CBS announced during Super Bowl 50 that The Good Wife will end after a seven-season run. There were some hints leading up to the announcement, but it came as a surprise to many still.
The Good Wife, which stars Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, will end with nine more episodes. The series finale will air on Sunday, May 8 at 9 p.m.
For much of the past decade, The Good Wife was often the only broadcast drama in contention for awards as cable shows began to dominate. The show landed on the AFI’s Television Show of the Year list twice and earned a Peabody Award. Margulies won a shelf-full of awards for her performance, including two Emmy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Overall, the show won five Emmys and earned 39 Emmy nominations.
“Being a part of The Good Wife has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career,” Margulies said in a statement. “As an actress and a producer, it has been an absolute honor to be a part of a series that, throughout seven years, never settled on being just good… but always strived to be extraordinary. I have witnessed magic happen when Robert and Michelle King put pen to paper, and it has been a privilege to be in the company of their brilliance. To the most amazing and talented cast and crew, there will always be a special place in my heart for our Good Wife family. As we close the book on our beloved show, I am humbled and grateful to know that together, we created and were a part of something truly remarkable.”
There were a few hints that the show was going to end this year. Creators Robert and Michelle King said in January that they would not come back if CBS renewed the show for season eight because they always saw Alicia Florrick’s story finishing in seven seasons. Just days later, Marguiles joked at the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards that she will be “unemployed come April.”
Over the years, the show’s cast has included Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi, Michel J. Fox, David Hyde Pierce, Jeffrey Tambor, Chris Noth, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Zach Grenier. The show was produced by CBS Television Studios.