Kathy Bateswill remain onCBS schedule in the 2025-26 broadcast season after the web link renewedMatlockfor a second season.

Jennie Snyder Urman, who serves as showrunner,broke down that hardcore twist in an interview with Deadline.

Urman exec produces the CBS Studios-produced series alongside Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, Kat Coiro and Bates.

“Rome, in a Day” – As Matty settles into her new role at Jacobson Moore, Olympia and the aptly nicknamed “Team You Three” (Matty, Billy and Sarah) take on a lawsuit involving a developmentally delayed teenager whose family claims he’s been wrongly accused of murder. Also, Olympia and Julian disagree on a parenting matter, on MATLOCK, Thursday, Oct. 17 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Pictured (L-R): Jason Ritter as Julian, Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jason Ritter as Julian, Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, and Skye P. Marshall as Olympia in ‘Matlock’Sonja Flemming/CBS

The audience reception and critical acclaim for it has been overwhelming.

We cant wait to get started on a second season.

Kathy Bates pokes her head through a courtroom door in a still from ‘Matlock’.