‘Matlock’ Renewed For Season 2 At CBS
deadline.comKathy Bates will remain on CBS’ schedule in the 2025-26 broadcast season after the network renewed Matlock for a second season.
This is not a surprise given that the gender-flipped, twist-shocking drama series her performed well for the network. Matlock premiered on September 22 with a sneak peak episode that drew 7.73M in time adjusted Fast National L+SD Nielsen ratings, which was its biggest audience for a non-post-Super Bowl series premiere in five and a half years, since The Code.
Its timeslot premiere on October 17 also performed well with 6.38M viewers. The show, which was already handed an 18-episode debut season, stars Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases all while investigating a deeply personal secret of her own.
Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis also star. RELATED: Renewed TV Series 2024: A Photo Gallery Jennie Snyder Urman, who serves as showrunner, broke down that hardcore twist in an interview with Deadline.
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