Matlock

Matlock è un dramma legale televisivo americano, interpretato da Andy Griffith nel ruolo del difensore penale Ben Matlock. Lo spettacolo, prodotto da The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions e Paramount Television è andato in onda originariamente dal 23 settembre 1986 all'8 maggio 1992 sulla NBC; e dal 5 novembre 1992 al 7 maggio 1995 su ABC. Il formato dello spettacolo è simile a quello di Perry Mason della CBS, con Matlock che identifica gli autori e poi li affronta in scene drammatiche in aula. Una differenza, tuttavia, era che mentre Mason di solito scagionava i suoi clienti in un'udienza preliminare, Matlock di solito si assicurava l'assoluzione al processo, dalla giuria.
Creato da: Dean Hargrove |
Genere: Dramma | Crime |

Numero di stagioni: 9
Numero di episodi: 194
Data prima messa in onda: 1986-03-03
Data ultima messa in onda: 1995-05-07

Approfondimenti

Randy Travis had a guest role of Billy Wheeler, who was a country singer that had been idolized by B [...]	D
Conrad McMasters has dated and/or worked with a lot of women.	D
In numerous episodes, Ben Matlock, the attorney is able to finger the real assailant during cross-ex [...]	D
On one of the episodes, the series revisited The Andy Griffith Show (1960) by recreating the knife s [...]	D
At the end of Matlock: The Blues Singer (1989) episode, Andy Griffith, Joe Seneca, and blues singer [...]	D
The Ben Matlock character was based on real life defense attorney Bobby Lee Cook, in Summerville, Ge [...]	D
Only once, he got hit by a car (Matlock: The Model (1989)) when his mind was on a tough case. He sta [...]	D
Whenever Ben became irritated with someone, he called them a "jackass". This was one of his favorite [...]	D
Launched the careers of Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard Jr. & Daniel Roebuck.	D
After starring in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)'s reunion movie, Return to Mayberry (1986), Andy Gri [...]	D
In a number of episodes whenever Matlock has to introduce a piece of additional evidence it's usuall [...]	D
Beginning with Nancy Stafford's second season in 1988, she missed several episodes, due to her busy [...]	D
His fee is $100,000, but told a client once that a pro bono case once in a while is good for the sou [...]	D
Subverted in one episode. Matlock interviews a potential witness and gets her story, then calls her [...]	D
Matlock has a habit of speculating in nearly all of his cases rather than presenting the quantifiabl [...]	D
When production of the 4th season began, Clarence Gilyard Jr. did not appear in a few episodes, from [...]	D
The show's theme song was composed by DickDeBenedictis.	D
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Daniel Roebuck, who played Matlock's private investigators, also appeared [...]	D
In 1997, two years after the end of the series, Andy Griffith reprised the role of Matlock on a two [...]	D
Kene Holiday was terminated after the third season, due to his ongoing battle with drugs and alcohol [...]	D
Matlock was like a surrogate father to Michelle and Conrad, as was Andy Griffith to Nancy Stafford a [...]	D
After the series had ended for NBC, both Nancy Stafford and Clarence Gilyard Jr. had remained on goo [...]	D
In Matlock: The Billionaire (1987), Trader Joe's (his favorite catalogue store) had a sale on his fa [...]	D
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Daniel Roebuck were series regulars together for all of season seven, and [...]	D
Andy Griffith logged more years (just by one) as Matlock than his role on The Andy Griffith Show (19 [...]	D
In a shocking and heartbreaking turn of events, the final season sees one of the recurring cast get [...]	D
Before Kene Holliday's termination from the series, in a 2-pt. episode, Cindy Morgan's character was [...]	D
An episode of Matlock: The Captain (1989) that featured the killer revealed in the opening act, was [...]	D
Andy Griffith was living in Manteo, North Carolina, when cast for the show. For the first six season [...]	D
When Matlock was in high school, he played baseball, and once hit a home run in the 9th inning.	D
Linda Purl (Charlene Matlock) departed the series despite its successful first season. Purl claimed [...]	D
In Matlock: The Thoroughbred (1989), Matlock defends a mentally retarded client named Tommy after hi [...]	D
