Matlock (2024) — Detailed Review & Official Info Matlock (2024) — Quick Facts Format: TV series (reboot / legal drama) Lead: Kathy Bates as Madeline "Matty" Matlock Creator / Showrunner: Jennie Snyder Urman Original network / streaming: CBS / streaming on Paramount+ and available on Prime Video (region dependent) First aired: 2024 Genres: Legal drama, crime, character-driven mystery My Rating: ⭐ 8.6 / 10 ▶ Official Watch (Prime Video) ▶ Official Page (Paramount+) Trailer source: Official CBS / studio trailer on YouTube. Full Review — Spoiler-minimal Overview: This Matlock reimagines the classic legal name and places a very different protagonist at its center: Madeline “Matty” Matlock (Kathy Bates), a sharp, wily septuagenarian who returns to work at a high-powered law firm. The series keeps the courtroom cleverness of the original but shifts tone toward serialized character drama, moral complexity, and slow-burning institutional exposes. What works: Kathy Bates gives the show its emot…