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CHEAT TWEET: #TheGoodWife casts @MatthewPerry in a recurring role. Will he and Alicia be friends or foes? http://bit.ly/y4YV7I

NEW YORK, February 17, 2012 — Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Matthew Perry (“Friends”) has been cast in a recurring role on THE GOOD WIFE.  His first episode will air Sunday, March 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

Perry will play Mike, an extremely charming Chicago attorney tasked with heading up a blue-ribbon panel that's investigating a suspicious police shooting.  When Alicia (Julianna Margulies) is assigned to be on the panel, she begins to question the actions he is taking as the chairman. 

            THE GOOD WIFE, which stars Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Julianna Margulies, is one of television’s most critically acclaimed dramas.  In addition to receiving nine 2011 Primetime Emmy nominations, the most for a broadcast network series, the drama has won or been nominated for multiple awards, including the Peabody Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the People’s Choice Awards.  THE GOOD WIFE airs Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

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