Good Wife lives up to the hype...

The Good Wife - CBS, Tuesday Nights 10PM

I was able to find some time this evening to hit my DVR and watch a couple more fall premieres, including CBS' The Good Wife. It airs opposite The Forgotten, and boy did I choose to watch the wrong one! This one has plenty of potential.

First, it would really have to be a stinker of a script for this cast to drop the ball: Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Christina Branaski, Matt Czurchy...hell, even Grams from Dawson's Creek is in this thing! Luckily the writing was good and the characters interesting. Plus Christina B. barley annoyed me at all. A miracle! I'm already planning to add this show to my must DVR list.

Here's the run down: "The Good Wife" is a drama about a politician's wife (Margulies) who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her husband (Noth) is sent to jail on charges of political corruption - not to mention his extra-marital affairs. Margulies will not only have to deal with her career but also with keeping her family together by providing a stable home for her two children and a nosey, but caring mother-in-law.

Yes, it is a bit of a chick show...but fear not because at its root, the show is basically another court room drama. If you like those, you'll like this. Plus Margulies does a great job at showing vulnerability while still standing strong.