Cast and Crew

Creator： Michelle King, Robert King

Leading Role： Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Kalinda Sharma,Will Gardner, Diane Lockhart, Peter Florrick

Summary of The Good Wife Season 1-4 DVD Box Set

The series was created by Robert King and Michelle King who also serve as e xecutive producers and show runners. The pair had produced the short-lived legal Drama In Justice that aired as a mid-season replacement in early 2006. The creators had previously worked extensively in feature films. Scott Free productions helped to finance The Good Wife and Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David W. Zucker are also credited as e xecutive producers. E xecutive producer Dee Johnson (ER, Commander in Chief and Army Wives) added television writing experience to the team. Charles McDougall directed the pilot episode and was the pilot's other ex ecutive producer. McDougall had previously enjoyed success as the director of the pilot for Desperate Housewives. All seven e x ecutive producers returned when a full series was ordered and they were joined by ex ecutive producer Brooke Kennedy. McDougall left the crew after directing and ex ecutive producing the second episode. The series is produced by Bernadette Caulfield who had previously worked on the HBO polygamy Drama Big Love. Co-producer Ron Binkowski added post production experience to the pilot and returned for the first season.

Several new producers were added to the crew once CBS ordered a full season. Angela Amato Velez joined the crew as a consulting producer and writer bringing legal experience from her careers as a police officer and legal aid attorney and writing experience from the police Dramas Third Watch and Southland. Todd Ellis Kessler, who had recently completed production on The Unit and had previously worked on legal Drama The Practice, joined the staff as a co-ex ecutive producer and writer. Kessler's fellow The Unit producer Ted Humphrey served as a supervising producer and writer and then as co-ex ecutive producer and writer. Corinne Brinkerhoff completed the production team as a writer and co-producer. Brinkerhoff had previously worked as a writer and story editor on Boston Legal.