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0 / 7 watchedPremiere order, which is also story order.
The Good Wife
The Good Fight
Elsbeth
About Good Wife Universe
The Good Wife ran 156 episodes from 2009 to 2016 on CBS, following Alicia Florrick at a Chicago firm. The Good Fight picked up one year after that finale and ran 60 episodes from 2017 to 2022 on CBS All Access and Paramount+, centered on Diane Lockhart. Elsbeth premiered in February 2024 and follows Elsbeth Tascioni solving howcatchem cases in New York.
Elsbeth ran 10 episodes in season 1, then 20 each in seasons 2 and 3 through May 2026, with season 4 dated October 8, 2026. Release order matches story order across all three shows. The Good Fight season 4 was cut from 10 to 7 episodes during COVID, which explains its shorter run.
Good to know
Watch in premiere order: Good Wife, then Good Fight, then Elsbeth. The first two are serial legal dramas where later seasons assume you know the firm politics. Elsbeth breaks the pattern as a case of the week procedural, so new viewers can start there and go back without getting lost. Season 4 of Elsbeth premieres October 8, 2026, so treat the season 3 endpoint below as current until it airs.
