2009 Fall TV Premiere: The Good Wife

CBS has added a new drama series starring Julianna Margulies (ER) to their 2009 fall lineup called The Good Wife. The series follows a wife/mother as she re-enters the workforce after her husband is sent to prison for his involvement in a public sex and political corruption scandal.

Below is CBS’ description for the series:

The Good Wife - THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit.

Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that's available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), the firm's tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny. Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Robert King, Michelle King, Dee Johnson and David Zucker are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

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The fact that Margulies is cast in the lead is what’s most appealing to me. One of the things that always stood out with her in ER was the way she balanced the stress of her job with the drama in her personal life and in that respect, it looks like she’ll be a good fit for the role of Alicia Florrick.

The Good Wife will air Tuesdays on CBS (10-11 p.m. ET) starting fall 2009.

CLICK HERE for CBS’ full fall 2009 lineup.