‘Good Fight’ and Donald Trump

When the cast and creators of “The Good Fight,” the much-anticipated spinoff of “The Good Wife,” appeared Monday, all anyone could talk about was Donald Trump.

In this case, at least, the subject seemed germane. “The Good Wife,” which premiered in the early days of the Obama administration in 2009, centered on the wife of a Chicago politician who returns to work as a lawyer following her husband’s prostitution scandal.

“If ‘The Good Wife’ was always a little about the Obama years, [Trump] gives shape to a new show,” said Robert King, co-creator with his wife, Michelle King, who described Trump’s win as a fertile source of creative inspiration. “What was good was the world changed on us.”

The new series, which will debut on the CBS All Access streaming service on Feb. 19, picks up a year after the end of “The Good Wife.”

Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) loses her retirement savings in a Bernie Madoff-like Ponzi scheme and goes to work at a predominantly African American law firm.

She’s also estranged from her husband, played by Gary Cole, following his infidelities.