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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.
Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock; Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas; Julie Sommars as ADA Julie March; Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Conrad McMasters Cast Notes. Julie Sommars was absent for fourteen episodes
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.
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‘s series regular cast also includes Skye P. Marshall (Good Sam), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew) and David Del Rio (The Baker and the Beauty).
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.
Jennie Snyder Urman is the showrunner of CBS's reimagined "Matlock," which stars Kathy Bates in the role made famous by Andy Griffith. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
In 1984, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived syndicated soap opera, Rituals. From 1987 to 1994, Sommars played Assistant District Attorney Julie March on the NBC legal series, Matlock. [7] This role also garnered her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 1990. [6]