History Main / JuryDuty

* One episode of ''Series/BlueBloods'' sees Danny Reagan catching a case due to jury duty. His detective's eye makes it impossible for him to convict the accused during deliberation based on what he observes in the crime scene photos, causing a mistrial due to a hung jury. When he gets back to the precinct, his CO hands him the case files for the murder case he was deliberating because the investigating detective was annoyed that he questioned the validity of the investigation as a jury member and tells him to investigate it himself if he's so sure that the case was handled improperly.

* A flashback episode of ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'' featured future roommates Oscar and Felix meeting as fellow jurors in a parody of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' with Felix in the Fonda role. Interestingly Jack Klugman (Oscar) played one of Fonda's fellow "Angry Men" in the original movie (Jack Lemmon, who played Felix in the 1967 film version, went on to play the rogue in the 1997 Film/TwelveAngryMen remake, in a further weird bit of synchronicity).

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' had him picked for jury duty over a parking ticket [[note]]Obviously ArtisticLicenseLaw. You don't get a jury for a parking ticket.[[/note]] Because the defendant was a hot babe, he stalled the trial for eight months and refused to convict until the judge finally stripped the sequestered jurors of some privilege, after which he promptly convicted her of the offense. The defendant got an $80 fine, but Johnny's behavior in court finally got ''him'' sent to jail.

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin backdrop]] of Literature/JuryDuty, by mystery writer Creator/LauraVanWormer. The trial is the original mystery, but it gets complicated when a fellow juror begins stalking one of the main characters.

* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin backdrop]] of Jury Duty, by mystery writer Laura van Wormer. The trial is the original mystery, but it gets complicated when a fellow juror begins stalking one of the main characters.

* In ''Series/Bull'' has the titular character getting jury duty. He rants as it's a waste of time since he owns a law counsulting firm, he gets excused quickly. Turns out, this time he had to stay.

* Claire Greene was a RogueJuror in an episode of ''Promised Land'', wanting to acquit a young woman charged with criminally negligent homicide (her son had wandered out into the street while she was asleep and been hit by a car). With every argument she made, she managed to convince other jurors of the woman's innocence. Unusually for this trope, she turned out to be ''wrong''—only after the trial did she learn that the woman had been arrested for child endangerment ''three'' times prior to this incident and that contrary to the MarySue image she'd presented in court, she'd returned to the irresponsible behavior that led to her son's death and was now jeopardizing her daughter.

* In an episode of ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', Jessica gets on a jury... and pulls a Franchise/PerryMason (freeing the accused by finding the real killer... ''who is also in the courtroom!'')

* In "Series/Bull" has the titular character getting jury duty. He rants as it's a waste of time since he owns a law counsulting firm, he gets excused quickly. Turns out, this time he had to stay.

* A flashback episode of ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' featured future roommates Oscar and Felix meeting as fellow jurors in a parody of ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' with Felix in the Fonda role. Interestingly Jack Klugman (Oscar) played one of Fonda's fellow "Angry Men" in the original movie (Jack Lemmon, who played Felix in the 1967 film version, went on to play the rogue in the 1997 Film/TwelveAngryMen remake, in a further weird bit of synchronicity).

* The Pauly Shore film ''Jury Duty'' - the foreman wanted it to go on as long as possible because he made a deal with the hotel staff to get a luxurious room, while the other jurors had to deal with lower-quality rooms, and in the meantime found the defendant was really innocent.

* Finch gets jury duty on one episode of ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. He tries to get out by saying he has a problem with the government as a whole: it's not really 'for the people' when [[CassandraTruth there's an intelligent supercomputer trying to take over the world]]. Unfortunately, The Machine decides it needs Harold on that jury to protect the life of another juror and ensure that an innocent man isn't convicted, so it arranges for the man placed ahead of him on the list to be disqualified, by making his phone ring during selection. [[{{Adorkable}} After changing his ringtone]] to [[Music/MCHammer U Can't Touch This]], of course.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' involves Bruce Wayne getting jury duty - on a case he was personally involved in as Batman. When asked under oath if there's a reason he shouldn't be there, he outright says "I'm Batman." The judge doesn't buy it for a second.

** She tries this same trick in [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} New York]], and it fails spectacularly. [[CityOfWeirdos It's not nearly weird enough.]]

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Diane serves on a jury and is desperate to talk about the case with the folks at the bar even though it's not allowed.

* An episode of ''Series/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' features neighbor Blanche being called, with her husband Harry overjoyed at the free time he'll be getting while she's gone.

* Finch gets jury duty on one episode of ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. He tries to get out by saying he has a problem with the government as a whole: it's not really 'for the people' when [[CassandraTruth there's an intelligent supercomputer trying to take over the world]]. Unfortunately, The Machine decides it needs Harold on that jury to protect the life of another juror and ensure that an innocent man isn't convicted, so it arranges for the man placed ahead of him on the list to be disqualified.

* {{Subverted}} on ''Series/ThatGirl'', Marlo Thomas is on a jury and turns everyone around and gets the defendant acquited. Her proof was the guy was right handed, but accused of hitting his wife on the right side of her face. A right handed man, she said, would hit someone on the left side of her face. After the acquittal the defendent and his wife get into a screaming match and he picks up an ashtray and hits her backhanded to the right side of her face, showing he really did do it.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' involves Bruce Wayne getting jury duty - on a case he was personally involved in as Batman. When asked under oath if there;s a reason he shouldn't be there, he outright says "I'm Batman." The judge doesn't buy it for a second.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred and Barney have jury duty (Which should not be possible - Jurors are not supposed to know each other or anyone associated with the case they're trying to avoid undue influence, so one of them should not have been on it) with Fred as the head juror. Despite the evidence, Fred was the only one who thought the defendant was innocent, but after the other jurors [[EtTuBrute (including Barney)]] [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong ganged up on him]], he submitted to 'Guilty'...[[{{Irony}} only for the defendant to vow revenge on Fred]] [[MisplacedRetribution (and Fred alone)]] because he was the head juror.

* On ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', Phoebe served on a jury and had a premonition telling her that the defendant was innocent. The episode consists of her trying to keep the jury from convicting while her sisters hunted down the real killer [[FridgeLogic (the fact that she could keep deliberations going indefinitely by just refusing to vote to convict apparently doesn't occur to her)]]. However the jury were on the verge of declaring a hung jury when Phoebe indicated she wouldn't vote to convict, then when she starts talking about magic the other jurors threatened to simply tell the judge she was insane so they could call in an alternate juror rather than declare a hung jury.