Which DA was better and why?
Steven Hill as Adam Schiff (Seasons 1-10)
Fred Dalton Thompson as Arthur Branch (Season 12-17)
I never liked Branch but I think Adam was fairer and you could tell he was the boss, reminded me a bit of Brando at times, very good acting.
Seems a lot older than Branch, also i hate how political Branch wad compared to Schiff
I think Adam Schiff is my second favourite Law And Order character after Ben Stone.
My vote is definitely for Adam Schiff. I liked the way he didn't let even his closest friends get away with anything. Also, some of his comments were pretty amusing and delivered in a sort of deadpan like voice.
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Agreed, Xeliou66. Arthur was gratuitously nasty.
"No, I don't like to cook, but I have a chicken in the icebox, and you're eating it."
Adam is way better. I really liked the character. It cracked me up how many times they had him eating. He also did some sniff thing that amused me as well. Branch drove me up the damn wall with his little home spun expressions. Well at least Branch was better than Nora. The character and actress just wasn't right for the shwo.
shareI go with Adam Schiff. Hill played a great curmudgeon who had some good lines in the exit scenes at the end of each show. "By the time she gets out of Bedford, her kid should be able to defend itself".
It was also quite touching when Schiff took his wife off of life support.
Also Schiff and McCoy locked horns on some memorable occasions.
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I couldn't agree more! Those memorable eps come along often due to show being bought by 20 channels!
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Nothing against Branch, it's just that Schiff is an all-time great television character, imo.
shareSchiff...by a mile.
shareI agree
They let Arthur Branch push Fred Dalton Thompson's right wing agenda way too much.
with too many Repub fairy talesd
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Agreed. While Arthur brought back the spark and life to the DA's scenes that had been lacking during the era of Nora Lewin, it all too often became a political debate with Branch spewing the right wing beliefs of the actor that played him. Sometimes the second half of the show became more of a political debate than a legal one with Branch. Even in episodes where the case wasn't political, Branch would make it political. It got tiresome and as I've talked about earlier, at times the second half of those shows felt like a forum to discuss the Bush administration and the War on Terror. The show was trying to be very timely but L&O wasn't a political show and it wound up alienating a large percentage of the audience. The constant politico theme of the Branch years got really tiresome
shareGood show I couldn't have said it better.
Make no mistake I always liked the actor, just didn't care for his politics
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Steven Hill as Adam Schiff.
A classic apples and oranges debate. Both characters had their own respective approaches to getting the job done.
shareAdam Schiff
shareMy personal favorite will always be Adam Schiff.
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