Erica Tazel and Delroy Lindo join Cush Jumbo and Christine Baranski in CBS’ spin-off of its critically-acclaimed legal drama series, “The Good Wife,” which will be available exclusively on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service. Following “Star Trek,” it will be the second original series developed specifically for CBS All Access. So CBS is serious about its streaming platform, creating content specifically for it, putting it in direct competition with bigger players in the space.
The spin-off series, which will be titled “The Good Fight,” will pick up one year after the events from the finale episode of “The Good Wife,” as Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) joins Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms.
Jumbo and veteran of the series Baranski are the spin-off series leads.
Lindo plays Robert Boseman, an attorney who poaches Diane’s (Baranski) associates and clients when she gets into financial trouble, threatening her ability to stay in business, the network announced Thursday. Lindo’s character “dominates every scene, intimidates every lawyer, and is beloved by every client,” executive producers Robert and Michelle King said in a statement. “He needs to look like a Chicago lawyer, but have a Shakespearean facility with language.”
No word yet on what role Tazel will play at this time; the actress rounds out a cast that also includes Rose Leslie, Sarah Steele, Paul Guilfoyle, and Bernadette Peters.
CBS says that the new series will premiere in February 19, 2017.
Robert and Michelle King, creators and executive producers of “The Good Wife,” are executive producers of the spinoff with Phil Alden Robinson (“Field of Dreams”).
Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Liz Glotzer, and Brooke Kennedy are also serving as executive producers.
CBS has released a first official cast photo which is embedded below, followed by a previously-released teaser for the upcoming new series:
Take your first sneak peek at @TheGoodFight. Things will get nasty starting Feb. 19th. https://t.co/TaBDwqOaSR #TheGoodFight pic.twitter.com/Qz3nLQ0ltx
— The Good Wife (@TheGoodWife_CBS) December 18, 2016
