Months before was crowned the , original cast members Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty were already entertaining the idea of revisiting the legal drama, which ran for nine seasons, from 2011 to 2019 on the USA Network. Neither one had watched the show while they were on it, but the thought of revisiting their memories seemed more appealing as time passed.
It was a conversation Adams had with a close friend of his, alum Katie Lowes — who co-hosts rewatch podcast with co-star Guillermo Diaz — that planted the seed about doing one for . “It had never occurred to me,” Adams told Yahoo Entertainment. “It was right around that time I called Sarah and said, ‘Do you think this would be fun?’ And luckily [she] didn’t poo-poo the idea, but it took a long time to go from that to reality.
” Not long after, the of and its remarkable second life — largely due to the series landing on Netflix in June 2023 and curiosity over former co-star Meghan Markle — helped accelerate their plans, proving there was demand and value for nostalgic content related to the legal drama. (NBC greenlit , a new spinoff starring Stephen Amell, in July.) Now, more than a year after the first seed was planted, Adams and Rafferty are diving into the world of on their new SiriusXM podcast, , premiering Sept.
24. In each installment, Adams and Rafferty dissect an episode of , including the pilot, and share behind-the-scenes insights about the creative process, their unfiltered reactions to stor.
