Matlock season 3 explained

Season Number:	3
Bgcolour:	006600
Network:	NBC
Num Episodes:	20
Episode List:	List of Matlock episodes

The third season of Matlock originally aired in the United States on NBC from November 29, 1988, through May 16, 1989.

Cast

• Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock
• Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas
• Julie Sommars as ADA Julie March
• Kene Holliday as Tyler Hudson

Cast notes:

• Julie Sommars joined the cast this season
• Don Knotts begins making recurring appearances as Matlock's neighbor Les Calhoun.
• Kene Holliday departed at the end of the season, but appeared twice more early in Season 4. He missed 7 episodes, because he was sent to a rehabilitation clinic, for his drug and alcohol abuse.
• Kene Holliday was absent for eight episodes
• Julie Sommars was absent for fifteen episodes
• Nancy Stafford was absent for six episodes

Episodes