SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details about the premiere episode of Matlock on CBS. Although Matlock has returned to the screen in name, that’s about where the similarities end with the new reboot.

This article contains spoilers for the CBS reboot of Matlock. CBS chief marketing officer Mike Benson has spent the last 18 months obsessing over Matlock — or, to be more precise, how to sell 2024 audiences on the Eye’s new reboot of the Andy Griffith-led legal mystery.

Not only was this version of “Matlock” a gender-flipped premise with Kathy Bates taking on the role originally played by Andy Griffith, but there also was a shocking twist hidden at the end of the pilot,

CBS and the creator behind the new Matlock pulled a fast one on audiences everywhere! Read to find out where these incredible ideas came from!

Olympia and the team take on a lawsuit involving a developmentally delayed teenager whose family claims he's been wrongly accused of murder.

CBS has a new hit on its hands with Matlock, a new show starring Kathy Bates, and fans are gushing about how great it is.