"Matlock" Season 2 Official Trailer
Sep 16, 2025 04:06PM ● By Kelsey Swire
Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates stars as Matty Matlock, a brilliant attorney who rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses clever tactics to win cases while hiding a hidden agenda. Matty works for Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a new partner, whose ex-husband Julian (Jason Ritter) is the son of the head of the firm. She works alongside the firm’s younger associates, Billy (David Del Rio) and Sarah (Leah Lewis).
The "Matlock" season 2 premiere is a two-night event starting Sunday, October 12 (7:30-8:30PM, CT) and continues on Thursday, October 16 (8:00-9:00PM, CT) as part of CBS Premiere Week on CBS Lake Charles, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand) for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs).
The "Matlock" season 2 premiere is a two-night event starting Sunday, October 12 (7:30-8:30PM, CT) and continues on Thursday, October 16 (8:00-9:00PM, CT) as part of CBS Premiere Week on CBS Lake Charles, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand) for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs).
On the season 2 premiere episode, “The Before Times,” Matty questions the paternity of the man claiming to be Alfie’s father. Also, the team takes on an arson case while Olympia tries to protect Julian’s involvement in the Wellbrexa case. Check out the official trailer for the second season of "Matlock" below.
Pictured (L-R): Skye P. Marshall as “Olympia Lawrence”. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.