The Good Wife
“I Don’t Think This Is Like The Avengers”: ‘The Good Fight’ Creators on Why ‘Elsbeth’ Isn’t Really a Spinoff
Welcome to the 250th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Elsbeth’ Review: Carrie Preston’s ‘Good Wife’ Character Gets an Appealingly Broad CBS Spinoff
Cheery and calculating Elsbeth Tascioni leaps from her Chicago legal practice to a Columbo-esque mystery-solving gig in New York City in Robert and Michelle King's new series.
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Alan Cumming Almost Spoiled the Biggest ‘Good Wife’ Twist
[This story contains spoilers from a nearly 10-year-old episode of The Good Wife ] On Mar. 23, 2014, The Good Wife pulled something of a TV coup. The CBS legal drama aired an episode that killed off a major character, the No. 2 actor on the call sheet, without even a whiff of the departure […]
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Hollywood Flashback: ‘The Good Wife’ Won Showrunners Robert and Michelle King Their First Case
Showrunners Michelle and Robert King have been in the Emmy conversation for 13 consecutive years: The past six for The Good Fight, starring Christine Baranski in a role she originated on their OG legal drama, The Good Wife, which was an awards contender for each of its seven seasons. The creative and married partners first […]
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‘Good Fight’ Spinoff ‘Elsbeth,’ ‘Matlock’ Reboot With Kathy Bates Nab CBS Pilot Orders
CBS is adding two famed attorneys to its roster. Matlock, one of television’s most iconic crime dramas, is getting a new life at CBS. The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a pilot order for a new take on the former defense attorney formerly played by Andy Griffith. Kathy Bates will take on the […]
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‘Good Fight’ Duo Michelle and Robert King Have Concerns About Where Hollywood Is Heading
The sixth and final season of Paramount+’s The Good Fight makes a strong case that the world might be ending. Riots fill the streets, grenades are hurled into crowded elevators and suicidal birds bloody office windows during its Sept. 8 premiere. If the series’ creators, Michelle and Robert King, are feeling the same low-boil panic […]
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Female Public Servants on TV Increase Political Participation, Study Finds
In a new study of frequent viewers of three female-led political dramas — 'Scandal,' 'Madam Secretary' and 'The Good Wife' — Purdue political communications assistant professor Jennifer Hoewe and University of Alabama communications and information sciences PhD candidate Lindsey Sherrill argue that "the influence of political dramas, particularly those featuring women in lead roles, can lead to increases in political engagement."
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Merwin Goldsmith, Character Actor and Broadway Veteran, Dies at 81
Merwin Goldsmith, a familiar character actor who appeared on Broadway, in films like 'Cadillac Man' and 'Quiz Show' and on the TV series 'Law & Order' and 'The Good Wife,' died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 81.
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‘The Good Fight’ Team Reveals How “Fake News” and Politics Factor Into ‘Good Wife’ Spinoff
Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Sarah Steele and Carrie Preston open up about what Diane Lockhart, Lucca Quinn, Marissa Gold and Elsbeth Tascioni have been up to in the past year.
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Gary Cole Talks ‘Good Wife’ Spinoff, Donald Trump-Inspired ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Episode
The actor discusses Kurt and Diane's 'Good Wife' marital troubles and playing a character loosely inspired by the president-elect on 'SVU': "I don't know that anyone's ever going to see this."
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‘The Good Fight’: First Teaser, Poster Unveiled for ‘Good Wife’ Spinoff
"Things will get nasty," the first footage for the CBS All Access drama teases.
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SAG TV Snubs: ‘The Americans’, ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘The Good Wife’
No individual nominations for 'People v. O.J. Simpson' actor John Travolta, 'Downton Abbey' stalwart Maggie Smith or 'Westworld's' Evan Rachel Wood.
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