Spotlight Now streaming and on DVD: 'Matlock' could give Kathy Bates an Emmy BRUCE R. MILLER Aug 18, 2025 Aug 18, 2025 Updated May 30, 2026 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Don’t be surprised if Kathy Bates wins the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series.kAm(:E9 “|2E=@4<[” D96 AC@>AE65 G:6H6CD E@ >2C< rq$ 2D 9@>6 E@ 2E =62DE @?6 “>FDE\D66” 3C@2542DE D9@H]k^AmkAm%96 D6C:6D H2D?’E ;FDE 2?@E96C C6H2C>65 C63@@E] xE E@@< 2? @=5 p?5J vC:77:E9 E:E=6[ EFC?65 :E @? :ED 9625 2?5 82G6 :E 2 ?6H DA:? E92E <6AE G:6H6CD H2E49:?8 E9C@F89@FE E96 6?E:C6 D62D@?]k^Am Kathy Bates stars in the new CBS series, "Matlock." Brooke Palmer/CBS kAmz6J H2D q2E6D 2D |256=J? |2E=@4<[ 2 f_\D@>6E9:?8 2EE@C?6J H9@ H2D ECJ:?8 E@ 86E 2 ;@3 2E @?6 @7 E96 >@DE A@H6C7F= =2H 7:C>D :? }6H *@C<] w6C D64C6E H2D E@ 7=J F?56C E96 C252C] $96 5:5 :E E@ 86E :?E@ E96 3F:=5:?8[ E96? 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AC6>:6C6D :? ~4E@36C … 2?5 q2E6D’ t>>J H:? :? $6AE6>36C]k^Am Life-entertainment Breaking down the winners and losers from the Emmy nominations | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises Life-entertainment There isn't a fair shake in the Emmy nominating procedure BRUCE R. MILLER Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Emmy predictions: Awards could go to many first-time winners Could viewers be shocked when they see who walks home with Emmys this year? Or will they be pleasantly surprised with the choices? The law of change: 'Matlock's' set may look awfully familiar If that staircase in “Matlock” looks familiar, you were probably a viewer of “Good Sam,” a medical series that used the same set. Skye's the limit: 'Matlock' star sees what she wants and goes for it To make a dream come true, “you’ve actually got to see it,” Skye P. Marshall explains. Kathy Bates makes a case for a new 'Matlock' While the CBS program shares a title with an old Andy Griffith series, this version with Kathy Bates isn’t the same “Matlock.” 'Big Brother' veteran continues to affect the house Before Rachel Reilly became the queen of “Big Brother,” she was just another contestant considering a showmance. Now streaming and on DVD: 'Jurassic World Rebirth' draws from the familiar The new offering from director Gareth Edwards borrows from “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and the original “Jurassic Park.” In o… Now streaming and on DVD: 'Bride Hard' doesn't get the best of Rebel Wilson In “Bride Hard,” Wilson is the one who pitches the set-up while someone else gets to nail the laugh.
Life-entertainment Breaking down the winners and losers from the Emmy nominations | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises
Emmy predictions: Awards could go to many first-time winners Could viewers be shocked when they see who walks home with Emmys this year? Or will they be pleasantly surprised with the choices?
The law of change: 'Matlock's' set may look awfully familiar If that staircase in “Matlock” looks familiar, you were probably a viewer of “Good Sam,” a medical series that used the same set.
Skye's the limit: 'Matlock' star sees what she wants and goes for it To make a dream come true, “you’ve actually got to see it,” Skye P. Marshall explains.
Kathy Bates makes a case for a new 'Matlock' While the CBS program shares a title with an old Andy Griffith series, this version with Kathy Bates isn’t the same “Matlock.”
'Big Brother' veteran continues to affect the house Before Rachel Reilly became the queen of “Big Brother,” she was just another contestant considering a showmance.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Jurassic World Rebirth' draws from the familiar The new offering from director Gareth Edwards borrows from “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and the original “Jurassic Park.” In o…
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Bride Hard' doesn't get the best of Rebel Wilson In “Bride Hard,” Wilson is the one who pitches the set-up while someone else gets to nail the laugh.