Why The Good Wife Spinoff Had To Go Through Major Rewrites

It was somewhat surprising when the mildly controversial series finale for CBS' The Good Wife was almost immediately followed up with news of an impending spinoff , not that anybody was complaining about getting more from Christine Baranski's Diane Lockhart. But had creators Robert and Michelle King had allowed for a proper resting period before going into action on The Good Fight , they might not have had to go through emergency rewrites while the pilot was already in production.