FBI wants reinforcements; it's time to name in CIA.

CBS has given a collection order to a brand new present set within the FBI universe that can star Lucifer alum Tom Ellis as a "fast-talking, rule-breaking" CIA case officer, Leisure Weekly has confirmed. It's slated to air in the course of the 2025-2026 broadcast season.

Presently generally known as CIA, the mission was first reported in January, below the working title FBI: CIA. The unique plan was to arrange the brand new present as a planted spinoff, introducing the central characters in an episode of FBI, although that's now not the case.

In accordance with logline forthe one-hour drama, CIA will observe two unlikely companions: Ellis' unfastened cannon and a "by-the-book, seasoned and sensible FBI agent who believes within the rule of legislation," performed by an actor but to be named. "When this odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA's New York Station, they need to study to work collectively to analyze instances and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, discovering that their variations may very well be their power."

David Hudgins is on board as showrunner, and can executive-produce alongside franchise mastermind Dick Wolf, Nicole Perlman, David Chasteen, and Peter Jankowski.

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Information of CIA getting the inexperienced gentle comes a number of weeks after CBS canceled the FBI spinoff shows FBI: Most Needed, which premiered in 2019, and FBI: Worldwide, which premiered in 2021. The three collection are concurrently airing on what CBS Leisure president Amy Reisenbach has known as "all-FBI Tuesday," however in Might, Most Needed will conclude after six seasons, and Worldwide after 4.

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The FBI mom ship, in the meantime, premiered in 2018 and is at the moment airing its seventh season.

The go-ahead for CIA ought to be welcome information for followers of CBS' police programming, because the community just lately pulled the plug on two different legislation enforcement procedurals: S.W.A.T. was axed for a 3rd time in March, and the enduringly common Blue Bloods led to December, after 14 seasons.

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