I’ve been checking out the new fall lineup this year more than ever since nearly every one of my favorite shows was ended or cancelled last year.  Disappointed but hopeful that there’d be some quality TV I had the opportunity to preview a few fall pilots.  One was the new CBS show, The Good Wife starring Julianna Margulies.

I first discovered Julianna on one of my favorite shows, ER. Never one of my favorite characters on that show, I admit I was a bit apprehensive about her starring in The Good Wife. I shouldn’t have been, she’s outstanding as the scorned politician’s wife.  I fell in love with the show within the first few moments.  The casting is excellent – the kids believable, the assistant perfect, and the husband perfectly smarmy.  Now I’ve never watched Sex in the City so I can’t comment on how similar or dissimilar Chris Noth is from that role, but he’s perfectly situated as the cheating husband in this series and I love the character played by Christine Baranski.

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The storyline was good though there were a few breaks in in for me, but nothing that couldn’t be overlooked. I cared about both the leading and supporting characters and truly am interested in seeing where the show goes with the storyline.  The content is timely without feeling unoriginal and I’m happy to add this show to my new must-see TV.

Check out the season premier  Tuesday, September 22nd at 10pm ET/PT on CBS and see if you agree with me that this is going to be a series that entertains.

Show Synopsis

THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband’s very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm’s top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she’s going to need to succeed on her own merit. Alicia’s main competition among the firm’s 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that’s available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), the firm’s tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician’s scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the “good wife” and takes charge of her own destiny.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the show as told by the cast:

Enjoy!

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