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News & Cast Updates(News section last updated December 10, 2025)Watch the Doctors on RetroTV or at itsrealgoodtv.com 2026 Critics Choice Awards Nominations(12/10/25) The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 4, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Running from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT, the ceremony hosted by Chelsea Handler will air live on E! for a second year in a row and also will air live across USA Network.BEST ACTOR BEST ACTRESS BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION 83rd Golden Globe Award Nominations(12/10/25) Winners will be announced Sunday, January 11 on CBS and Paramount+ during a ceremony hosted for a second year by Nikki Glaser.Best Performance By a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Performance By a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television AARP Movies for Grownups Award Nominations(11/19/25) AARP on Wednesday announced nominees for its annual Movies for Grownups Awards aimed at championing films and TV achievements that appeal to the age 50-plus readers and membership of their organization.The annual MFG Awards ceremony will take place January 10, 2026, at the Beverly Wilshire. Alan Cumming, the Tony- and Emmy-winning host of the The Traitors, will return to host. Best Actor Best Documentary Best Actress (TV) 'Rust' Gun Supplier Sues Alec Baldwin & Others for Allegedly Putting Him in Bad Light(10/30/25) Four years later, Alec Baldwin still isn't completely out of the woods with regard to the tragic shooting on the set of his movie "Rust" ... the gun supplier from the movie is now suing Alec and several others, claiming they smeared his good name after the fatal incident.In court documents, obtained by TMZ, Seth Kenney -- the owner of PDQ Arm & Prop who filed the suit without a lawyer -- alleges his reputation was tarnished due to "cutthroat industry Hollywood 'fixers' and media," which led to "significant loss of past, present and future financial income." He claims Alec and others -- including Halyna Hutchins' widower, Matthew -- "conspired to paint [him] in a nationwide false light scapegoat smear campaign" to distance themselves from the "Rust" shooting and subsequent criminal investigation. Alec actually beat Kenney to the punch in 2022, when he sued Kenney -- along with other crew members -- for allegedly failing to safeguard the film set. Alec's lawsuit alleged, “This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun.” That lawsuit has since been settled, but Kenney has come back for more, claiming the defendants "chose to misuse" the firearm rental property for "cost-cutting financial gain". As we previously reported, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the tragic shooting. She was released in May on parole. In a tragic accident, Alec shot Hutchins in the chest as they were practicing for a scene during production of the Western film. Alec stated he thought the gun was "cold" -- meaning unloaded and safe to use in the scene -- and insisted he shouldered no blame for Hutchins' death. In 2024, his involuntary manslaughter case was dismissed after the judge found prosecutors withheld evidence that could have been favorable to his defense. Margaret DePriest Dies: Actress & Writer On ‘General Hospital’, ‘Days Of Our Lives’, ‘All My Children’ & More Was 94(10/29/25) Margaret DePriest, an actress and five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee who wrote on numerous soaps including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Sunset Beach and others, has died. DePriest passed away on September 29 of natural causes at her home in Greenwich Village, her daughter Sara Kimbell confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 94.Born in Bristow, OK on April 19, 1931, DePriest rose from Depression-era farm life to win a drama scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. She began her career as an actress both onstage and television. One of her first credits was a contract role as Abby Cameron #1 on The Edge of Night from 1965-1966. She also portrayed social worker Mrs. Berger on The Doctors. She segued to co-writer (with Lou Scofield) on The Edge of Night in the mid-1960s. In 1969, she co-created and was co-head writer of CBS Daytime’s Where the Heart Is, and went on to become head writer for daytime dramas General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and most recently Sunset Beach. She also appeared as an actress in guest-starring roles on The Catholic Hour, True Story and N.Y.P.D. in the late ’50s and 1960s. DePriest earned five Daytime Emmy noms for Best Writing, first in 1985 for General Hospital, two for Days of Our Lives in 1984 and 1985, and for All My Children in 1990 and One Life to Live in 1992. She also was nominated for a WGA Award for Best Writing for Another World in 1998. In 1965, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Place for Chance. She was married to writer Paul Price who passed away in 2012.
