premise: The Good Wife is not on network television.
hypothesis: David W. Zucker . During his tenure , Scott Free has produced a steady stream of highly acclaimed programs including the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated , Peabody-winning drama , `` The Good Wife , '' which recently concluded its 7th and final season on CBS , as well as `` Numb3rs , '' which ran for six successful seasons on the same network . The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22 , 2009 , to May 8 , 2016 . This is a rarity among The Good Wifes broadcaster CBS , as most of its shows are procedural . With the current climate of how television shows are written and produced , The Good Wife is considered by several critics to be network television 's last great drama producing a full 22 episode season while other and future acclaimed shows are in favor of shorter 6 -- 12 episode seasons . CBS announced in a promo aired during Super Bowl 50 , on February 7 , 2016 , that the show was ending with its seventh season .