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“Matlock” is CBS’ best non-Super Bowl premiere in over 5 years with 7.7 million viewers

Kathy Bates’ Matlock achieved impressive ratings upon its debut, rivaling CBS’s post-Superbowl premiere ratings of recent years. The legal drama drew 7.73 million viewers, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day numbers. Sunday’s premiere is CBS’ most-watched non-Superbowl premiere in over five years,…

“Matlock” starts strong with 7.73 million viewers and CBS premiere record

Cheers to Kathy Bates. The Oscar-winning veteran returns with CBS’ Matlock Live+Same Day delivered linear viewership numbers we rarely see anymore. The sneak peak premiere of Jennie Snyder Uraman’s reimagining of the Andy Griffin classic, starring Bates as the eponymous…

CBS achieves good ratings at premiere of “Matlock”

CBS update on Matlock The film was very well received at its premiere on Sunday evening. The Kathy Bates-starring legal drama – which shares a name and premise with the 1980s-90s series starring Andy Griffith, but not much else –…

‘Matlock’ creator explains twist in new Kathy Bates show – Spoiler

Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for the first episode of CBS’s “Matlock.” “That’s the problem with older women – nobody sees us coming.” That’s Madeline Matlock (Kathy Bates) in the first episode of the CBS reboot “Matlock,” which was…

Matlock showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman addresses this hardcore twist

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the premiere episode of Matlock on CBS. Viewers who expected a simple gender-reversed version of the classic television series starring Andy Griffith were rewarded with an unexpected twist at the end of the…

Kathy Bates stars in reboot of classic CBS series

CBS’ heavily promoted new Matlockwhich is being teased on Sunday, September, long before its regular premiere in October, is probably not the show you’re expecting. But now that I’ve told you that, adjust your expectations Matlockso now it can be…

Kathy Bates on her retirement, weight loss and age discrimination in “Matlock”

Before she landed the lead role in Matlock, Kathy Bates was “thinking about part-time retirement.” Now she may never stop. “My friends say I’ll probably be like Molière and die in my chair on stage,” says Bates, “because that’s really…