The Good Wife

The Good Wife is a drama television show that originally premiered in the fall of 2009 on CBS. The show stars Julianna Margulies as a wife who has to go back to work as a lawyer when her husband goes to jail following a sex scandal. The show is said to have been inspired by the real-life situation of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned from office after a prostitute scandal.http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/02/2009-09-02_pain_of_eliot_spitzer_scandal_for_exgovernors_wife_silda_recalled_in_new_cbs_sho.html

Following its first season on the air, The Good Wife earned several honors including nominations for Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Writers Guild of America. Additionally, lead actress Julianna Margulies won a Golden Globe Award in 2010 as Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama, while Archie Panjabi brought home the show's first Emmy win in 2010 as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442462/awards

Plot

After Chicago state attorney Peter Florrick, portrayed by Chris Noth, is arrested for corruption and a sex scandal, wife Alicia Florrick, portrayed by Margulies returns to the workforce as a junior litigator in order to provide for her two children, Zach and Grace. Alicia Florrick attempts to balance family life with professional work, including interacting with others in the law office. Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos, Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma, Josh Charles as Will Gardner and Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart are among those who work in the law firm.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442462/

Behind the Scenes of ''The Good Wife''

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In a behind-the-scenes look at the series, actors from The Good Wife describe the show, including the relationship between lead character Alicia Florrick and her husband, a disgraced city attorney. After a sex scandal and corruption charges, Peter Florrick resigns from his position and goes to jail, forcing wife Alicia to re-enter the workforce to provide for the family.