Andy Griffith (left) as Ben Matlock in the original "Matlock" series, which premiered on NBC in 1996 and Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock in CBS' new reboot of the how.

Ben Matlock himself, Andy Grifith, who starred in 1975's Hearts of the West with Beau's brother, Jeff Bridges, ironically connecting the two series with literal Bridges.

Unlike Ben Matlock, who ran his own practice and only did criminal defense work, Matty is employed by a big firm and handles both civil and criminal cases as part of a team working under the ...

See (and this is not a spoiler), Matty is not a gender-swapped version of Andy Griffith’s Ben Matlock, memorable for his natty suits, probing cross-examinations and wily inversions of geriatric ...

The network announced in a press release Tuesday that it renewed the series for Season 2. Matlock is a reboot of the 1986-1995 series of the same name starring Andy Griffith.

The show stars Kathy Bates as Madeline Matlock, a lawyer just like the original Ben Matlock, played by Andy Griffith, but with a surprising twist that I won’t spoil. Sign up for our newsletter!

Like most of you, I assumed Kathy Bates’s character would have been descended from Andy Griffith’s. However, I take it as a good sign that the series is already avoiding viewers’ expectations.

The show is coming back with a major shift – the conversion of Griffith’s Ben Matlock into Madeline Matlock, the female lawyer played by Oscar and Primetime Emmy winner Kathy Bates (“Misery ...

But before he was Sheriff Andy Taylor or Ben Matlock, Griffith logged some other roles that were not quite as iconic, but still interesting — including the role of Lonesome Rhodes in his first ...

The new “Matlock” was developed by Jennie Snyder Urman, and has nothing to do with the late Andy Griffith’s old “Matlock.” The new “Matlock” gave us a sneak peek on Sept. 22 before ...