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Created by | Dean Hargrove |
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Theme music composer | Dick DeBenedictis |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 193 (+ pilot movie) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 45–48 minutes |
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Release | March 3, 1986 May 7, 1995 | –
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Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove and starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock.[2] The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions (called Strathmore Productions in the first two seasons) and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC, then on ABC from November 5, 1992, to May 7, 1995.
The show's format is similar to that of CBS' Perry Mason (both Matlock and the 1980s Perry Mason television films were created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial from the jury.[3]
A reboot starring Kathy Bates is scheduled to premier in September 2024.
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