The Good Wife
originally aired on CBS
The Good Wife is an American legal political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, Zach Grenier, Matthew Goode, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Alan Cumming. It won numerous awards, including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.
Set in Chicago, the series focuses on Alicia Florrick (Margulies), whose husband Peter (Noth) has been jailed following a notorious political corruption and sex scandal. Alicia returns to the workforce as a litigator to provide for her two children.