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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
20 September 1986 (USA) more
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Plot:
Ben Matlock is a VERY expensive criminal defense attorney who charges a $100,000 to take a case. Fortunately... more
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations more
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Watched WAY more shows than I care to admit more (23 total)

Cast

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Andy Griffith ... Benjamin Matlock / ... (181 episodes, 1986-1995)

Nancy Stafford ... Michelle Thomas / ... (109 episodes, 1986-1992)
Julie Sommars ... A.D.A. Julie March / ... (94 episodes, 1987-1994)
Clarence Gilyard Jr. ... Conrad McMasters (82 episodes, 1989-1993)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (195 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ben attended Harvard Law School. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Ben Matlock: Jackass!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Is It Fall Yet? (2000) (TV) more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Watched WAY more shows than I care to admit, 11 March 2006
Author: S.R. Dipaling from Topeka, Kansas, USA

For the first six seasons,I watched this show on Tuesday nights. I went through all of high school and even into freshman year in college watching these shows. I mention this because while it's tempting for me to tee of on this show for a litany of "crimes"(i.e.junk,t.v.lawyering,plot coincidences,formulaic writing,etc.),I have to say that this show was at least entertaining enough to keep it week-to-week watchable.

Andy Griffith exudes WAY too much charm and slyness as the eponymous Ben MAtlock,a crafty souther lawyer in Atlanta who always is able to get his clients to beat murder raps because they are(surprise!)innocent,and the real killer has invariably framed him/her. This,along with "Jake and the FAtman" were sort of the twin terrors of Fred Silverman and Dean HArgrove produced, safe,legalese t.v. shows of the late eighties that appealed to a mostly older demographic. While I wouldn't recommend this show overall,I will say that it's a decent time-waster if you're around the house,want the TV on and have no taste for soap operas,talk-shows,game shows(like there are many of THOSE around 'nymore)or any of the various forms of current mid-day filler,then find TBS,TNT or Hallmark and look this show up.

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