All this week I’ll be looking at “oldTV.” That's not television that’s old, but television that old people watch. This kind of television is generally marked by the following: lack of relevance, void of loud music, reaffirms the world has gone to hell and Andy Griffin.
Today is Matlock (okay it’s a cliché but you try to write a blog entry everyday).
Matlock aired on NBC from 1986 to 1992 (it replaced the A-Team) and then the show ran on ABC from 1992 to 1995. There are 195 episodes of Matlock and Andy Griffin starred in every one (the only actor to do so). Matlock spun off the show Jack and the Fatman which in turned spun off Diagnosis: Murder. Executive Producers Dean Hargrove (show creator) and Fred Silverman were also responsible for Father Dowling Mysteries and Perry Mason. BTW, Matlock studied at Harvard.
Part of the mythology behind Matlock being the show for old people may be due (in part or in full) to The Simpsons.
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