It's way too much fun to watch Kathy Bates in CBS' 'Matlock' reboot

[peppertree]

Did you have "Kathy Bates plays a septuagenarian lawyer in a shockingly good 'Matlock' reboot on CBS" on your 2024 TV bingo card? Because I sure didn't!

But in this day and age on TV - with the chaos of streaming and the decline of traditional broadcast - there's no limit to the Mad-Libs-style shenanigans we'll see when it comes to what makes it on the air.

And while it could have been a train wreck of an intellectual property grab (we're looking at you, "Murphy Brown" revival), it is actually a darling little legal drama.

Bates, 76, is a doll, the cast is charming and the legal-plots-of-the-week are compelling.

At: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/09/22/matlock-reboot-cbs-kathy-bates-review/75248246007/

Legendary actress Kathy Bates is on the case as Madeline "Matty" Matlock in CBS' masterful reboot of "Matlock" - 9 EDT/PDT Thursdays on Oct. 17.

[Faux pas]

1. She's great

and so is the show

[jimfields33]

5. That ending was incredible!!!!!!

[hlthe2b]

2. She's fun. Without giving anything away... there's some unexpected turns in the last 5 minutes or so. Stay tuned.

[a kennedy]

3. Here....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1037&pid=23046.

[Silent Type]

4. I watched first episode. It was very good, with a cool twist at the end.

[Permanut]

6. What an amazing talent..

Just watched the movie "Misery" again the other day. For about the tenth time.

[TommieMommy]

7. I loved it 💙😁👍 she was excellent 💙

[birdographer]

8. This is so interesting!

This show was widely slammed in an earlier thread, people saying they stayed for a few minutes, it was terrible, yada yada yada. I said we would watch it, and later came back and said we liked it.

And now here is a thread praising it! You never know what you will find here. We liked it, we like her, it was good. I commented in the last thread about it how they have a sub story going, which came up at the end, which resembles the "corporation" story plot line that you see in shows that have aged and run out of plots. The approach of bringing these up in the beginning is a new thing that many new shows have. Personally, we would be perfectly happy to watch each episode as a stand-alone (like So Help Me Todd) with no back story we have to keep track of, but okay.

I agree with this thread, it was fun!

[samnsara]

9. thank you for reminding me..i love her..

..if you havent watched her in Disjointed..you need to!

[FakeNoose]

10. Really, they could have given it a completely different name

The original series "Matlock" has been off the air for so long, I don't think many fans remember much. In the original series, Andy Griffith plays a smart-but-likable prosecutor.

This new series isn't really a reboot either, other than the fact it stars a well-known actor and it's about the law and lawyers. Kathy Bates is wonderful in everything I've seen her in, so I'm sure this will be a great series. But they could have called it "Mrs. Jones" or something because it has nothing to do with the old Matlock.

I still plan to watch it, even though I missed the sneak-preview.