Baldwin's malicious prosecution suit over Rust shooting moves to federal court(10/22/25) SANTA FE, N.M. — A lawsuit by actor Alec Baldwin alleging malicious prosecution in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust” has been reinstated and moved to federal court by the defendants.Baldwin initially filed the lawsuit in state court in January, claiming civil rights violations and seeking damages after a charge of involuntary manslaughter against the actor was dismissed at trial in 2024 on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense. A petition to move the malicious prosecution case to federal court was filed Monday by the defendants — special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, along with three investigators from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office and the county board of commissioners. The change of court venue raises the stakes in Baldwin’s yearslong conflict with New Mexico authorities. Here are some things to know. Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired. Few people testified at Baldwin’s July trial before it was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office in March 2024 by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins’ killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin’s lawyers say investigators “buried” the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss. A judge threw out the charge against Baldwin and later refused a request from prosecutors to reconsider. “Rust” movie weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has fulfilled a 1.5 year prison sentence on an involuntary manslaughter conviction in Hutchins’ death in a jury trial. An appeal of the conviction to a higher court has been initiated. “Rust” assistant director David Halls pleaded no contest to unsafe handling of a firearm and was sentenced to six months of probation. A settlement agreement was reached in 2022 in a wrongful-death lawsuit against Baldwin and other “Rust” producers by Matthew Hutchins, widower of Halyna Hutchins, and their son. But the parents and younger sister of Hutchins are still pursuing damages and compensation from Baldwin and “Rust” producers in New Mexico civil court. Those claims could result in a deposition by Baldwin under oath in November, according to recent court documents. The allegations in Baldwin’s tort claim include defamation, with his attorneys saying that prosecutors and investigators targeted the actor and co-producer for professional or political gain. Defendants say it is a matter for federal authorities to resolve under terms of the Constitution and other U.S. laws. Baldwin’s lawsuit for damages initially lingered with little activity. It was dismissed in July, only to be reinstated in September at Baldwin’s request. Attorneys for Baldwin say they have approached state and county officials about the prospects for a settlement. Prosecutors and an attorney for Baldwin did not immediately respond to requests Wednesday for comment. STAR-STUDDED LINEUP SET TO PRESENT AT THE “77TH EMMY AWARDS,” SEPT. 14 ON CBS(9/10/25) CBS and the Television Academy announced today the star-studded lineup of presenters for the 77TH EMMY® AWARDS, broadcasting live to both coasts from the Peacock Theater, Sunday, Sept. 14, (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.*Presenters for the Emmys, hosted by Grammy®-nominated comedian Nate Bargatze, are as follows: Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell, Alexis Bledel, Sterling K. Brown, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey, Walton Goggins, Tony Goldwyn, Lauren Graham, Kathryn Hahn, Mariska Hargitay, Justin Hartley, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, James Marsden, Christopher Meloni, Leanne Morgan, Julianne Nicholson, Jenna Ortega, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Parker Posey, Jeff Probst, Phylicia Rashad, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Michael Schur, Sydney Sweeney, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Emmy Award-winning producers Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon, and Emmy-nominated Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment return as executive producers of the 77TH EMMY AWARDS. This marks their third consecutive year as executive producers of television’s biggest night. The 77TH EMMY AWARDS telecast was preceded by the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this past weekend, Sept. 6-7, with ceremonies produced by Bob Bain Productions for the Television Academy; an edited presentation of the ceremonies will air Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8:00 PM, ET/PT on FXX. Winners from the weekend can be found at TelevisionAcademy.com/awards/creative-arts-emmys. 2025 Emmy Nominations(7/15/25) The 2025 Emmy Awards, now in its 77th year, will take place on Sunday, September 14, at 8/7c on CBS.Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie ‘The Waterfront’s Jake Weary Reveals Soap Icon Mom Kim Zimmer’s Surprising Connection to the Show(7/3/25) The Waterfront has docked at the top of the Netflix charts. Jake Weary plays Cane Buckley, the admittedly flawed son of Harlan (Holt McCallany) and Belle Buckley (Maria Bello). Cane, along with the rest of his family, goes to deadly lengths to save their empire from drowning.In real life, Weary’s family is the complete opposite. Quite frankly, the only thing the Buckleys and Weary’s family have in common is their notoriety. Weary’s mom is Guiding Light soap icon Kim Zimmer, and his dad is actor A.C. Weary. Turns out, The Waterfront creator Kevin Williamson was a huge fan of Guiding Light, especially Zimmer’s portrayal of Reva Shayne. “I know that he had made the connection before, but it was really sweet because I don’t think he knew that I knew he was a fan of my mom’s until we were on set one day,” Weary told TV Insider. Weary continued, “He just finally opened up to me and shared his