Damages is a 2007 English-language Crime Drama series developed by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. Damages was produced under the production house KZK Productions in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, FX Productions, Bluebush Productions and Gotham Music Placement. The series originally aired on FX and Audience Network. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her newest protegee, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons . Damages features Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Eljko Ivanek, Noah Bean, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson and Darrell Hammond. The show has a running time of 39-63 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 59 episodes during it's run of 5 seasons. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by Sony Pictures Television. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her newest protegee, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons .