Kathy Bates stands in character as Matty Matlock on the poster for Season 1 of Matlock
The Big Picture ✕ Remove Ads Inspired by the classic TV series of the same name and developed by Jennie Snyder Urman , the CBS series Matlock follows Madeline “Matty” Matlock , a 75-year-old lawyer who’s been out of the law game so long that people can’t seem to help but underestimate her.
✕ Remove Ads JENNIE SNYDER URMAN: I was just looking. The landscape is so difficult and in our company we always wanna do a bunch of new things. With reboots, if the property exists and has great bones and you can do something different that hasn’t been done. That’s my philosophy about it. We were just looking at the landscape, and it was very difficult and hard to sell things. I’ve always loved legal shows, so we were thinking about Matlock.
URMAN: Yeah, exactly. I hadn’t thought of her as a superhero. Eric Christian Olsen said to me, “She’s kinda like Batman.” And I was like, “Oh, yeah, that’s cool.” I wanted to make it really clear what the relationship of the original show was to the show, right away.
The True Heart of 'Matlock' Is the Love Story Between Matty and Olympia ✕ Remove Ads Obviously, I’m watching this show because Kathy Bates is Kathy Bates. But at the same time, all of these characters are so interesting and have such interesting lives that I could watch any of them, and I love Billy and Sarah. When you look at the levels of employment in the office, they’re the underdogs, which makes them endearing, even when they’re sometimes annoying in their own ambitions.
✕ Remove Ads Related Kathy Bates' Matlock' Is Already Better Than the Original in One Major Way Viewers can't help but love Matty Matlock.URMAN: No. I said it in the pitch, “Imagine Kathy Bates.” You just take some swings at the beginning, but I did not expect that she would really love the script.
URMAN: Yes, and also putting things in the script and seeing her love them. I’m like, “Ooh, I can do more of that.” You’re in a constant loop with the actors where you’re learning what they love and what they do great and what you want more of. That’s the fun of doing TV. You keep evolving together. When I put really dirty things in her mouth, it’s so fun because it always works.
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