The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. The Good Wife won numerous prestigious awards, including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama. The show has especially received wide acclaim for its insight on social media and the internet in society, politics and law. 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.