Michelle King

“This is the most difficult show we have ever undertaken, because the goal was to keep people safe,” declares Michelle King about the (literally) jaw-dropping new six-part limited series she co-created with her husband and collaborator Robert King. “The Bite” was conjured up by the Emmy-winning duo as a way to get actors and TV crews back to work safely and innovatively, during a time when most of the TV industry was still shut down because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Watch our exclusive video interview with the duo above.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Bite,” available now on Spectrum on Demand platforms. Five years ago, Michelle and Robert King created and executive produced a political satire entitled “BrainDead,” in which extraterrestrial insects began to crawl inside the ears of government officials and begin to take control of their words and actions. Since then, the prolific television scribes watched as science became politicized, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite already having two ongoing drama series (“Evil” and “The Good Fight” for Paramount Plus) to run, they were inspired to step back into the world of satire with “The Bite.”

Robert and Michelle King are known for having created acclaimed series The Good Fight, The Good Wife, and Evil. But during the couple's long pandemic walks, they cooked up something wholly unexpected. The Bite is a six-episode satirical drama series co-produced by Spectrum and CBS Studios that follows the lives of two neighbors—Rachel (Audra McDonald) and Lily (Taylor Schilling)—as they embark on unprecedented times when a deadly new strain of a virus arrives...one that involves zombies.

Created and written by Robert and Michelle King, The Second Wave follows an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. It follows the lives of two neighbors, Rachel (McDonald) and Lily (Schilling), as they navigate life in quarantine in New York City. While Rachel juggles her many telemedicine clients as well as a shaky, passionless marriage, Lily is upstairs just trying to convince her Wall Street clientele that her very specific skillset is still just as valuable over video as it was in person. When an unexpected, deadly second wave of the virus arrives, we follow these two women as they face unprecedented times while still juggling their careers, their loved ones - and possibly...the end of the world?

Maybe a new series from Robert and Michelle King will make the wait for Evil Season 2 a little easier?. The Good Wife creators have a new six-episode satirical drama, The Bite, dropping on Friday, May 21, for Spectrum subscribers On Demand. (It’s a co-production of Spectrum and CBS Studios.)

Uzo Aduba has signed a multi-year producing deal with CBS Studios, Variety has confirmed. Under the deal, she will star in and executive produce a new drama series titled “Low Country” that is also executive produced by CBS favorites Robert and Michelle King. Dewayne Jones, who previously worked on the Kings’ shows “Evil” and “Your Honor,” will write and executive produce. The project is currently being taken out to premium cable networks and streamers.

Uzo Aduba is getting on the right side of the law: The Emmy-winning Orange Is the New Black alum will star in the crime drama Low Country from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King, our sister site Deadline reports. The series produced by CBS Studios, which doesn’t have...