For other uses, see The Good Wife (disambiguation).
The Good Wife
Genre
Legal drama
Political drama
Created by
Robert King
Michelle King
Starring
Julianna Margulies
Matt Czuchry
Archie Panjabi
Graham Phillips
Makenzie Vega
Josh Charles
Christine Baranski
Alan Cumming
Zach Grenier
Matthew Goode
Cush Jumbo
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Composers
Danny Lux (2009)
David Buckley (2010–2015)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
7
No. of episodes
156 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Ridley Scott
Dee Johnson
David W. Zucker
Michelle King
Robert King
Brooke Kennedy
Tony Scott
Producers
Ron Binkowski
Corinne Brinkerhoff
Production locations
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ("Pilot")
New York City (all other episodes)
Running time
40–46 minutes
Production companies
Scott Free Productions
King Size Productions
Small Wishes Productions (season 1)
CBS Productions (seasons 1–3)
CBS Television Studios (seasons 4–7)
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22) – May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
Related
The Good Fight
Elsbeth
The Good Wife (South Korea)
The Good Wife (Japan)
The Trial (India)
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The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016.[1] It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Zach Grenier, Matthew Goode, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Alan Cumming, and features Chris Noth in a recurring role. The executive producers included the Kings, Ridley and Tony Scott, Charles McDougall, and David W. Zucker.[2][3]The Good Wife is a serialized show featuring several story arcs that play out over multiple episodes, as well as stand-alone storylines that are concluded by the end of each episode. The serial plots—a rarity on CBS, a network where most of the programming at that time was procedural—were especially showcased in its highly praised fifth season.[4]
The Good Wife was acclaimed during its run and considered by several critics to be network television's "last great drama".[5][6][7] It won numerous awards, including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. The performances of the show's cast have been particularly recognized, with Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranski, and Josh Charles each receiving widespread acclaim.[8] The show was also lauded for its insight on social media and the internet in society, politics, and law. It received recognition for producing full 22-episode seasons while other similarly acclaimed dramas often produce only 6 to 13 episodes per season. CBS announced on February 7, 2016, that the show was ending with its seventh season. The final episode aired on May 8, 2016.[9][10] A spinoff titled The Good Fight, centered around Baranski's character Diane Lockhart and Cush Jumbo's Lucca Quinn, also starring Rose Leslie and Delroy Lindo, premiered in February 2017.
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^Flint, Joe (March 13, 2013). "'The Good Wife' will have multiple partners in syndication". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
^"Why 'The Good Wife' Might Be Network TV's Last Great Drama". Rolling Stone. May 9, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
^"Why the 'Good Wife' is network TV's last great drama". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
^"Saying Goodbye to The Good Wife". The Atlantic. February 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^"Television Academy". Emmys. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
^Goldberg, Leslie (February 7, 2016). "CBS Confirms 'Good Wife's' Final Season With Super Bowl Promo". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^Welch, Alex (February 7, 2016). "'The Good Wife' set to end after its current season". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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