![]() ![]() The legal drama does draw parallels to Extraordinary Attorney Woo, a new Korean series, which has been attracting big audiences for Netflix. The Good Lawyer is an original concept as the Korean drama The Good Doctor, which was adapted for the U.S. In a potential precursor to an expansion that would require more manpower at the top, longtime The Good Doctor executive producer Friedman in May was named co-showrunner for Season 6 alongside series developer and executive producer Shore, who had served as showrunner on the past five seasons. Sony TV has expanded two other long-running broadcast series, The Goldbergs and The Blacklist, into franchises with spinoff series, Schooled and The Blacklist: Redemption, respectively, and is currently doing it with its hit streaming/premium network dramas The Boys and Outlander as spinoff chatter also surrounds the studio’s hit Netflix comedy Cobra Kai. ![]() “Obviously we don’t want to do anything that is going to impact the mothership but at the same time we do think there is a potential for that.” “I think it’s always a possibility it’s something we would love to see happen,” he said. In an interview with Deadline last year, Sony TV Studios’ former President Jeff Frost addressed a potential The Good Doctor spinoff. Taking a legal route with The Good Lawyer gives the producers a clear procedural structure, which is very attractive to broadcast networks these days as those drama series tend to hold up the best in linear viewing. Claire Browne working for Doctors Without Borders, which was set up in Thomas’ final episode as a series regular in 2021. Sony TV and ABC Signature, which co-produce The Good Doctor, also co-produce The Good Lawyer.Įxpanding The Good Doctor has been a goal for ABC, which has done so for its other long-running dramas with procedural elements, Grey’s Anatomy (with Station 19) and The Rookie (with The Rookie: Feds.) The network and Sony TV are believed to have previously explored a potential spinoff centered around popular original cast member Antonia Thomas’s Dr. While Janet and Joni resemble the mentor-mentee duo of Glassman and Shaun on The Good Doctor, the dynamic between the two characters is very different, at least on the outset.įriedman executive produces The Good Lawyer alongside Shore and Erin Gunn who exec produce for Shore Z. But when Shaun declares that he wants Joni to represent him, Janet is forced to give Joni the rope to possibly hang both of them. Having seen it all, Janet has developed a cynical side, which contributed to her attempt to fire Joni. Glassman (Richard Schiff) in several legal matters over the course of 30 years so Glassman turns to her to represent his protégé Shaun (Highmore). A seasoned veteran, Janet has represented Dr. The role is listed as open to all ethnicities and abilities.Īrmed with a fierce intellect and a dry, rapier wit, Janet is a highly regarded attorney and partner at the firm. She is a great lawyer, using her attention to detail, compulsive over-thinking and analytical skills as a superpower, but was forced to threaten to sue the firm (for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act) when they tried to fire her because of her peculiar behaviors. Living with OCD, Joni has never wanted to be treated differently and is often embarrassed of her symptoms. Despite breezing through law school and her Bar exam, Joni’s OCD symptoms take a severe toll on her personal and professional life. Relatively new to her upscale law firm, Joni, who is funny, eager, self-aware and a bit anxious, is part of Shaun’s (Highmore) legal defense team. ![]() Shaun Murphy (Highmore) who finds himself in legal trouble. Written by Shore and Friedman, The Good Lawyer will center on Joni, a 20-something woman who battles OCD but is a brilliant lawyer and gets to be a defense attorney for Dr. (The upcoming series The Rookie: Feds, starring Niecy Nash, originated as a two-episode backdoor pilot on The Rookie this past spring.) Sony Pictures Television/Tori McCaleb/AP ![]() Reps for ABC and Sony TV declined comment, and deals are still being worked out.Īccording to sources, two characters from The Good Lawyer, the lead Joni as well as Janet, will appear in Episode 613 of The Good Doctor, with the roles currently casting. Like with the Nathan Fillion-starring The Rookie, the spinoff of the Freddie Highmore-headlined The Good Doctor will have a female lead and will be introduced as a backdoor pilot during The Good Doctor‘s upcoming sixth season, I hear. ![]()
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