Fall TV Start Looking: Lisa Edelstein about the Good Wife

The Great Wife Lisa Edelstein trades Dr. Cuddy's pencil skirts for lawyerly pantsuits in her own first publish-House gig, three instances of CBS' The Great Wife (the show returns September 25). "They known as soon once i formally left [House]. I felt it had been a very good idea to leap to a different wonderful drama," she states. "Plus, my mother is enthusiastic about it." She plays a "free-spirited" attorney named Celeste who's protecting a physician inside a malpractice suit. "Celeste has more pliable ethics and she's free in ways that Alicia can not be. Celebrate for excellent opposition." She also "shares some colorful history with Will. We partied around a little." For additional first examines fall TV - including Criminal Minds, Vampire Journals and Law & Order: SVU - get this week's problem of TV Guide Magazine on newsstands Thursday, August 25! Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!