Netflix sets date for ‘Alicia’s Law,’ taking ‘The Good Wife’ legal drama to Mexico
Netflix is taking Alicia Florrick’s legal drama to Mexico with a remake—so who’s suiting up to argue the next big case?
A Supreme Court justice is led away in handcuffs, and his wife is left to pick up the pieces — that’s the spark for Alicia’s Law, Netflix ’s Mexican reinvention of The Good Wife. After her husband, Aurelio, is publicly imprisoned in a corruption scandal, Alicia returns to the courtroom to support their two children and keep the family afloat. The wrinkle: the firm that hires her belongs to David, her old college boyfriend, pulling personal history right into her day job.
Premieres November 11, 2026 on Netflix.
Who’s playing who
- Fernanda Castillo — Alicia, the attorney rebuilding her career and life (Monarca, The Dad Quest, The Follies)
- Juan Manuel Bernal — Aurelio, the Supreme Court justice minister at the center of the scandal (reuniting with Castillo after Monarca)
- Michel Brown — David, the lawyer and Alicia’s former college sweetheart who owns the firm where she lands
The adaptation keeps the core premise fans know — a woman restarting her legal career after her husband’s very public downfall — but moves the stakes into Mexico’s political and judicial arena. Built for streaming rather than broadcast, the series is designed around tightly connected arcs with a heavier focus on Alicia’s personal evolution than the 22-episode case-of-the-week rhythm that defined the CBS original.
For U.S. viewers who followed The Good Wife, the pedigree is hard to miss. The Julianna Margulies drama ran from 2009 to 2016 on CBS, spanned seven seasons, averaged roughly 9.5–11 million viewers per season, and closed with 10.5 million watching the finale live. It picked up five Primetime Emmys and 43 nominations along the way.
Netflix had previously flagged the project as in development; now it’s on the calendar: November 11, 2026.