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'Good Wife' Offers A Good Challenge

Emmy award winning actress Julianna Margulies, best known for her work on the rearly days of the long-running drama series "ER," is bringing her talent to a new CBS series "The Good Wife.",/link>

Margulies plays the wife of a cheating politician. The timely series, which begins with a husband's confession that he has cheated on his wife with prostitutes, gives a look into what could happen behind the scenes, Margulies said.

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She said she found the character, who is hurt and heartbroken after learning her husband has cheated, challenging.

"We're so quick to judge anyone in that kind of a situation," she said. "I know I did when I watched them on the podium. I'd say, 'Leave.' But until you're there, you don't know."

For more with Margulies and her thoughts on her character on "The Good Wife," click on the video below.

The premiere of "The Good Wife" will air Tuesday night at 10/9 Central on CBS.


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