It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you. After season three, Kene Holliday was fired. Executive producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove were responsible for both Matlock and Jake and the Fatman, as well as Diagnosis: Murder, created by Joyce Burditt (which itself was a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman) in 1993, also on CBS; Father Dowling Mysteries in 1988 on NBC and ABC; and the 30 Perry Mason (TV film series) made-for-TV movies from 1985 until 1995 on NBC. Here are some of Abe Simpsons' funniest quotes from The Simpsons. Originally, the series premiered with Ben Matlock having a law practice with his daughter Charlene (played originally by Lori Lethin in the pilot movie; Linda Purl took over the role when the series went to air in the first season). Daniel Roebuck now joined Thayer as a new regular for season seven, playing the role of ne'er-do-well Cliff Lewis, a young lawyer and associate. [2] Since 1991, reruns of the show have been shown in syndication and on TBS, INSP, Hallmark Channel, CBS Drama, WGN America, FETV and MeTV. Matlock aired a total of 193 episodes across nine seasons and began with a TV-movie. He is known to visit crime scenes to discover clues otherwise overlooked and come up with viable, alternative theories of the crime in question (usually murder). In season nine Carol Huston joined the series as Jerri Stone, a secondary private investigator helping out Cliff in his duties. So Quimby promises to name the new road the Matlock Expressway. Note: When this episode aired originally you could call and vote for each of the three suspects, 1. Click here for your invite! 10 Matlock! She joined the cast full-time in the season of 1992 playing a similar role to Linda Purl's character of lawyer-daughter Charlene of the first season (sister to Thayer's character Leanne McIntyre). These traits, and the demands he placed upon his investigators, are often points of comic relief in the series. After the case was over, Michelle followed Matlock back to the U.S. and took over Charlene's role as his law partner. They crowded around him and ended up hurting him. Matlock is an American mystery legal drama television series created by Dean Hargrove, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. In 1992, this was changed once again to the same gray, but with a blue square around the "M" in "Matlock". There aren't too many things Abe is passionate about, but when it comes to Matlock, he is a full-blown fanboy. cached September 26th 12:03 pm by ( web1 Matlock died on February 4, 1990, leaving an estate apparently valued between thirty and forty thousand dollars. Cassie stayed on as a file clerk until the end of the season, when she disappeared for reasons never made clear. Jasper Beardly stole his pills for heart problems, leading Griffith to be taken by an ambulance.. Roger Meyers, Jr. claimed that Huckleberry Hound was inspired by Griffith.