The Good Fight Scores Limited Broadcast Run at CBS
Paul Dailly at .The Good Fight is taking the leap from CBS All Access to CBS for a limited time.
It has been revealed the popular spinoff of The Good Wife will air its first season on the linear broadcast network beginning June 16.
“For three seasons, THE GOOD FIGHT has been a big success for CBS All Access,” said Kelly Kahl, President, Entertainment for CBS.
“We’re excited to provide our network audience the opportunity to catch up with characters they first fell in love with on ‘The Good Wife,’ as well as introduce new viewers to this outstanding, critically acclaimed drama.”
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“THE GOOD FIGHT was the first original series to launch on CBS All Access and continues to be a major driver for our service as it heads into its upcoming fourth season,” said Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President, Original Content, CBS All Access.
“With the Network’s special summer broadcast of THE GOOD FIGHT’s first season, we look forward to not only introducing the series to new audiences, but also creating further awareness for CBS All Access where viewers can continue to binge the second and third seasons of this exceptional series.”
Below is the rollout schedule for The Good Fight Season 1.
The Good Fight stars Christine. Baranski, Cush Jumbo and, Rose Leslie, along with Delroy Lindo, Erica Tazel, Sarah Steele and Justin Bartha.
The series picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of “The Good Wife,” where an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie), while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart’s (Baranski) savings.
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Forced out of Lockhart and Lee, they join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent African American-owned law firms.
Robert and Michelle King created the series and serve as showrunner/executive producers of the series, which they co-created with Phil Alden Robinson.
Mr. Robinson also co-wrote and executive produced the premiere episode with the Kings. Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Liz Glotzer, Brooke Kennedy and Alison Cross also serve as executive producers.
The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions. The series is distributed worldwide by CBS Studios International.
Sunday, June 16
9:00-11:00 PM THE GOOD FIGHT (Episodes 1 & 2)
Sunday, June 23
9:00-11:00 PM THE GOOD FIGHT (Episodes 3 & 4)
Sunday, June 30
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Sunday Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM INSTINCT (2nd Season Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM THE GOOD FIGHT (Episode 5)
The series will remain in the Sundays at 10/9c slot for the rest of its run.
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