CBS’ ongoing Matlock reboot is set in a world where the original Matlock TV show existed: Kathy Bates’ character introduces ...

There are a lot of pleasures to be found on "Matlock," the sly CBS update of the old Andy Griffith legal drama that serves as ...

Viewers have more connection to this new character than she does to Andy Griffith. In the 2024 version, Madeline Matlock is not in any way related to the original attorney. She can’t be because ...

When he took on the role of criminal defense lawyer Ben Matlock in 1986, Griffith wanted to explore a darker side. “Andy harbored enormous ambitions for Matlock,” Daniel de Visé wrote in his ...

The courtroom mystery series Matlock represented for Andy Griffith his second successful TV win, both in ratings and critical acclaim. Once the actor got settled into his role as the tetchy and ...

For her portrayal of an older lawyer who returns to the workforce on CBS's hit new show that shares a name but little else with the Andy Griffith classic, the 76-year-old Oscar winner is in serious ...

Andy Griffith, who died on Tuesday at age 86, never strayed far from his native North Carolina. He grew up there and returned there in his later years, but he’s most closely identified with a ...

Television icon Andy Griffith died Tuesday morning at the age of 86. Former UNC President Bill Friday, a close friend of the actor, confirmed the news to WITN. Griffith passed away at his home in ...

This iconic courtroom drama captured audiences in large part because of its stellar ensemble cast, including its star —Andy Griffith. Griffith, who played the role of Benjamin Matlock ...

I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,'” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and ...

old and mysterious in “Matlock,” based on Dean Hargrove’s old “Matlock” series that starred Andy Griffith after he stopped fishing with the kid who grew up to be one of Hollywood’s ...