CBS has announced that its spinoff series based on “The Good Wife” will be called “The Good Fight.” Deadline reported the new title and that production has begun in New York City.
The series stars Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Rose Leslie, Delroy Lindo, Sarah Steele, Paul Guilfoyle, Bernadette Peters, and recently announced Erica Tazel.
As we previously reported, the drama will focus on the characters of Diane Lockhart (Baranski) and Lucca Quinn (Jumbo) and “pick up exactly a year after the events in ‘The Good Wife’ finale, which left us with Alicia severing her friendship with Diane — seemingly for good — in a bid to save Peter from jail time. In the finale, Alicia revealed an affair between Diane’s husband and another woman and later in the episode Diane shockingly slapped her.”
With the new title came some new details. As Deadline writes, “An enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor Diane Lockhart’s savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms.”
According to Deadline, Michelle and Robert King, creators and executive producers of “The Good Wife,” “return as showrunners and exec producers of the new series. Phil Alden Robinson co-wrote and will executive produce the premiere episode with the Kings.”
The series will premiere in February with a special premiere on CBS, and will then move to CBS’ online streaming service, CBS All Access. According to Deadline, Michelle and Robert King, “‘The Good Wife’ creators/executive producers, return as showrunners and exec producers of the new series. Phil Alden Robinson co-wrote and will executive produce the premiere episode with the Kings.”
