The Good Fight
“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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Mourning the End of ‘Succession’? Here Are 11 Other Shows to Watch
If you’ve been left in a gaping void by the end of Succession, don’t despair. The Hollywood Reporter has another 11 series to watch for those desperate for a dysfunctional family drama fix. The below titles (along with where you can stream them) include more epic siblings battles, snarky dinner table banter and unpredictable plot […]
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Script to Scene: ‘The Good Fight’ Scribes Detail the Paramount+ Drama’s Final Moments
There were some high stakes for the final scene of Paramount+’s The Good Fight — itself a spinoff of CBS’ long-running The Good Wife. The pressure to close out the saga of Chicago lawyer Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) was high. “The intention was to not face-plant,” co-creator and showrunner Michelle King told THR in an […]
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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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‘The Good Fight’ to End With Season 6 on Paramount+
The Good Fight, the first scripted original series for the former CBS All Access, is coming to a close. The previously announced sixth season will be its last. The final season of the series from creators/showrunners Robert and Michelle King will debut Thursday, Sept. 8, on Paramount+. “We’ve loved fighting The Good Fight these last six […]
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John Slattery Joins ‘The Good Fight’ (Exclusive)
The Good Fight is enlisting another combatant. John Slattery (Mad Men, Mrs. America) has joined the sixth season of the Paramount+ series. The four-time Emmy nominee will play a character who helps out Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart. “We couldn’t be more excited to have the enormously talented, usually-too-busy John Slattery join the cast,” said The […]
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Michelle and Robert King on ‘Evil,’ ‘The Good Fight’ and Leaning Into the Absurd
[The following interview contains spoilers for Evil and The Good Fight.] Paramount+ drama Evil finished its second season over the weekend. In addition to layering on a few more bonkers elements to the theological thriller — Christine Lahti’s “cool grandma” character now appears to be in league with cannibalistic Satanists — the series tempted one […]
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Selena Gomez Responds to “Tasteless” Kidney Transplant Reference in ‘The Good Fight’
Selena Gomez and her fans are calling out a recent episode of The Good Fight for referencing the former Disney star’s kidney transplant. In the fourth episode of the Paramount+ show’s fifth season, a comedy television executive (Wayne Brady) asks Liz (Audra McDonald) to put together a sensitivity read for one of his comedians. The […]
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‘The Good Fight’ Renewed for Sixth Season at Paramount+
Paramount+ will continue The Good Fight for another season. The ViacomCBS streaming service has ordered a sixth season of the legal drama starring Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald. The pickup comes less than halfway through the show’s fifth season, which premiered June 24; Paramount+ releases episodes weekly. “The Good Fight’s provocative, whip-smart and no-holds-barred world […]
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