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Matlock
Genre	Legal drama
Based on	Matlock by Dean Hargrove
Developed by	Jennie Snyder Urman
Starring	Kathy Bates Skye P. Marshall Jason Ritter David Del Rio Leah Lewis
Music by	Zach Robinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Frank Siracusa John Weber John Will Kat Coiro Kathy Bates Joanna Klein Eric Christian Olsen Jennie Snyder Urman
Producers	Thom J. Pretak Hennah Sekander
Cinematography	Craig Wrobleski James Bagdonas John Tanzer
Editors	Gregg Featherman Scott Melendez Kyla Plewes Christina Castro
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	Sutton Street Productions Cloud Nine Productions CBS Studios
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 22, 2024 – present
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Matlock

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. In October 2024, the series was renewed for a second season.

Wealthy retired lawyer Madeline Kingston returns to practice seeking justice for the death of her daughter Ellie in the opioid epidemic. Kingston gets a job using the alias of needy widow Matty Matlock, at the law firm she believes hid evidence that could have saved her daughter's life. To gain the firm's trust she must first apply her intellect to help her colleagues with other challenging cases.^[1][2]

Within the universe of the series, the original Matlock series aired as it did in the real world, and Ellie's love of the series inspires Madeline's alias.^[2]

• Kathy Bates as Madeline "Matty" Matlock / Madeline Kingston, who claims to be a widowed lawyer, returning to the workforce following decades of retirement due to being left in financial distress by her husband's gambling troubles, and having to raise her grandson following her daughter's death from a car accident. Matlock takes a job at the law firm Jacobson Moore, working with Olympia, a junior partner at the firm who becomes her boss. In fact, Kingston is wealthy and happily married, though indeed grieving the loss of her daughter who died from an opioid overdose and seeking retribution. She gave herself the alias of Matlock that was inspired by the TV series.^[1]
• Skye P. Marshall as Olympia Lawrence,^[3] a junior partner at Jacobson Moore who becomes Matlock's boss. In the pilot episode, she is in the midst of divorcing Julian while aiming at a senior partner role with the support of her father-in-law. Olympia is reluctant to take Matty under her wing.
• Jason Ritter as Julian, a senior partner at Jacobson Moore. In the pilot episode, he is in the midst of divorcing Olympia and engaged in a major settlement action involving a large pharmaceutical corporation.
• David Del Rio as Billy Martinez,^[3] a first year associate at Jacobson Moore working with Olympia
• Leah Lewis as Sarah Yang,^[3] a first year associate at Jacobson Moore working with Olympia

• Eme Ikwuakor as Elijah, an attorney at Jacobson Moore who was in a romantic relationship with Olympia
• Aaron Harris as Alfie Kingston, Madeline's genius grandson who is in charge of the family's technical operations
• Sam Anderson as Edwin Kingston, Madeline's husband
• Beau Bridges as Howard "Senior", a managing partner at Jacobson Moore, father of Julian and soon-to-be ex-father-in-law of Olympia. He guardedly supports Olympia's career and efforts to develop a new revenue stream for the firm, telling her that he believes that father-in-law is a forever role.
• Patricia Belcher as Mrs. Belvin ("Mrs. B"), an administrative manager at Jacobson Moore
• Yael Grobglas as Shea Banfield, a jury consultant at Jacobson Moore
• Piper Curda as Kira, a woman who works at the information technology (IT) department at Jacobson Moore who begins a relationship with Sarah
• Andrea Londo as Simone, a recently hired junior associate at Jacobson Moore who attended the same law school as Sarah

Kat Coiro also directs episodes 16, and 18, the season finale.^[16]

On January 31, 2023, it was announced that a remake version of Matlock was in development, and Jennie Snyder Urman signed on to write a pilot episode to be aired by CBS. Urman is expected to executive produce alongside Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, and Kathy Bates.^[17] On May 9, 2023, the Matlock remake was given a series order. The series is developed by Urman.^[18] John Will and Kat Coiro were added as executive producers. Coiro also directed the pilot.^[19] Production companies involved with the series are Sutton Street, Cloud Nine, and CBS Studios.^[18] Matlock was moved to the 2024–25 season due to strike-related production delays.^[20] It was later reported that it was a 18-episode order.^[21] On October 22, 2024, CBS renewed the series for a second season.^[22]

Upon the pilot order announcement, Bates was cast to star.^[17] Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio, and Leah Lewis joined the main cast upon the series order announcement.^[18] On February 8, 2024, Beau Bridges was cast in a recurring capacity.^[23] On April 1, 2024, Yael Grobglas joined the cast in a recurring role.^[24]In August 2024, Andrea Londo and Piper Curda were cast in recurring capacities.^[25][26]

On September 8, 2024, Bates has said that Matlock is to be her final role before retirement.^[21] On October 9, 2024, she later walked it back in a recent interview, saying that "I think that they got a bit confused."^[27]

Matlock premiered with a sneak peek on September 22, 2024, before its timeslot premiere on October 17 on CBS.^[28] In Canada, the series airs on Global and is available to stream on StackTV.^[29]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10, based on 24 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Case closed—this Matlock reboot is a winner thanks to the ever reliable Kathy Bates and the intriguing wrinkle it puts on the legendary series' original concept."^[30] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[31]