experiences and watching the show and how that was such an integral part of his childhood, and it kind of symbolized a connection that he had had with his family and sitting down in front of the TV and watching Reva Shayne just be an absolute hot mess of a character. Isn’t it funny how life can kind of just come full circle?” Weary noted that Zimmer is his “biggest fan,” and she was excited to watch his new Netflix series. He gladly called himself a “mama’s boy.” On top of The Waterfront, Animal Kingdom, the gritty family drama Weary starred in from 2016 to 2022, is having a resurgence right now. “She’s actually re-watching all of Animal Kingdom right now because it just came out on Netflix,” Weary said about his mother. “She is literally my biggest fan. She’s kind of the first person I talk to anytime something comes out because I don’t necessarily like watching my own performances.” Given Williamson’s affinity for Zimmer, could we possibly see Weary’s mom on The Waterfront in a potential Season 2? “I’d love to work with her again,” Weary said, referring to the 2023 movie they both starred in, Bleeding Love. The Waterfront, Season 1, Streaming Now, Netflix. Jack Betts Dies: ‘Spider-Man’ Actor Was 96(6/21/25) Jack Betts, the character actor who appeared in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002) and over a dozen Spaghetti Western films, has died at the age of 96.Per The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news, Betts died Thursday in his sleep at his Los Osos, Calif. home, his nephew, Dean Sullivan, said. Born Jack Fillmore Betts (saying he bore a relation to the 13th POTUS Millard Fillmore) on April 11, 1929 in Jersey City, NJ, he grew up in Miami, where he eventually studied theater at University of Miami. Afterward, he moved to New York City, where he made his Broadway debut in 1953’s Richard III. When a friend asked him to help with an audition for Lee Strasberg’s famed nonprofit, The Actors Studio, the director of the prestigious acting school granted him a three-year scholarship to study there. As a result, the venerated Elia Kazan later cast him in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (He later returned to Braodway for Kazan’s 1959 production of Sweet Bird of Youth, as well as a late ’70s revival of Dracula, in which he once portrayed the eponymous count as Raul Julia’s standby.) Betts’ first film credit was in 1959’s The Bloody Brood, and in 1966 he was cast as the title character in Franco Giraldi’s Sugar Colt, billed as Hunt Powers for the first time. That kicked off a string of credits in over a dozen Spaghetti Westerns through the 1970s. On the television side, Betts racked up a number of appearances in daytime soaps, including General Hospital, The Young Marrieds, The Edge of Night, The Doctors, Another World, All My Children, Falcon Crest, Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light, Generations and The Young and the Restless. His other notable arcs included episodes for Perry Mason and The F.B.I., as well as turns in popular series like Gunsmoke, Seinfeld, Mad TV, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, The Mentalist and Monk. (Betts was great friends with Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts, whom he met at The Actors Studio in the ’50s; the two shared a home from the late ’80s until her death in 2016.) In Spider-Man, Betts notably portrays Henry Balkan, the Oscorp Technologies board chairman who tells Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn, “You’re out, Norman,” kicking off the Green Goblin’s villainous arc. Later on in the movie, Osborn parrots back the phrase to Balkan, as he vaporizes the board in an attack on Times Square, gleefully shouting: “Out, am I?” Additional film credits include 1993’s Falling Down with Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall, the 1995 Val Kilmer-starring Batman Forever and 1998’s Gods and Monsters opposite Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser. In addition to his nephew, survivors include his nieces, Lynne and Gail, and his sister, Joan, who turns 100 in November. Following the news of his death, Beverly Hills Playhouse shared a tribute to the performer on Instagram, writing: “Our beloved Jack Betts passed away peacefully at home. It is a sad day for the BHP as we have enjoyed his presence for so many years. There are actors who credit him with their not giving up because of his encouragement. We were so fortunate to have enjoyed his great spirit, passion and true dedication to the work. There was only ever one like this and we are the richer for having his presence in our theatre. Rest in peace, Jack.” ‘Atrabilious’ First Trailer: Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, Leon Addison Brown Among Cast(6/16/25) (Video) Here’s your first trailer for mystery-thriller and dark comedy Atrabilious, which is directed, written, and produced by William Atticus Parker (Forty Winks).In addition to writing the script, Parker co-produced the film alongside Sabina Friedman-Seitz. The neo-noir stars Leon Addison Brown (The Knick), Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act), Alec Baldwin (Glengarry Glen Ross), Jeffrey Wright (The Batman), Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy) and Evan Jonigkeit (The Night House). Set against a gritty Brooklyn backdrop, Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner (Brown) as he embarks on a harrowing quest to uncover the truth behind his son’s sudden and suspicious death. His