Kevin Hill aired internationally on British channel ABC1, and was later picked up by E4 in the same country.