The Good Fight

She can be devastatingly funny, brilliantly smart, deeply emotional. She’s done theater, series, movies, and was highlighted by every award  - including several Golden Globe nominations.

On our 75th episode, Christine Baranski tells HFPA journalist Ana Maria Bahiana how she feels playing Diane Lockhart - a liberal feminist lawyer - for over a decade. “It’s a wonderful revelation to go from The Good Wife to The Good Fight.

As further evidence of the changing landscape of television comes The Good Fight, a spinoff/sequel to CBS’ hit The Good Wife with which creators Robert and Michelle King have found a new avenue to plumb the rich characters of the original series while the network experiments with redirecting viewers to its streaming platform CBS All Access. The new narrative revolves around a face familiar to fans: Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) who begins the series seemingly entering a gilded retirement, possibly in the South of France.