search leads him to the enigmatic bar, Atrabilious, where buried secrets and a dark, tangled past slowly come to light. Buffalo 8 is handling distribution. Parker, son of Billy Crudup and Mary-Louise Parker, made his feature directing debut with Forty Winks. Alec Baldwin Signs With UTA(6/11/25) Alec Baldwin has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.Known for his four decades of work across film, television, and theater, Baldwin is a three-time Emmy winner and three-time Golden Globe winner who received seven consecutive SAG Awards for his role as executive Jack Donaghy on NBC’s Tina Fey comedy 30 Rock. He earned an Oscar nomination for The Cooler, a Tony Award nomination for A Streetcar Named Desire, and is a longtime contributor to Saturday Night Live, where his portrayal of Donald Trump earned him his third Emmy in 2017. On the film side, Baldwin’s other credits include Beetlejuice, Miami Blues, The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Edge, The Departed, The Aviator, It’s Complicated, Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Framing John Delorean and Motherless Brooklyn. He also voices the title role in DreamWorks’ hit animated franchise The Boss Baby. On stage, he has appeared in productions of Loot, A Life in the Theatre, Prelude to a Kiss, Macbeth, Gross Points, On the Twentieth Century, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Equus, Orphans, and All My Sons. Baldwin is also the author of three books: A Promise to Ourselves, a critique of the California family law system; the memoir Nevertheless; and the satirical Trump parody You Can’t Spell America Without Me, co-written with Kurt Andersen. Additionally, Baldwin currently hosts the iHeartRadio-produced interview podcast Here’s the Thing. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Baldwin holds honorary doctorates from NYU and the Manhattan School of Music. He is Co-Chairman of the board of the Hamptons Film Festival, and sits on the boards of the New York Philharmonic, People for the American Way, and the NYU Tisch Dean’s Council. Alongside his wife, Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, he maintains The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation, supporting numerous causes, primarily in the arts. Baldwin continues to be represented by manager Matt DelPiano. Valerie Mahaffey Dies: ‘Young Sheldon’ & ‘Northern Exposure’ Star Was 71(5/31/25) Valerie Mahaffey, the Emmy-winning actress known for her work on such shows as Northern Exposure, Desperate Housewives, Young Sheldon and Dead to Me, died Friday. She was 71.Mahaffey died in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, publicist Jillian Roscoe announced. Known for playing eccentric characters, Mahaffey received a Spirit Award nomination for her turn as widowed American expat Madame Reynard in French Exit (2020) opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges as mother and son. From 1991-94, she appeared on five episodes of CBS’ Northern Exposure over three seasons and received a supporting actress Emmy in 1992 for portraying the hypochondriac Eve, wife of Adam Arkin’s character. She played the manipulative Alma Hodge, ex-wife of Kyle MacLachlan’s Orson Hodge, on ABC’s Desperate Housewives from 2006-07; recurred as the teacher Victoria MacElroy on CBS’ Young Sheldon from 2017-20; and played Lorna Harding, Christina Applegate’s narcissistic mother-in-law, on Netflix’s Dead to Me from 2019-22. She also was recently seen on the Apple TV+ series Echo 3. Born on June 16, 1953, in Indonesia and raised there until she was 11, Mahaffey graduated from Austin High School and then, in 1975, from the University of Texas. She began her acting career in New York City and appeared on Broadway six times from 1976-84, with turns in Dracula, starring Raul Julia, and Play Memory, directed by Harold Prince. Meanwhile, she was appearing in 1979-80 as Ashley Bennett on the NBC soap opera The Doctors, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. She also won Obie Awards for her work in Top Girls at the Public Theatre and in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads at the Minetta Lane. Her other theater credits included turns as Desdemona in Othello opposite Morgan Freeman and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet with Tom Hulce. Mahaffey was a regular on the 1992-93 Norman Lear-produced NBC series The Powers That Be and played the mother of Jayma Mays’ Emma Pillsbury on Fox’s Glee from 2011-13 and the unstable Olivia Rice on ABC’s Devious Maids from 2013-15. She also showed up on episodes of Newhart, Seinfeld — she’s the former accountant who helps George with his taxes on the 1991 episode “The Truth” — Wings, ER, Cheers, Big Sky and The Mindy Project and in films including Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Seabiscuit (2003), Summer Eleven (2010), Sully (2016) and No Pay, Nudity (2016). Survivors include her husband, Joseph Kell, and her daughter, Alice. “I have lost the love of my life, and America has lost one of its most endearing actresses,” Kell said in a statement. ‘Rust’ Trailer: First Footage Of Alec Baldwin As Outlaw On The Run In Film Marred By On-Set Tragedy; Release Date Set(3/26/25) (Video) “The only order that exists in this world is the order we impose.” So begins the first trailer for Rust, the long-delayed Western film starring Alec Baldwin.