Goodbye, Chicago courtrooms. Whats up, crime-filled streets of New York Metropolis!
Former protection lawyer Elsbeth is utilizing her quirky observational abilities to take down criminals — like True Blood vet Stephen Moyer — within the first trailer for CBS’ upcoming The Good Spouse spinoff. (View CBS’ new fall schedule right here.)
Premiering this fall, the offshoot finds Carrie Preston reprising her Good Spouse/Good Battle position as Elsbeth Tascioni, “an astute however unconventional lawyer who makes use of her singular standpoint to make distinctive observations and nook sensible criminals alongside the NYPD,” per the official synopsis. “After leaving her profitable authorized profession in Chicago to deal with a brand new investigative position in New York Metropolis, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner (performed by Jack Ryan‘s Wendell Pierce). Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Turner & Hooch‘s Carra Patterson), a stoic and moral officer who shortly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat methods.”
The Good Spouse/Good Battle co-creator Robert King directed the pilot and penned the script with Michelle King, each of whom function EPs alongside Liz Glotzer and showrunner Jonathan Tolins.
CBS on Wednesday additionally launched a trailer for its new Matlock collection, impressed by the traditional Andy Griffith-starring drama of the identical title. Kathy Bates (American Horror Story) performs “the sensible septuagenarian Madeline ‘Matty’ Matlock, who achieved success in her youthful years, and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious regulation agency the place she makes use of her unassuming demeanor and wily ways to win circumstances and expose corruption from inside.”
The forged additionally consists of Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Skye P. Marshall (Good Sam), David Del Rio (Maggie) and Leah Lewis (Nancy Drew).
Jane the Virgin showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman penned the pilot.
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