| Rank | 4,133 / 29,986 |
|---|---|
| Trend | 19 |
| Genres | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Seasons | 9 |
| Episodes | 181 |
| Total votes | 23,648 |
| Average votes | 131 |
| Average rating | 7.4 / 10 |
In this legal drama, Andy Griffith plays Ben Matlock, a criminal-defense lawyer based in Atlanta. Matlock typically identifies and confronts the perpetrator in a dramatic courtroom scene. His goal, most often, is to prove reasonable doubt of his client's guilt. Rumor suggests that the character is based on lawyer Bobby Lee Cook, Georgia's colorful "dean of criminal-defense attorneys."
Directors: Alan Cooke, Bill Duke, Bob Sweeney, Burt Brinckerhoff, Charles S. Dubin, Christian I. Nyby II, Christopher Hibler, Daniel Haller, Harvey S. Laidman, John Llewellyn Moxey, Larry Elikann, Leo Penn, Michael O'Herlihy, Nicholas Sgarro, Peter Ellis, Robert Day, Robert Scheerer, Russ Mayberry, Seymour Robbie, Tony Mordente Writers: Bill Dana, David Hoffman, Dean Hargrove, Diana Kopald Marcus, Don Roos, Donald Ross, Gerry Conway, Joel Steiger, Joyce Burditt, Leigh Vance, Lincoln Kibbee, Mary Ann Kasica, Max Eisenberg, Milton Berle, Paul Savage, Richard Collins, Rick Mittleman, Rift Fournier, Robert Schlitt, Ronald Austin, Sam Rolfe, Stephen Lord, Susan Woollen Hint: you can examine a particular season more clearly on the graphs if you disable the trendline and all other seasons (via clicking on their labels). Episodes average rating