CBS All Access is sticking with its spin0ff of The Good Wife. The Christine Baranski led, The Good Fight, has landed a second season on the streaming service that should premiere in early 2018.
The Good Fight premiered February 19 on CBS and had a modest linear ratings debut (0.7 in adults 18-49 L+Same Day, 0.8 in L+3) but drew a sizable audience, 7.2 million in Live+SD (7.9 million in L3) — solid sampling for the new show, which now airs exclusively on CBS’ live streaming and SVOD platform. SVOD services are driven by subscriptions, so they seek large audiences regardless of their demographic makeup. As has been the M.O. of all streaming services, CBS All Access is not releasing viewership data for The Good Fight — which drew very strong reviews from critics — or any potential subscriber bump related to it, though there is a hint of a good subscriber response since they’re continuing with the series.
Originally slated for a spring launch as CBS All Access’ second original scripted series, The Good Fight was put on accelerated track after the delay for the new Star Trek: Discovery, becoming the first out of the gate for the service. The Good Fight, from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King, picks up one year after the events of the final episode of the mothership series. In The Good Fight, an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie), while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart’s (Baranski) savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago’s pre-eminent law firms. Delroy Lindo, Erica Tazel, Sarah Steele and Justin Bartha co-star.
The first season of The Good Fight is now available to stream on CBS All Access with new episodes released on Sundays.
