The Good Wife: Difference between revisions
→Main Cast: spelling & grammer |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox Television |
{{Infobox Television |
||
| show_name = The Good Wife |
| show_name = The Good Wife |
||
| image = [[Image:TheGoodWife. |
| image = [[Image:TheGoodWife.jpg]] |
||
| caption = intertitle of ''The Good Wife'' |
| caption = intertitle of ''The Good Wife'' |
||
| show_name_2 = |
| show_name_2 = |
||
Revision as of 23:49, 2 October 2009
| The Good Wife | |
|---|---|
| File:TheGoodWife.jpg intertitle of The Good Wife | |
| Genre | Legal drama |
| Created by | Robert King Michelle King |
| Starring | Julianna Margulies Christine Baranski Chris Noth Josh Charles Matt Czuchry Archie Panjabi Makenzie Vega Graham Phillips |
| Country of origin |  USA |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ridley Scott Tony Scott Dee Johnson David W. Zucker Michelle King Robert King |
| Running time | approx. 43 minutes |
| Production company | CBS Television Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 22, 2009 – present |
The Good Wife is an American legal drama, which premiered on CBS on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. EST.[1] The series was created by Robert King and Michelle King (In Justice), and stars Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth. The Kings are executive producing with Ridley Scott (the director of Blade Runner), Charles McDougall, Tony Scott and David W. Zucker.[2]
Plot
The storyline focuses on Margulies as Alicia Florrick, the wife of a politician, Peter Florrick (Noth). Her husband has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal. She returns to her old job as a defense attorney to rebuild her reputation and provide for her two children[citation needed]. The series was partly inspired by the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.[3]
Main Cast
- Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick - the wife of a disgraced State Attorney; Alicia returns to work as a Defense Attorney. Having spent so many years as 'the good wife' Alicia finds herself at the bottom of the work ladder; trying to juggle both home and work life with the ongoing scandal surrounding her husband.
- Josh Charles as Will Gardner - An old friend of Alicia's from Law School who has now become the Firm Partner at a prestigious Law Firm.
- Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma - The firm's in-house private investigator. Kalinda previously worked for Peter Florrick who subsequently fired her.
- Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos - Another Junior Attorney, taken on at the same time as Alicia. In the first episode it is established that there is only one permanent position for the pair at the firm, putting Cary into competition with Alicia.
- Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart - Senior Partner at the firm. Diane is a Top Litigator and acts as a mentor to Alicia.
Recurring Cast
- Chris Noth as Peter Florrick - Alicia's husband and former State Attorney of Cook County. Currently imprisoned for alleged political corruption.
- Titus Welliver as Glenn Childs - Current Cook County State Attorney; Childs was responsible for leaking the Peter Florrick sex tape to the media.
Episodes
International Broadcasts
The series has been sold to several international broadcasters. In Ireland the program will broadcast on RTE One as part its autumn/winter 2009 lineup[4]; In The Netherlands the series will start airing on RTL 8; In the United Kingdom the show will air in 2010 on More4.[5]
US Nielsen ratings
| Order | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (Timeslot) |
Rank (Night) |
Rank (Week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | 9.2 | 16 | 3.1/9[6] | 13.72 | 1 | 5 | TBA |
| 2 | "Stripped" | TBA | TBA | 3.2/9 | 13.69 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | "You Can't Go Home Again" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 4 | "Adverse Reactions" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
References
- ^ Matt Mitovich (24 June 2009). "Fall TV: CBS Announces Premiere Dates". TV Guide Online. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/02/2009-09-02_pain_of_eliot_spitzer_scandal_for_exgovernors_wife_silda_recalled_in_new_cbs_sho.html
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0813/rte.html
- ^ http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/view.m?id=195498&tid=120787&cat=Media
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/23/tv-ratings-tuesday-ncis-storms-back-the-good-wife-looks-good-the-forgotten-nearly-was/28141#more-28141
External links
 | This article about television in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |