Having focused most of her past decade of TV acting to projects created by the prolific Ryan Murphy and Chuck Lorre, Kathy Bates surprised fans and general TV audiences by joining CBS’ reboot of the folksy mystery drama Matlock.

After five decades in Hollywood, Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Kathy Bates says she is ready to yell cut. The esteemed performer will put away her scripts following CBS’ reboot of Matlock, premiering Sept.

The Oscar winner found surprising depths in this reboot of the beloved procedural, which she said will be her final job. “This is my last dance,” she said.

Kathy Bates is eyeing retirement — again. Bates, 76, who won an Oscar in 1991 for playing Annie Wilkes in “Misery,” is the star of the reboot of “Matlock,” which premieres Sept. 22 on CBS (and streams on Paramount+).

Kathy Bates is ready to roll the credits on her decades-long acting career. In an interview published in the New York Times on Sunday, Bates reveals she will retire after CBS’ upcoming legal drama Matlock comes to an end.