Kathy Bates RETIRING after Matlock

Here's the NY Times article.

She's pushing 80 and she's battled cancer a couple of times, not surprising she wants to retire.

I hope she changes her mind especially if the show only lasts 1 or 2 seasons.

Well, "Matlock" will be canceled by December so she will get her rest sooner rather than later.

She was excellent recently as the grandmother in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret."

I miss her already. How long has she been gone ?

That's a great photo of her in the OP pic.

Why does Hollywood have to cannibalize the previous Andy Griffith show "Matlock" for a new show with a woman character, etc?

Why call it by the name of the original show?

Surely they are not trying to claim that Kathy Bates is an older version of Matlock's daughter?

No imagination even for the title does not speak well of those producing this.

Ozempic at work there

Amateur!

[quote] “Sometimes I get jealous of having this talent. Because I can’t hold it back, and I just want my life.”

Huh? She sounds like a jerk, here.

And yes, she's on Ozempic. All this time and she finally cracked the code on how to lose weight? Ozempic.

Yeah, I don't get why they are using the Matlock name, which they surely had to pay for. Maybe because Bates already had one flop lawyer show?

As posted above, I think her health is very fragile. She is talented, but the projects she undertook weren’t always that interesting. Misery was a hit and her performance was strong, but the ending (the super violent fight scene) took away any interest I had in watching it again. Dolores Claiborne, too, a good but imperfect film.

Bad Santa 2 was just Bad.

[quote] Surely they are not trying to claim that Kathy Bates is an older version of Matlock's daughter?

No, they're not trying to do that, R7. Reports say there's no connection between Bates' character, Madeline "Matty" Matlock, and Griffith's Ben Matock. Apparently, there's even a promo where she tells a group of people that her surname "is like the old TV show" -- as if she used to watch the show herself.

R13. This drives me insane. Then why use the fucking name of Matlock?! All the old timers who tuned in every week in the 80s are almost all dead! I'm 40...I never watched it and I'm not drawn to this. They should have named her "Lola Bigcups."

She sounds like she's clinically depressed.

[quote] Why does Hollywood have to cannibalize the previous Andy Griffith show "Matlock" for a new show with a woman character, etc?

Why call it by the name of the original show?

Why do care so much? Who gives a fuck?

[quote] Why call it by the name of the original show?

They think melancholy boomers are senile and won't notice that it's not the same show.

She was pretty funny in About Schmidt.

R14 because name recognition. I probably won't watch however I'm was slightly more interested in what this show was when in the name was mentioned versus if it had a name like Morris or Bentley because I was like oh Matlock. So I guess they're banking on people will be intrigued in at least check out one episode but my interest lasted as long as that article and knowing it has nothing to do with the original.

So she'll be retiring after this season. We'll miss you, Kathy!

The ads and trailers I've seen for the series have piqued my interest. I'm looking forward to the premiere.

She's trying to get her fans to keep this show on the air after Harry's Law crashed & burned.

It's like Cher saying she was on a retirement tour which has lasted decades now...

I'm tempted to watch it but CBS makes brainless slop for utter fools (CSI Miami, Big Bang Theory, NCIS etc)

[quote]Huh? She sounds like a jerk, here.

Agreed, R10. Bates is lucky she's had the career that she's had.

R23 CBS has Elsbeth which is very good.

At least we will only have to smell her nappy pussy for about 13 more weeks.

R13 Unrecognizable.

Even with facts having gone out of favor in contemporary journalism, you'd think that along the way to and then after this piece someone at the New York Times or deadline.com would have determined that Bates' Matlock pilot was shot in 2023, which would seem to make the reporter's "A few weeks later, in January of [2024] her agents sent her a script..." more than a little curious. Maybe even, you know, incorrect.

Facing such injustices early in her career.

Like that Oscar.

Poor old thing.

Yeah, r29. Remember when a 24 year old Kathy Bates won the Oscar for Misery? Why she bitchin?

She should do a podcast with Roxane Gay called We're Exhausted.

[quote]Why call it by the name of the original show?

It's one thing if it were truly original IP, but realistically, the show is simply another procedural dramedy with the hook that the lead is an older person who is normally dismissed by youth-obsessed culture.

Using the name for recognition makes some sense. It telegraphs immediately what people can expect - it's not going to be about hot young lawyers making difference.

I never watched the originally Andy Griffith version, so maybe I'm just not that invested in the concept, as I would be in another Trek or Star Wars property.

This could be a win for me. I’ve liked every performance I’ve ever seen her give and just subscribed to Paramount+ yesterday because I wanted to have a backup football team to transfer my affections to in case the religiosity and Trumpism that keeps coming out of the KC Chiefs lately becomes too much. Seahawks won their game, too. So, yay to that and maybe yay to this, too.