Julie March is as cute as a button, perky as a poodle, and sweet as strawberries. But Ben regards he [...]	D
As production for the seventh season had relocated from Los Angeles, California to Wilmington, North [...]	D
According to Nancy Stafford, who played Michelle Thomas, she said in an interview, the courtroom sce [...]	D
Viacom, which produced this series, also owned the rights to "The Andy Griffith Show" at the time of [...]	D
While Daniel Roebuck made occasional appearances on the NBC version, he lost a ton of weight between [...]	D
Along with Miami Vice (1984), this is another NBC show to feature music or singers play their music.	D
The show concluded after nine seasons, because Andy Griffith wanted to spend more time with his fami [...]	D
Dick Van Dyke made a guest appearance on the premiere episode, Season 1's "The Judge," where he play [...]	D
Besides Don Knotts, other former cast members of the The Andy Griffith Show (1960) to appear were An [...]	D
In Matlock: The Abduction (1992), two mobsters have famous names: Robert Drake (which is also the re [...]	D
Most of Andy Griffith's friends appeared on the show: Mitchell Ryan, Dick Van Dyke, R.G. Armstrong, [...]	D
During the third season, Kene Holiday missed a total of seven episodes, because he was not only arre [...]	D
Clarence Gilyard, Jr. appeared in almost every episode of the NBC edition of the show, after he join [...]	D
Each and every one of the episodes in the series exemplify this trope, in the definite article title [...]	D
Ben Matlock always loved hot dogs. Off-camera, Andy Griffith preferred to eat apples and peanut butt [...]	D
At the end of every case, the person who was on the stand being questioned by Matlock was the actual [...]	D
Jean Speegle Howard, Ron Howard's mother, made a guest appearance on Season 1's "The Doctors," as a [...]	D
When Andy Griffith had memorized the courtroom speeches, that was his secret. He was spouting off th [...]	D
The show premiered on Tuesday, September 23, 1986, on NBC at 8:00 PM EST/7:00 PM PST, and it stayed [...]	D
Like his character on The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Ben Matlock was also a widower.	D
After six seasons, the show's ratings had dropped. Incoming NBC entertainment president Warren Littl [...]	D
Clarence Gilyard Jr. would later work with Noble Willingham on Walker Texas Ranger (1993); though he [...]	D
When Matlock was a widower, the subject of marriage actually minds him. Charlene only gave out a lim [...]	D
Though Matlock went on to win every case, he did lose three times. Each time the loss was corrected.	D
Various episodes where losing a case was a rarity for Matlock, but he has had the occasion to correc [...]	D
Andy Griffith was only fifty-nine years old when he first played Ben Matlock, despite numerous stere [...]	D
Linda Purl left the show near the end of the first season after disputes about her character and cas [...]	D
Off-camera, Andy Griffith had taught Clarence Gilyard how to be really funny.	D
Anytime Matlock gets stab in the back, he will show them no mercy. He'll turn right around and show [...]	D
Undoubtedly, crooked lawyers are this to Matlock. While fairly cantankerous on occasion, Matlock sel [...]	D
Leanne prefers to discard her footwear whenever she's at a beach or right next to one. Justified in [...]	D
Billy Zane and Frances Fisher appeared on this show years before their respective roles as the fianc [...]	D
Long before Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard Jr. and Daniel Roebuck joined the cast, respectively, t [...]	D
This show is similar to Perry Mason (1957).	D
Although Charlene (Linda Purl) and Leanne (Brynn Thayer) were supposed to be sisters, no mention is [...]	D
Nancy Stafford, Kari Lizer, Daniel Roebuck, and Brynn Thayer all had guest appearances on the show b [...]	D
In Matlock: The Court-Martial: Part 1 (1987) Matlock confides that he repeated the third grade as a [...]	D
Clarence Gilyard Jr. later worked with one of Andy Griffith's lifelong friends R.G. Armstrong, on an [...]	D
Bill Mumy, who played in two episodes of Night Gallery (1969), and on Lost in Space (1965), played B [...]	D
Tyler Hudson was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.	D
Before being casted in the series, Kene Holiday was the only actor to have occasionally been an Andy [...]	D
