A Matlock reboot starring Kathy Bates has received a pilot order.
Matlock is getting a brand-new reboot at CBS, with Kathy Bates set for the gender-swapped lead role. The original Matlock originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1992 before moving to ABC until it went off the air in 1995, overall running for a total of 193 episodes plus a feature-length pilot. The series followed Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a skilled attorney who hides his cutthroat nature behind a folksy exterior.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman is developing a reboot of Matlock that has received a pilot order. The series will star Bates in the Griffith role, with the character now renamed Madeline Matlock. The premise will be similar, with Matlock - a former DA who is now in her 70s - un-retiring and coming to a prestigious law firm where she conquers a variety of cases using her supposed guilelessness to her advantage.
Although even in the 1990s there was a stigma against film actors appearing in television roles, Bates has long had one foot in both industries. Throughout her career, she appeared on various episodes of series including King of the Hill, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cagney & Lacey, St. Elsewhere, and Six Feet Under.
After her 8-episode stint on The Office, the floodgates opened for Bates' television opportunities. She followed that up by taking the lead role in David E. Kelley's 2011 legal series Harry's Law, also starring in Netflix's stoner comedy Disjointed, and joining the cast of American Horror Story season 3, returning to that series several times over the years for a total of 58 episodes at the time of writing.
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