She gets a gay lifetime achievement award for Fried Green Tomatoes.

She looks awful after having lost all that weight. This is one of the few cases in which thinness doesn't suit someone AT ALL. She's gone from looking like a jolly auntie to looking like a malnourished owl. As for the fact that she plans to retire, it is a great pity, as she is one of the best actresses who have ever lived and can easily be considered a match for Meryl Streep, Glenn Close and Diane Keaton.

Even with facts having gone out of favor in contemporary journalism

R28 Dropping conspiracy bread crumbs in a critique of entertainment reporting? Clever.

I bet that Cinematic Doo- Doo Festival Summer Camp is the film that turned her off to acting, forevah!

[quote]This drives me insane. Then why use the fucking name of Matlock?! All the old timers who tuned in every week in the 80s are almost all dead! I'm 40...I never watched it and I'm not drawn to this. They should have named her "Lola Bigcups."[quote]

They are dead, R14.

She’s even younger than Glenn.

Unsure what the conspiracy reference could possibly mean but breadcrumbs is one word, not two.

^^And "suck my dick" is three words.

[quote] This drives me insane. Then why use the fucking name of Matlock?! All the old timers who tuned in every week in the 80s are almost all dead!

That is the main CBS network demo.

Is Kathy married?

[quote] Maybe because Bates already had one flop lawyer show?

I liked Harry’s Law.

[quote]That is the main CBS network demo.

Pretty much:

"CBS has the oldest primetime audience among broadcasters, with a median age of 67.8, two-plus years older than ABC (65.5). NBC (64.9) skews a bit younger than the formerly youth-chasing CW (65.2)."

Step aside, creampuff.

She looked about the same for 25 years but now she looks like an old lady practically overnight.

She said she had a bad experience on a recent movie. I wonder if it was “Summer Camp” with Diane Keaton.

Did you like episode 1? I didn’t.

I wish she had done Quincy instead.

She's 76, she should retire. Don't die working, everyone.

[quote]She's 76, she should retire. Don't die working, everyone.

As they say, it's not work if you love it. There are plenty of people who love what they're doing.

Writers like Stephen King probably love doing it. Other authors probably hate it, but do it for the paycheck.

A gal's gotta eat. Old or not.

I've known doctors who worked past their job expiration date. Not always a good thing.

Hollywood Reporter: CBS’ update on Matlock brought in a strong audience for its premiere Sunday night.

The legal drama starring Kathy Bates brought in 7.73 million viewers for its debut. Excluding shows that debuted after the Super Bowl, that’s the largest series premiere audience for a CBS show in more than five years (since The Code followed an NCIS episode in April 2019).

The 7.73 million viewers also would have ranked in the top five among CBS’ same-day audiences for scripted shows last season.

I watched it on Paramount+ and I thought it was pretty good. There's a twist I won't give away.

She already said she isn’t returning at the Emmys a week ago. She’s a liar.

She already has a big movie coming out in which she stars. A historical drama.

Seems cheesy and a bit sad that any actor of any stature would do a "Big Three" broadcast network series.

I stopped watched anything from the former big networks before Law & Order ended in 2010.

why didn't she return to the New York stage off and on through the years, to break up all the B material she's been given?

[quote] There's a twist I won't give away.

She has a dick.

[quote]I watched it on Paramount+ and I thought it was pretty good. There's a twist I won't give away.

There were 2 twists, r56, both in the final minutes of the episode. The first one was delightful, though not exactly surprising. The second, dropped in the last 60 seconds, I could have lived without entirely. It's such a tired old trope. At the very least, they ought to have held that one back until a few more episodes in.

They gave themselves no place to go. Now the entire season will be about that, and they probably won't get a second.

The twist is interesting.

I liked this first episode enough to watch again. I may even watch Elspeth too. I haven't watched anything on CBS primetime in probably close to 25 years.

[quote]I may even watch Elspeth too.

I gave up after three episodes. Too formulaic, and her "kooky" shtick wears me out.

It was a solid procedural.

The twist on her ulterior motive was revealed too soon. I get why they'd do it in the first episode, but it probably should have been held a couple more episodes with a slower rollout that everything isn't as it seemed.

The episode should have ended with her getting into the car after getting off the bus.

There is something very different abouther looks, just can't put my finger on it

Was Mason Reese her grandson?

Has she lost weight?

The first episode is on YOU TUBE

I need to watch the new second episode. It’s streaming now!

R70, I need to watch it also. I totally forgot about it until my sister called me after it was over raving about how great it was.

She's always been a terrific actress. Top tier.

Just finished the second episode and I can proudly say it was not a letdown from the pilot. Very strong episode. Kathy is amazing as being a loveable Meemaw and then flipping a switch to be an amazing dramatic actress. She’s having the time of her life here and I am having the time of my life watching her.