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Benjamin Leighton "Ben" Matlock is a renowned, folksy yet cantankerous defense attorney who charges a fee of $100,000 to take a case. He is known for visiting crime scenes to discover overlooked clues, as well as his down-home style of coming up with viable, alternative theories of the crime in question (usually murder) while sitting in his office playing the banjo or polishing his shoes.
Baio first appeared onscreen in 1975 at age 13. He made guest appearances on series such as The Facts of Life, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat, but his best known role was as Billy Tate on the comedy series Soap (1977–81). [2] Baio's other credits include Matlock, Trapper John, M.D., Matt Houston, Too Close for Comfort and Family Feud.
The show is about widower Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith), a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney.Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator and Matlock will expose them, despite making clear that his one goal is to prove reasonable doubt in the case of his client's guilt or to prove his client's innocence.
Audiences can draw a straight line from the new CBS show through to the original “Matlock” to “Perry Mason.” “Perry Mason,” whose titular attorney defends falsely accused people in ...
"Matlock" will re-air its pilot as an encore episode Oct. 10 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. An all-new second episode of the series will air Oct. 17 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS. This article was originally ...
The following contains spoilers from the Sept. 22 premiere of CBS’ Matlock, which will return in its regular, Thursdays-at-9 time slot on Oct. 17. Nearly 17 months after being ordered to series ...
Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove and starring Andy Griffith that ran from March 3, 1986, to May 8, 1992, on NBC and from November 5, 1992, to May 4, 1995, on ABC. A total of 9 seasons and 193 episodes were produced, including a pilot movie.
Madeline “Matlock” was back on the case this Thursday, as CBS’ freshman drama served up Episode 2 after a nearly month-long break. “Rome, in a Day” opened with a literal nightmare ...