New Good Wife Spinoff Centered on Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth Tascioni Scores CBS Pilot Order
The Good Wife fan favorite Elsbeth Tascioni is moving to New York City as the star of her very own show.
CBS has handed a pilot order to Elsbeth, a spinoff starring Carrie Preston as the seemingly scatterbrained but brilliant lawyer that was first introduced on The Good Wife, TVLine has learned.
In the potential series — which is being targeted for the 2023-24 season — “after her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD,” reads the official synopsis. The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will pen the pilot, which will be directed by Robert King. The duo also serve as executive producers alongside Liz Glotzer (of King Size Productions).
Preston made her debut as Elsbeth Tascioni in a Season 1 episode of The Good Wife and quickly became a standout character, going on to appear in 13 more installments of the CBS drama over its seven-year run. Her portrayal earned Preston a Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2013, as well as a nomination in the same category in 2016. More recently, Preston reprised her role as Elsbeth in five episodes of the Paramount+ offshoot The Good Fight. (The actress also directed two episodes of the spinoff.)
CBS on Tuesday also announced a pilot order for Matlock, starring American Horror Story‘s Kathy Bates, and an in-the-works Watson vs. Moriarty series.
Are you excited for Elsbeth to possibly get her own series? Hit the comments with your thoughts!
Unexpected!
I won’t get my hopes too high since just a pilot order but I love The Good Wife and The Good Fight so much that I will take any expansion of the universe. Hope this is good and gets picked up. Love Carrie Preston.
Agreed…
YES I’M EXCITED!! It’s about time.
Yay – I love Carrie’s character Elsbeth! Not gonna lie, I’m afraid. I’m going into this series with one eye open. Shows have got a way of getting cancelled. Even if they are good!!
I love her character, but I don’t know if a show about her as the lead character would work. I think small dosed works better for her.
yes or a ensemble show
Whatever the Kings do I will watch. We are almost done watching The Good Fight and I love the quirkiness of it-even more than The Good Wife. Super excited about this.
Omg I love this news. I am still heartbroken about the Good Fight ending. I was hoping for a Diane spinoff with her running the firm in DC. I’m okay with this too.
I’m so excited for this! Elsbeth is a wonderful character and it will be great to see what she is up to and all of the fun cameos that could occur from The Good Wife and The Good Fight!
Wonderful sounds like a truly winning combination.
Elsbeth is a great character.
wish it stayed in Chicago so we could have guest stars pop up from the universe of the Good wife/fight, though Alicia had also moved to NY, sooooooo
It’s hard to imagine where this might fit in CBS’ crowded schedule but I would definitely watch this; Elsbeth is an all-time favorite character. If this gets picked up but Matlock doesn’t, they should add Kathy Bates to this.
This character worked in occasional appearances but not sure she’d work as a full time lead. She’s too much of a weird personality.
I’ll watch every episode if there is an Elsbeth Tascioni spin-off. She’s mesmerizing as a seemingly bumbling innocent who in actuality is the sharpest person in the room. Her insight and knowledge make her character so appealing.
Keri.
You described her better than anyone else in the comments!
Bravo for you and Elsbeth!!!
Yes!!!
Absolutely adore her!
I wish they called it “The Good Elsbeth” or something with Good in the title just for continuity’s sake. Either way this will be a great show!
Elsbeth seems better suited for Paramount+ than CBS, but if they could get Kyle MacLachlan’s character back it might be fun. He and Preston had great chemistry.
Yay! Can’t wait!
Opens the door for Alicia to appear since they established this last season of the Good Fight she had moved to New York following the finale of The Good Wife.
So EXCITED FOR THUS SHOW! I AFORE CARRIE PRESTON, just a great actress and person!!!
I love Elsbeth. She is a delight. Excited to see this spinoff.
loved her on the good wife so glad she will be back all the time
loved her on the good wife so glad she will be back all the time now
I’m very excited for this!
Always felt she deserves her show. It will be great.