<P> The Good Fight is an American legal and political drama web television series produced for CBS's streaming service CBS All Access . It is CBS All Access's first original scripted series . The series--created by Robert King, Michelle King, and Phil Alden Robinson--is a spin - off and sequel to The Good Wife, which was created by the Kings . The first season contains 10 episodes, and premiered on February 19, 2017, with the first episode airing on CBS and the following nine episodes on CBS All Access . The series was initially planned to air in May 2017, but was moved up after production delays forced CBS to postpone the premiere of the new series Star Trek: Discovery . </P> <P> The series follows Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, as she is forced out of Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert - Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum, & Associates after an enormous financial scam destroys the reputation of her goddaughter Maia (Rose Leslie) and Diane's savings, leading them to join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms . The series stars Baranski, Leslie, Jumbo, Erica Tazel, Sarah Steele, Justin Bartha, Delroy Lindo, Nyambi Nyambi, Michael Boatman, and Audra McDonald, and features Paul Guilfoyle and Bernadette Peters in recurring roles . It is executive produced by Robert King, Michelle King, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Liz Glotzer, Brooke Kennedy and Alison Scott, with Phil Alden Robinson producing and co-writing the first episode . </P> <P> A second 13 - episode season premiered on March 4, 2018 . On May 2, 2018, the series was renewed for a third season . </P> <P> A year after the finale of The Good Wife, an enormous financial scam destroys the reputation of young lawyer Maia and wipes out the savings of her mentor, Diane Lockhart . The two are forced out of Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert - Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum, & Associates and join Diane's former employee Lucca Quinn at Reddick, Boseman, & Kolstad, a prestigious African American--owned firm making waves by taking on Illinois police brutality cases . In season two, Diane becomes a name partner at the firm, which takes the name Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart . </P>

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