Goliath is an American legal drama television series by Amazon Studios. The show was commissioned with a straight-to-series order of eight episodes on December 1, [ 3 ] and premiered on October 13, , on Amazon Prime Video.
On May 14, , it was announced that Amazon had issued a pilot order for the series, then titled Trial , based on a script by David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro.
On August 7, , it was announced that the first season would premiere on October 13, On June 25, , it was reported that Kevin Costner was in talks to join the series in the lead role of Billy McBride. Goliath is set and filmed in Santa Monica , California. The venue Chez Jay, which Billy McBride frequents and often works out of, is a real-life bar and restaurant.
On February 15, , Amazon announced the series had been renewed for a second season. In that announcement, it was also confirmed that Clyde Phillips was joining the series in season two as the day-to-day showrunner.
Kelley, Shapiro and Ross Fineman were set to remain in their roles as executive producers. On December 18, , TVline. This announcement also provided the casting additions of more than half a dozen actors including Dennis Quaid and Amy Brenneman as Wade and Diana Blackwood, Season 3's billionaire siblings who become the antagonists after the accidental death of Billy's friend Gene's wife.