In Matlock: The D.J. (1989), shock jock Arthur Saxon is accused of murdering his professional rival, [...]	D
After an 18 year absence from starring in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Andy Griffith took the role [...]	D
Andy Griffith was the first choice for the lead role of the show, after Brandon Tartikoff saw him in [...]	D
As opposed to Tyler, who was a stocktrader by profession and carried himself with something of an ar [...]	D
When Kene Holliday was arrested, in the middle of the third season, both Andy Griffith and the produ [...]	D
When Matlock defends a client in a different court than his home turf in the season 4 opener, the ju [...]	D
Andy Griffith initially did not like the character due to his vanity and cheapness.	D
Julie March was from Nebraska, as was Julie Sommars, in real-life.	D
Matlock played both the guitar and the banjo ukulele, in real-life, Andy Griffith also played both t [...]	D
In Matlock: The Power Brokers: Part 1 (1987), Matlock sang "Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia," briefly, [...]	D
When Don Knotts was introduced in Season 3 of this show, there is an inside joke in (The Andy Griffi [...]	D
Andy Griffith was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series.	D
Throughout the series' run, Les, Conrad, Cliff, Julie, and Matlock are the only main and/or recurrin [...]	D
Betty Lynn played Ben's secretary, Sarah. Sarah was also the name of the never seen telephone operat [...]	D
Of the 100 guys who auditioned for Conrad McMasters, it was Andy Griffith's call to handpick Clarenc [...]	D
As did his character on The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Matlock also drove a Ford automobile.	D
In one of Linda Purl's absences, Kari Lizer's character had yearned to replace Ben's daughter, Charl [...]	D
The first long-running dramatic show ever to have an anthology-style, clip show featuring flashbacks [...]	D
Nancy Stafford chose to leave the series after season six. She had just gotten married, filming was [...]	D
In Matlock: The Blues Singer (1989), Matlock mistakenly says that Eddie Haynes is in the Smithsonian [...]	D
Ben Matlock's middle name is Leighton.	D
Matlock has a goddaughter named Laura Miller.	D
In a couple of flashback episodes that looked at Ben's early career, Andy Griffith played Ben's fath [...]	D
During production of the series, Andy Griffith occasionally feuded with one of the producers, Dean H [...]	D
Daniel Roebuck played three different roles on this show, before finally getting cast as Cliff Lewis [...]	D
In Ben's final scene of the series, he takes a bow... and splits the seat of his pants.	D
The first longest-running dramatic show ever to feature 4 Western-theme or Country-theme episodes: M [...]	D
While there is a young man on the run in the episode Matlock: The Fugitive (1989), it's Matlock's cl [...]	D

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The Wayans Bros.: Pops Moves In	D
Gone Home	D
L'uomo di casa: Chili Chili Bang Bang	D
Mom: Poodle Fuzz and a Twinge of Jealousy	D
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Un genio in famiglia: Book Smart	D
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Assatanata	D
Freunde	D
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Il Saturday Night Live: Corbin Bernsen/The Smithereens	D
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Domande

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Errori

Many of the lawyers on the show break multiple laws, Matlock included. The investigate people withou [...]	D
Multiple cases of reused footage from in front of the Atlanta Police Department.	D
Prison and jail cells are frequently shown without toilets in them. In the United States of America, [...]	D

Frase

[repeated line] Ben Matlock: Jackass!	D
Ben Matlock: [Ben is escaping from his insurance a [...]	D

Elenchi

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Stagioni

N		Titolo	Soggetto	Data della prima messa in onda	Numero di episodi
1		Stagione 1		1986	24	D
2		Stagione 2		1987	24	D
3		Stagione 3		1988	20	D
4		Stagione 4		1989	24	D
5		Stagione 5		1990	22	D
6		Stagione 6		1991	22	D
7		Stagione 7		1992	18	D
8		Stagione 8		1993	22	D
9		Stagione 9		1994	18	D

Cast

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