There’s extra left to uncover! CBS has renewed Matlock for a second season after solely two episodes of Season 1. The Kathy Bates-led authorized drama had a particular premiere with Matlock Season 1, Episode 1, “Pilot,” on Sunday, September 22. The sequence obtained a Season 2 renewal on the CBS Tv Community a month later.
“This reconceived Matlock was devised by Jennie Snyder Urman with a superb shock plot twist, and we knew we had one thing very particular the second we noticed the primary episode delivered to life by the extremely gifted Kathy Bates,” stated Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Leisure.
“The viewers reception and significant approval for it has been overwhelming. We are able to’t wait to get began on a second season,” Reisenbach added. As introduced forward of Matlock’s second episode, the sequence premiere pulled in over 10 million viewers with three days of multiplatform viewing.
The sequence will return with its sophomore season as a part of the community’s 2025/2026 broadcast season. However that’s nonetheless a means out within the present’s timeline. Matlock Season 1, Episode 2, “Rome, in a Day,” aired final week, and Matlock Season 1, Episode 3, “A Man Named Greg,” airs on Thursday, October 24, on CBS.
Matlock is a reimagining of the basic tv sequence of the identical title that starred Andy Griffith within the titular function. Emmy and Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates, who has shared that this can be her remaining function, stars as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a superb lady in her 70s who returns to the workforce on the prestigious legislation agency Jacobson Moore. Whereas there, she investigates “a deeply private secret of her personal,” per CBS’s description. Belief us after we say that’s all you need to know earlier than watching; you don’t need this present spoiled.
The authorized drama additionally stars Skye P. Marshall as Olympia, Jason Ritter as Julian, David Del Rio as Billy, Leah Lewis as Sarah, and Beau Bridges as Senior. Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman govt produces Matlock alongside Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, Kat Coiro, and Bates. CBS Studios produces the sequence for the CBS Tv Community and distributes it via Paramount International Content material Distribution.
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New episodes of Matlock air on Thursdays at 9/8c on CBS.