Variety recently reported that the showrunners of The Good Wife have just received the green light for a new show for CBS.

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The report revealed that the new show, Braindead, will air next summer and will have a run of 13 episodes in the first season.

Showrunners Robert and Michelle King also dished about the show in a press statement. "We wanted to do a show that was a mix of genre-pulp and highbrow politics - 'The Strain' crossed with 'The West Wing,'" the Kings said. "It seemed like the best way to address the news today - not straight, but as the opening act of a horror movie."

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Although this does not necessarily mean The Good Wife might be in danger as the Kings might be investing their energies in the new show, the CBS legal drama might suffer a little bit on account of this. It has also been speculated that The Good Wife is getting nearer to its end, with rumors of the show being concluded in two more seasons.

Earlier this year, TVLine got exclusive information that Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski and Matt Czuchry's contracts with the show have been renewed for a much longer period. But the report also adds that this news should be taken with a pinch of salt and doesn't confirm that the show will run through an eighth season.

In fact only recently the television website had hinted at the fact that seventh season was probably the last if things went the creators' way. Robert and Michelle King, the creators of the series always envisioned the show lasting for seven seasons, according to the report. But at the end of the day, the final word lies with the network i.e. CBS.

"It's a big question mark, because it's a question that's beyond us," Robert told TVLine. "It's...CBS."

The next chapter of the legal drama is set to premiere on CBS on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9 p.m.

The season 6 finale, entitled 'Wanna Partner?' aired on CBS on May 10.

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