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'The Good Wife' spinoff gets a title: 'The Good Fight'

By Karen Butler
"The Good Fight" star Christine Baranski arrives at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 20, 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Production has begun in New York City on The Good Fight, CBS All Access' spinoff, which picks up a year after The Good Wife finale.

Starring Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Rose Leslie, Delroy Lindo, Sarah Steele, Paul Guilfoyle, Bernadette Peters and Erica Tazel, the show will be available exclusively on the CBS Television Network's subscription, video on-demand and live-streaming service after a special broadcast premiere in February.

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"In the new series, an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's pre-eminent law firms," a press release explained.

Robert and Michelle King, creators and executive producers of The Good Wife, have returned as show-runners and executive producers of the new series.

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