Midway through the second season of The Good Wife, our heroes at the law firm of Lockhart/Gardner found themselves defending Chumhum, the CBS drama's fictional Google equivalent, and its founder Neil Gross. Gross would appear eight times on Good Wife, and another four on its spinoff The Good Fight. That's a tiny percentage of two shows that produced more than 200 episodes between them, yet you always got a sense that Good Wife/Fight creators Robert and Michelle King were particularly excited to delve into the tech industry, whose role in all of our lives got exponentially bigger in the years since Good Wife debuted in 2009.
Alan Sepinwall
With their latest CBS series, Cupertino, the Kings have finally gone all-in on tech, and the joy in what they're doing is palpable. At times, the series can feel a bit like what happens if you tell kids they can eat candy 24/7 without worrying about the other food groups. But when the sugar rush hits, it's potent.
We're now six episodes into the series, including an installment that debuted last night, an experiment away from its usual Thursday night timeslot. (All episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.) That episode, "Harper," is my favorite of the eight I've seen, and a good encapsulation of Cupertino's many strengths.