Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~45 min/episode
- Length
- 9 seasons · 194 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.
- court
- lawyer
- courtroom
- elderly
- criminal lawyer
- mysterious
- lighthearted
- dramatic
- compassionate
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Carol Huston
- Julie Sommars
- Nancy Stafford
- Kari Lizer
- Brynn Thayer
- Lisa Hartman
- Dennis Franz
- David Paymer
- Joe Dallesandro
- Caitlin O'Heaney
- Preston Lockwood
- Directed
- Burt Brinckerhoff, Bob Sweeney, Alan Cooke, Daniel Haller, Christopher Hibler, Michael O'Herlihy & 13 more
- Created
- Dean Hargrove
- Written
- Mary Ann Kasica, Gerald Sanoff, Anne Collins, Reed Shelly, Bruce Shelly, Brian Alan Lane & 10 more
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 138 ratings
- Network & studio
- NBC, ABC, Viacom Productions, Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, The Matlock Company
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