The woke, non creative crowd have sunk their hooks into a 'rebooting' of the old Matlock series. They have changed Matlock into a woman, Kathy Bates is to play the lead role.
The pilot, a reworking of the 1986-95 legal drama that starred Andy Griffith, features Kathy Bates in the title role of a septuagenarian lawyer who joins a prestigious firm and racks up courtroom wins. John Jason Ritter joins a cast that also includes Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis.
Ritter will play Julian, the son of the head of the firm. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Julian nonetheless feels he has a lot to prove and is diligent and persistent. He’s at odds with prioritizing his family and balancing his career and always considers the good of the firm, even if it pushes the boundaries between his work and personal life.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 83v45magna, July 04, 2023 11:43 PM
July 04, 2023, 06:27 AM
Blume9mm
I'm confused... John Ritter died in 2003.
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July 04, 2023, 07:03 AM
Blackmore
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Originally posted by Blume9mm: I'm confused... John Ritter died in 2003.
Looked it up - Jason Ritter
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July 04, 2023, 07:10 AM
Skull Leader
John Ritter did have a son named Jason.
July 04, 2023, 07:24 AM
Ronin1069
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Kathy Bates is to play the lead role.
Of course she is.
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July 04, 2023, 09:57 AM
mcrimm
I can't wait - - - - - - to watch something else.
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July 04, 2023, 11:23 AM
YooperSigs
I thought Queen Latifah as the Equalizer was the worst CBS could do. But, nope. Its Matlock now.
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July 04, 2023, 01:30 PM
cas
Is she going to get someone else to accidentally confess to the murder on the stand, like in EVERY single episode of the original?
Will she also only be facing prosecutors who never object to anything?
July 04, 2023, 06:09 PM
whanson_wi
Redo Perry Mason instead. The stories were more interesting than anything I can remember on Matlock.
Reruns seem to agree with me - I can find Perry Mason almost any night of the week if I look for it, but I don't remember seeing Matlock in the mix very often, if at all.
Point of interest: very few trials were portrayed in Perry Mason. They were almost all preliminary hearings. They did it at least in part to avoid paying for another 12 extras.
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July 04, 2023, 11:39 PM
83v45magna
Jason Ritter and Kathy Bates probably test well with the old folks focus groups.
July 04, 2023, 11:53 PM
Rey HRH
WTF. Matlock worked because of Andy Griffith's folksy character. He was the courtroom's version of Columbo.
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July 05, 2023, 07:03 AM
Blume9mm
I like Kathy Bates as an actress and so maybe she can pull it off.. playing a female Matlock, pretending to be an older Andy Taylor from Mayberry N.C.
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July 05, 2023, 10:06 AM
Lord Vaalic
LOL... as soon as I saw the headline, I read it to my wife and we both said at the same time, it will be a woman.
Kathy bates is at least tolerable, but you can bet your ass there will be a gay / or trans assistant.
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July 05, 2023, 10:36 PM
akcopnfbks
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Originally posted by whanson_wi: Redo Perry Mason instead. The stories were more interesting than anything I can remember on Matlock.
Reruns seem to agree with me - I can find Perry Mason almost any night of the week if I look for it, but I don't remember seeing Matlock in the mix very often, if at all.
Point of interest: very few trials were portrayed in Perry Mason. They were almost all preliminary hearings. They did it at least in part to avoid paying for another 12 extras.
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September 24, 2024, 08:20 PM
mark123
The wife and I watched it last night. It was actually pretty good. No blatant wokeness. We enjoyed it. I hope it continues.
This is the first time we turned on broadcast TV in quite some time. I considered it worth it.
September 25, 2024, 07:38 AM
tartan427
My wife and I watched it as well. It was pretty good and has literally nothing to do with the original Matlock series (other than the name the character is using).
September 25, 2024, 07:53 AM
vinnybass
The ads seemed to indicate it is MINO. Matlock In Name Only. I haven't watched much network programming in a long while. I doubt I'll see this one.
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September 25, 2024, 08:18 AM
12131
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Originally posted by 83v45magna: All these MF'ers must be completely out of ideas...
The sewer ran out of original ideas decades ago.
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: WTF. Matlock worked because of Andy Griffith's folksy character. He was the courtroom's version of Columbo.
Sums it up.
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September 25, 2024, 08:59 AM
oddball
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: WTF. Matlock worked because of Andy Griffith's folksy character. He was the courtroom's version of Columbo.
Well stated. My wife and I will occasionally watch Matlock on some of the rerun channels, and enjoy it, we like the murder-mystery genre nowadays. We have both burned out on the original Andy Griffith series, we have watched each B&W episode maybe a dozen times through the years. But we have never watched Matlock in its original run, it was mainly viewed by old people at the time. But now we are both in our 60s, we finally fit the series demographics
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September 25, 2024, 05:03 PM
Black92LX
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Originally posted by whanson_wi: Redo Perry Mason instead. The stories were more interesting than anything I can remember on Matlock.
Reruns seem to agree with me - I can find Perry Mason almost any night of the week if I look for it, but I don't remember seeing Matlock in the mix very often, if at all.
Point of interest: very few trials were portrayed in Perry Mason. They were almost all preliminary hearings. They did it at least in part to avoid paying for another 12 extras.
If reruns agree with you get yourself PlutoTV (free app with ads). You can watch Matlock, Perry Mason, The Rifleman, Andy Griffith, Murder She Wrote, and many a more great shows.
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