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Feb 29, 2024 · Robert and Michelle King came up with the idea for “Elsbeth” at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. Like many others during quarantine, the Hollywood power couple revisited old pop culture...
- Jose Alejandro Bastidas
Co-creators and writers Michelle and Robert King first conceived the idea for “Elsbeth” while binge-watching TV during the pandemic, a universal experience for many. They wanted to create...
May 29, 2024 · Although the main character, Chicago lawyer turned murder-solver Elsbeth Tascioni, popped up occasionally in The Good Wife and The Good Fight, the latest series in that universe created by...
- Sophie Brookover
Apr 4, 2024 · Robert and Michelle King, the pair behind ‘The Good Fight,’ aren’t aiming for Shakespeare. But they’ve made the audacity of immediacy into high art. Aug. 12, 2021
- yvonne.villarreal@latimes.com
- Senior Television Writer
Mar 2, 2024 · “We’re not a big fan of whodunnits in general,” adds co-creator Robert King. Instead, “it’s a, how does she figure it out?” according to Michelle.
Shortly after the premiere, creators Robert and Michelle King stated that, although the character of Elsbeth Tascioni originated on The Good Wife, they do not consider Elsbeth to be a spin-off but a "separate show" inspired by Columbo that happens to use a "character in [their] wheelhouse". [3]
Elsbeth: Created by Michelle King, Robert King. With Carra Patterson, Wendell Pierce, Carrie Preston, Fredric Lehne. Astute but unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
