Kathy Bates Says Her Critics Choice Award For ‘Matlock’ Also Represents A Win For Broadcast TV: “It’s A Big Deal”
“It’s a big deal for me,” she told reporters backstage after her win for the CBS series Matlock. “When we did our pilot, I got an email from Amy Reisenbach, who is the head of the network, and I looked up her up because I didn’t really know who she was, and I saw a picture of her…next to a headline that said, ‘Broadcast TV Is Not Dead.’ “