“If a man loses sight of that, he’s got nothin,” continues the voiceover. Set in 1880s Kansas, Rust centers around aging outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin) who comes out of hiding to rescue his thirteen-year-old nephew Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott), after he is sentenced to hang for an accidental killing. Now fugitives, the pair have to outrun the vicious bounty hunter Fenton “Preacher” Lang (Travis Fimmel). Josh Hopkins and Frances Fisher also star. Rust, of course, is the film on which DP Halyna Hutchins was killed on-set and writer- director Joel Souza wounded by a live round fired from a gun held by star and producer Baldwin in October 2021. A lengthy investigation by Santa Fe authorities led to Baldwin being charged with manslaughter, the charges being dropped then refiled before he ultimately was acquitted. The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was convicted on manslaughter and remains incarcerated. Filming on the movie was shut down for more than a year but resumed in April 2023 in Montana rather than New Mexico. Rust had a subdued world premiere at the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland late last year. The film is set for release May 2 in select theaters nationwide from Falling Forward Films and VOD by Ascending Media Group. Watch the trailer above. ‘SNL50: The Anniversary Special’ Adds Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Billy Crystal, Lin-Manuel Miranda & More Guests(2/15/25) NBC has announced the last group of celebrities that will take part in SNL:50 The Anniversary Special on Feb. 16. They include Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer, Billy Crystal — who famously was cut from the very first episode of SNL — Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leslie Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Rachel Dratch, Rev. Al Sharpton, with the network teasing more surprises.Kathy Bates Says Her Critics Choice Award For ‘Matlock’ Also Represents A Win For Broadcast TV: “It’s A Big Deal”(2/8/25) Kathy Bates‘ win for Best Actress in a Drama Series at Friday night’s Critics Choice Awards was also a rare major win for broadcast TV, which is scarcely represented on the awards circuit these days, especially in drama categories.“It’s a big deal for me,” she told reporters backstage after her win for the CBS series Matlock. “When we did our pilot, I got an email from Amy Reisenbach, who is the head of the network, and I looked her up because I didn’t really know who she was, and I saw a picture of her…next to a headline that said, ‘Broadcast TV Is Not Dead.’“ In Matlock, Bates plays Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases all while investigating a deeply personal secret of her own. The series has been a ratings hit for CBS — so much so that it received a swift Season 2 renewal in October. All this to say, Reisenbach (with Bates’ help) has certainly proved her thesis that broadcast television still has a place in the current landscape. “This really is an award for [the network] for taking the opportunity to need to create such a wonderful show,” Bates continued. “I mean, it’s just been phenomenal.” Bates remained tight-lipped about what’s in store for the rest of Season 1, simply saying: “We’re going to really rock your socks off.” Over the course of her career, which spans more than five decades, Bates has certainly played a whole host of characters and is no stranger to roles she can’t necessarily relate to. However, she did acknowledge that she had to “really dig deep” before tackling Matlock, especially given the character is still struggling with the loss of her daughter. As someone with no children herself, she looked to other experiences to channel that grief and guilt. “I really started to think about my own mother a lot…she was born in 1907 and so when she came along, she didn’t have anywhere near the opportunities that we had. So she’s always very much at the forefront of my mind,” she explained. “I also lost a very, very dear friend, who was a wonderful actress, who was killed in a car wreck back in the 80s. So that loss was so tremendous that I’ve been able to use that to deal with the loss of my daughter. So for me, it took different things from my life to try to create this tremendous amount of guilt that Maddie has so that we can keep her driving through this preposterous event where she decides to infiltrate this law firm for justice.” Bates, who went viral at the Golden Globes when she ripped what appeared to be an acceptance speech after Sh?gun’s Anna Sawai was announced as winner in her category, looked visibly shocked when her name was called tonight, letting out an expletive before she made her way to the stage. In her acceptance speech, Bates gave a shoutout to the firefighters in the audience, acknowledged for their efforts during the recent LA wildfires. “Our producer, Eric Christian Olsen, had a house in Palisades, and it burned down. So it’s very personal to us, and to watch all the of you guys standing in line with just a wall of flames in front of you is just terrifying,” she said, getting choked up. “And I don’t know how you did it, but I thank you so much for so many of us in Los Angeles.” Bates also had a gift for NCIS: Los Angeles alum Olsen, who is an executive producer on Matlock. “I just want to tell Eric Olsen, who hasn’t quite found a home yet, this is coming to you,” she said about her new hardware. “First thing for decor.” For Older News Visit The Daytime Soap Operas News Archives: Here!
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