Year 2013 Video Release 2013-02-12 Studio Paramount Genre TV Series MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 1037 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Entertainment icon Andy Griffith stars as one of television's most memorable attorneys in Matlock The Eighth Season. For the first time on DVD, this 20-episode, remastered collection does justice to great drama. In the courtroom, no one matches the skills, charm and instincts of Ben Matlock. Alongside the masterful attorney are his loyal daughter and partner Leanne Brynne Thayer , his trusted best friend Billy Warren Frost and his savvy investigator Cliff Daniel Roebuck . Ben's roster of cases entangles him with killer comedians, lowly kidnappers, crooked D.A.s and more. But the verdict is in Matlock brings appeal to every court.