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Benjamin Leighton "Ben" Matlock is a renowned, folksy yet cantankerous defense attorney who charges a fee of $100,000 to take a case. He is known for visiting crime scenes to discover overlooked clues, as well as his down-home style of coming up with viable, alternative theories of the crime in question (usually murder) while sitting in his office playing the banjo or polishing his shoes.
The show is about widower Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith), a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney.Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator and Matlock will expose them, despite making clear that his one goal is to prove reasonable doubt in the case of his client's guilt or to prove his client's innocence.
Matlock is an American legal drama television series that premiered with a sneak peek on September 22, 2024, before its timeslot premiere on October 17 on CBS.The show was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman, and draws from the original Matlock TV series which starred Andy Griffith, but with a gender flipped lead character played by Kathy Bates and a vastly different premise overall.
CBS's new "Matlock" reboot is a gender-swapped version of the original "Matlock" series that starred Andy Griffith and aired for nine seasons from 1986 to 1995.
Matlock has felt like a different experience for Coiro, who has worked on a multitude of other shows. "There's always something special when you work on the pilot because you get to know the show.
The series regular cast also includes Skye P. Marshall (Good Sam), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), ... Matty adopted the surname of “Matlock” (as in the folksy TV show) so as to charm people and ...
The first season of Matlock originally aired in the United States on NBC from September 20, 1986 – May 12, 1987. The two-part episode "The Don" served as a backdoor pilot for Jake and the Fatman . Cast
Matlock debuted with a special Sunday sneak preview that delivered 7.7 million total viewers — CBS’ most-watched series launch not airing after a Super Bowl since April 2019 — and a 0.4 demo ...