So much to love about The Good Wife

By Ben Pobjie
Updated July 16 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 12:31pm

What is it about The Good Wife (SC Ten, 9.30pm)? Compared with trendier shows, it's so staid, so talky, so barren of sex and violence and swearing. It's so old fashioned - a legal drama about serious, passionate professionals with a bracing dash of quirk, in the vein of The Practice, or even LA Law. And yet it has survived and thrived in the new world of television, along the way garnering critical plaudits and a committed fan base who declare it the best thing on the box.

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