‘Elsbeth’ Is the Quirky New ‘Columbo’ We Didn’t Know We Needed

THE GOOD SPINOFF

Star Carrie Preston and creator Michelle and Robert King tell us how they pulled off a new “Good Wife” spinoff with one of the show’s most beloved—and kookiest—characters.

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Elsbeth, the new procedural premiering Thursday night on CBS, is the second official spinoff of the Emmy-winning legal drama The Good Wife. It follows The

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