ALICIA AND DIANE'S CASE GETS HIJACKED BY A LEGENDARY LEGAL CRUSADER, ON A REBROADCAST OF "THE GOOD WIFE," ON A SPECIAL NIGHT AND TIME, FRIDAY, DEC. 21

Academy Award Nominee Stockard Channing Guest Stars as Alicia's Mother and Bruce McGill Guest Stars as Liberal Crusader Jeremy Breslow

Brian Dennehy Returns as Lawyer Bucky Stabler and Bebe Neuwirth Returns as Judge Friend

"A Defense of Marriage" - Alicia and Diane agree to let a famous liberal lawyer aid them on their latest case, but they soon realize he may not have their client's best interests in mind. Meanwhile, Alicia's mother arrives for Thanksgiving seeking moral and legal support from Alicia and her brother Owen, on THE GOOD WIFE, on a special night and time, Friday, Dec. 21 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Academy Award nominee Stockard Channing guest stars as Alicia's mother and Bruce McGill guest stars as liberal crusader Jeremy Breslow. Brian Dennehy returns as lawyer Bucky Stabler and Bebe Neuwirth returns as Judge Friend.

SERIES REGULARS:

Julianna Margulies (Alicia Florrick)
Christine Baranski (Diane Lockhart)
Josh Charles (Will Gardner )
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma)
Matt Czuchry (Cary Agos)
Makenzie Vega (Grace Florrick)
Graham Phillips (Zach Florrick)
Alan Cumming (Eli Gold)

RECURRING CAST:

Chris Noth (Peter Florrick)
Mary Beth Peil (Jackie Florrick)
Dallas Roberts (Owen)
Brian Dennehy (Bucky)
Bebe Neuwirth (Judge Friend)
Zach Grenier (David Lee)
Marc Warren (Nick)
PJ Brown (Bill)
Yul Vazquez (Cristian)

GUEST CAST:

Bruce McGill (Jeremy Breslow)
Stockard Channing (Veronica Loy)
Michael Bryan French (Vance)
Malcolm Gets (Dale)
George McDaniel (Arthur)
Jack Koenig (Arnold)
Jeremy Rishe (Tom)
Jonathan C.Kaplan (Brian)
Kyle Dean Massey (Warren)
Robert Emmet Lunney (Oliver)
Pun Bandhu (Hal)

TELEPLAY BY: Robert King and Michelle King, the series' creators/executive producers

WRITTEN BY: Matthew Montoya

DIRECTED BY: Brooke Kennedy, one of the series' executive producers

RATING: TV14-L