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15-07-2025
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‘Matlock's Kathy Bates Makes History As Oldest Woman Nominated In Lead Drama Actress Category
Kathy Bates, 77, has become the oldest woman Nominated In the Lead Drama Actress category for playing the titular role in the CBS hit series Matlock. She beats the previous record set by Imelda Staunton, who was nominated in 2024 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's The Crown. Carol Burnett, at 91 in 2024, became the oldest performer ever nominated for a Primetime Emmy, specifically for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. More from Deadline Debora Cahn Says It Is "More Important Than Ever" To Shed Light On Work Of Civil Servants As 'The Diplomat' Receives Outstanding Drama Emmy Nom 'The Daily Show' Nearly Doubles Its Own Emmy Record Emmys: Catherine O'Hara & Julianne Nicholson Score Double Acting Nominations From Jennie Snyder Urman, Matlock stars Bates as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia's ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), the son of the firm's head (Beau Bridges), is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills. Bates has received two nominations in 2025 for her work on the series: a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. She also won a Gotham TV Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series for her role as Madeline Matlock. Bates is a two-time Emmy winner with a total of 15 nominations across her career. She received her first in 2012 for a guest appearance in Two and a Half Men, and her second for playing Madame Delphine LaLaurie in American Horror Story: Coven's third season. She won an Academy Award for her work in the 1990 psychological thriller Misery, and has a total of four nominations. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far 'Street Fighter' Cast: Who's Who In The Live-Action Arcade Film Adaption 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Emmys, Oscars, Grammys & More
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01-06-2025
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Jason Ritter Explained Why He Had 'This Weird Feeling Of Connection' To Beau Bridges Before Working With Him On Matlock, And It Involves Dad John Ritter
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. After a season of legal twists and family strife, the relationship between Beau Bridges and Jason Ritter's Matlock father and son characters is at a crossroads in the 2025 TV schedule. In real life, though, the collaborators are actually quite friendly. Part of the reason for that is because of a strange way that the late great John Ritter and Bridges would be included in a lot of the same conversations. During a Paley Center event on behalf of Matlock's early campaign for the upcoming 2025 Emmys, Ritter admitted that his paternal figure on CBS' hit legal drama bore a striking resemblance to his actual father. Through a TikTok video clipped from this panel interview, Jason Ritter shared as much with this anecdote: You know, there's this strange thing, when Beau was cast, throughout my entire childhood in my life, my dad and Beau would get mistaken for each other all the time. And there is a bit of a physical similarity. I can kind of see where the man behind Matlock's treacherous yet tragic lawyer is coming from. Which is funny, because at first I was kind of resistant to the idea, as John Ritter and Beau Bridges both have their own trademark smiles. Paramount Plus: from $7.99 a month/$79.99 a yearWhether it's the Essential plan at $7.99 a month, or the Showtime inclusive/ad-free Premium plan from $12.99 a month, a Paramount+ subscription is never a bad idea. With both classic and modern runs of Matlock ready for viewing, the courtroom drama fun doesn't have to end for some time. Though I hear those Yellowstone shows are also might fine, should you want to switch things up. View Deal But as if he was ready to fight off any challenges to that claim, Jason Ritter shared this next piece of the tale that cites a compelling piece of evidence you don't need a Paramount+ subscription to enjoy. He said: …my dad, one time, got a fan letter from someone who had listed all of these things that he had done and the performances that they loved and said, 'Could you please sign the enclosed picture?' It was Beau Bridges on the beach. So I already had this weird feeling of connection to him. Now if you pull up that very photo from decades earlier that Mr. Ritter mentioned, it shows the shaggy-haired smoke show that is Beau Bridges, smiling away on the beach. That particular mane of hair is what swayed me in the end, because between that and The Millers star's high-wattage smile, Beau absolutely looks like our beloved Three's Company icon. And now that scene where Bridges' Matlock character mourns his brother kind of hits harder for me, because John Ritter playing that role could have been spectacularly funny. (Which is, of course, no slight against Beau's actual brother, the equally legendary Jeff Bridges.) You watch all of Beau Bridges and Jason Ritter's Season 1 antics on Paramount+. Don't forget that CBS' 2025-2026 fall TV lineup is still waiting to provide a date for Matlock Season 2 to kick off and bring Kathy Bates back to the TV fold in grand fashion.
