Unfortunately, fans of the "The Good Wife" are going to have to wait an extra week for another new episode. However, once the drama series returns, viewers can look forward to seeing Alicia Florrick's (Julianna Marguilies) fight a fierce legal battle on behalf of an innocent man who was wrongfully convicted.

The synopsis of the next new episode, which is entitled "Judged," suggests that Alicia will go to great lengths to defend a former bond client who should not have been sent to prison.

"Alicia argues against Judge Schakowsky (Christopher McDonald) when she learns that a former bond court client was wrongfully imprisoned. Also, Diane assists the student editor of a college newspaper when the school threatens to fire her for writing a politically charged article," it reads, according to Carter Matt.

Meanwhile, Marguilies recently dropped a bombshell at the Casting Society of America's third annual Artios Awards, suggesting that she will no longer be part of the CBS series starting this April.

While giving a speech praising the outgoing executive producers of "The Good Wife," Robert and Michelle King, the actress joked that she will be out of work in a few months.

"I surprised Robert and Michelle tonight. They didn't know I was going to be here. They think I'm here for them, but I'm unemployed come April, and I think you haven't seen me in a while - at least not in person - so I thought I should show up," she said Thursday night at the award show, which honored the showrunners, reports The Los Angeles Times.

Earlier this month, the Kings announced that they would not return to the show for a potential Season 8. However, they hinted that the show might just go on without them.

"The bottom line is CBS is trying to make deals for an eighth season, so we would be there in a supervisory role, but the storytelling we have will finish in the seventh year," Robert King told TVLine. "That doesn't mean we're putting Alicia in her grave, because you couldn't do an eighth season after that. But to our minds, we have always written with the idea we could end this season a certain way so that it would make it a satisfactory [conclusion to the] series."

Meanwhile, CBS president Glenn Geller told reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena last week that the network hasn't "made any determination" about the future of "The Good Wife."

"It's just January, so we have to determine if there will be another season or not," he said.

Episode 13 of Season 7 of "The Good Wife," "Judged" will air Sunday, Jan. 31 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.

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