My mother, who is an Andy Griffith/"Matlock" fan from way back, tried the new "Matlock" and hated it. She complained that it had nothing at all to do with the original series (which is true) and that Kathy Bates was all wrong for the part (which is not).
Y'know, Andy Griffith was about sixty when the original "Matlock" premiered. Sixty years old back then isn't the same as sixty years old today; so, if they had rebooted the original series the way most shows are rebooted today, with a new actor playing Ben Matlock, can you just imagine what the "new" Ben Matlock would look like? He'd be a total snack, lol!
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