| ORIGINAL TITLE |
The Good Wife (TV Series) |
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| DIRECTOR |
Michelle King (Creator), Robert King (Creator), Félix Enríquez Alcalá, James Whitmore Jr., Jim McKay, Rod Holcomb, Rosemary Rodriguez, Charles McDougall, Roxann Dawson, Nelson McCormick, Fred Toye, Michael Zinberg, Brooke Kennedy |
| SCREENWRITER |
Michelle King, Robert King, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Ted Humphrey, Meredith Averill, Todd Ellis Kessler, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Courtney Kemp Agboh, Karen Hall, Barry M. Schkolnick, Steve Lichtman |
| COMPOSER |
Danny Lux, David Buckley |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER |
Fred Murphy |
| CAST |
Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Makenzie Vega, Chris Noth, Graham Phillips, Alan Cumming, Mary Beth Peil |
| STUDIO/PRODUCER |
Broadcast by CBS Network; CBS Television Studios / Scott Free Productions |
| OFFICIAL WEB |
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_good_wife/ |
| AWARDS |
2012: 1 Emmy Award: Best Guest Actress (Martha Plimpton). 7 Nominations
2011: 1 Emmy Award: Best Leading Actress (Julianne Margullies). 9 nominations
2010: 1 Emmy Award: Best Supporting Actress (Archie Panjabi). 9 nominations
2012: Golden Globes: 2 nominations
2011: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Actress in Drama Series (Julianna Margulies)
2010: Golden Globe: 3 nominations, including Best Drama Series
2009: Golden Globe: Actress TV Series - Drama (Julianna Margulies)
2011: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Actress in Drama Series (Julianna Margulies) |
| GENRE |
TV Series. Drama | Politics. Courtroom Drama |
| SYNOPSIS/PLOT |
TV Series (2009-Present). THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies (E.R.) as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit.
Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that's available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), the firm's tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny. Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Robert King, Michelle King, Dee Johnson and David Zucker are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios. |
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"Alicia's cases are intriguing, and the background drama would be melodramatic if it weren't such a common story these days" (Paige Wiser: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"(...) 'The Good Wife' promises to be that Holy Grail of television: a good criminal procedural that barely disguises the insightful, multilayered human drama that lies beneath" (Mary McNamara: Los Angeles Times)
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"A smartly conceived and well executed legal drama with a strong star (Julianna Margulies) at its core and, even better, a terrifically timely hook" (Matt Roush: TV Guide)
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"Verdict: guilty--of being a guilty pleasure. Rating: *** (out of four)" (Linda Stasi: New York Post)
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