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Original title

The Good Wife

Year

2009

Running time

45 min.

Country

United States

Director

Screenwriter

Michelle King, Robert King, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Ted Humphrey, Meredith Averill, Todd Ellis Kessler, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Courtney Kemp Agboh, Karen Hall, Barry M. Schkolnick, Steve LichtmanSee 8 More

Cast

Music

Danny Lux, David Buckley

Cinematography

Fred Murphy

Producer

CBS Productions, Scott Free Productions. Broadcast by: CBS

Genre

TV Series. Drama | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. Politics

Synopsis

TV Series (2009-2016). 7 Seasons. 156 episodes. THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies (E.R.) as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit.

CBS announced during Super Bowl 50, on February 7, 2016, that the show was ending with its seventh season. The final episode of the series: May 8, 2016.

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Rankings Position

#14 Ranking series about lawyers or politics/politicians

Awards: 2016: Emmy: 3 Nominations including Best Writing

2015: Emmy: 3 Nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Alan Cumming)

2014: Emmy: Best Actress in a Drama (Margulies). 5 nominations

2013: Emmy: Best Guess Actress (Preston). 5 Nominations

2012: Emmy Awards: Best Guest Actress (Plimpton). 7 Nom.

2011: Emmy Awards: Best Leading Actress (Margullies). 9 Nom.

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"[7th Season Review]: The winsome, witty season 7 premiere proved anew that that unlike Eli, it doesn’t resent the challenge of proving itself; it thrives on it."rratives and repeating those narratives.

Jeff Jensen: Entertainment Weekly
"[7th Season Review]: Now armed with cool intelligence, a weathered savvy, and the kind of controlled ruthlessness that the past six years have built in her, Alicia is an even more interesting underdog than before."

Kevin Fallon: The Daily Beast
"[6th Season Review]: There's a looser feel after so much anger and grief; jazzy instrumental music underscores the twisting and turning action. It's top notch TV by directors at the height of their game.

The Wrap
"[6th Season Review]: Good, crackling start that--as the old saying goes--changes everything and may even point to the end."

Verne Gay: Newsday
"[6th Season Review]: 'The Good Wife' has endured, despite borderline ratings, because it handles the fundamentals so well. It needs to keep doing that."

David Hinckley: New York Daily News
"[6th Season Review]: The best drama on broadcast TV hasn’t missed a beat since its universally praised fifth season."

Lori Rackl: Chicago Sun-Times
"[5th Season Review]: Murky ethics in business, politics and relationships are what fuels The Good Wife, and Margulies in particular is at the top of her game"

Matt Roush: TV Guide
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