The in-the-works Good Wife spinoff — starring Christine Baranski (Diane) and Cush Jumbo (Lucca) — will launch earlier than expected — this February — on CBS, before moving exclusively to CBS All Access.
CBS All Access Getting ‘Good Wife’ Spinoff
CBS All Access said Wednesday that Christine Baranski will star in the new series. Its title wasn’t announced. The drama will pick up one year after the events in the finale of The Good Wife, which aired recently on CBS.
Sources say CBS is in final negotiations to set up a spinoff of The Good Wife focusing on Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart character that would air on CBS All Access. Actress Cush Jumbo, who joined the Good Wife cast in the show’s seventh and final season, is also expected to star in the spinoff. Sources cautioned that the deal is still in negotiations for a straight-to-series order and may not come to fruition.
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‘The Good Wife’: A Broadcast Gem Fades Out
While the broadcast networks had all but ceded ambitious drama to the cable channels, this CBS series competed with them backward, in heels and twice as fast.
As the CBS drama ends after seven years, Julianna Margulies and the show’s creators discuss their journey, and the increasing scarcity of network serialized dramas.
CBS ran an ad during the Super Bowl’s first half on Sunday saying the series was heading into its final nine episodes, and announced later the finale will be on May 8.
Her surprising quote, “I’m unemployed come April,” comes weeks after it was announced the series creators would be leaving after the current seventh season.
‘Good Wife’ Creators To Step Down
Robert and Michelle King will step down as showrunners of the acclaimed legal drama after its current seventh season, new CBS Entertainment President Glenn Geller announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.
NEW YORK (AP) — One of best places to see Broadway talent on the small screen has always been on “The Good Wife.” Now the show is being honored for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers of “The Good Wife” were gobsmacked by the sudden, unexpected death of its dashing attorney, Will Gardner, on Sunday’s episode of the CBS legal drama. […]
The Boss meets The Good Wife in a rare marketing tie-up that turns CBS into a bullhorn for the musician’s latest release.
A weekend broadcast run covering 85% of the U.S. starts in September 2014, anchored by the CBS Television Stations. Amazon Prime Instant Video will lead the off-network launch with previous-season episodes available for streaming March 14. It will also be available on Hulu Plus and cable’s Hallmark.
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Kristin Chenoweth was injured on the set of the CBS drama “The Good Wife” and taken by ambulance to a hospital, her publicist and the […]
Football games often delay the start of CBS’s The Good Wife, much to the frustration of its fans (and their DVRs).
Strong Season Finales For CBS Dramas
It’s amazing what not having to face American Idol can do for a show’s ratings. The season finale of CBS’s NCIS grew 15% last night compared to last year, when it faced Idol, which has since moved from Tuesday to Wednesday. NCIS averaged a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating at 8 p.m., and also beat the other hit show in the timeslot, Fox’s Glee, which averaged a 3.5. CBS’s other dramas also saw their season finales grow compared to last year.
