Smash-hit TV show The Equalizer has been renewed for a fifth season by CBS.
09.04.2024 - 19:35 / variety.com
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “FBI,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” and “FBI: International” have all been renewed at CBS, with “FBI” scoring a three-season pickup at the broadcaster. The renewal will keep “FBI” on CBS through Season 9 into the 2026-2027 broadcast season. “FBI: Most Wanted” has been renewed for Season 6, while “FBI: International” has been renewed for Season 4.
All three will return for the 2024-2025 broadcast season. CBS currently airs the three shows together in a Tuesday night programming block. The “FBI” franchise hails from Dick Wolf and his Wolf Entertainment banner as well as Universal Television in association with CBS Studios.
“The All-‘FBI’ Tuesday is a powerful force to be reckoned with on our primetime schedule,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “Dick Wolf and the talent in front of and behind the camera on all three series continue to deliver top-notch storytelling, riveting action and intrigue that has captivated a dedicated fanbase steadily across multiple seasons. We are excited to see what next season holds for all these heroic characters.” Like most shows Wolf produces, the “FBI” shows are a viewership powerhouse for CBS.
Per CBS, “FBI” is averaging 12.3 million viewers an episode in Live+35 multiplatform ratings. “FBI: International” is averaging 9.6 million, while “FBI: Most Wanted” is averaging 10.3 million. “Obviously, I’m thrilled by the pickups,” Wolf said.
“We are all extremely grateful to George [Cheeks] and Amy [Reisenbach] and their entire team.” “FBI” stars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, John Boyd and Katherine Renee Kane. Wolf executive produces along with Rick Eid, Alex Chapple, Amanda Slater, Joe Halpin, Arthur W. Forney, and Peter
.Smash-hit TV show The Equalizer has been renewed for a fifth season by CBS.
CBS has picked up a fifth season of drama The Equalizer, starring and executive produced by Queen Latifah, for 2024-25.
Chicago Med alum Colin Donnell has been cast as a guest star in the final two episodes of FBI: International‘s third season, sources confirm to Deadline.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Steve Carell is set to star opposite Tina Fey in the upcoming Netflix comedy series “The Four Seasons,” Variety has learned. The series is based on the 1981 film of the same name that was directed by and starred Alan Alda with Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou also among the cast members. The series was first announced in January with an eight-episode order and is slated to begin production later this year.
EXCLUSIVE: So long, Scott Forrester: Luke Kleintank, one of the original cast members of FBI: International, is leaving the CBS series.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Thandiwe Newton is the latest new cast member to join “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix. Variety has learned exclusively from sources that Newton will star in the second season of the megahit series. Exact character details are being kept under wraps.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Fallout” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video. The announcement comes after Variety reported that a second season was set to receive $25 million in tax credits by relocating shooting to the state of California. Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the series is set two hundred years after the apocalypse.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “For All Mankind” has been renewed for Season 5 at Apple TV+. In addition, Variety has learned the streamer has ordered a spinoff series focusing on the Soviet space program. The spinoff is currently titled “Star City” and hails from “For All Mankind” creators Ronald D.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Rookie” has been renewed for Season 7 at ABC, Variety has learned. Season 6 of the cop drama kicked off on Feb. 20, pushed from its usual fall start date by the strikes that shut down much of Hollywood in 2023.
The Talk is coming to an end: CBS revealed Friday that its daytime talk show has been picked up for a 15th and final season and will wrap its run in December.
“The Talk” is coming to “The End.”CBS has canned the long-running talk show, which debuted in 2010. The network revealed on Friday that the series will come back in September for a shorter 15th season and will officially depart in December.
The Talk is coming to an end after almost 14 years!
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “The Talk” is going silent. CBS is ending the long-running daytime chat show, which will get an abbreviated final season (its 15th) this fall, before signing off for good with what it’s calling a “celebratory sendoff” in December.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+, Variety has learned. In addition, Apple has struck a deal with Legendary Entertainment to develop multiple spinoff series set in the so-called Monsterverse.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Velma” Season 2 has set its premiere date at Max. The 10-episode second season of the animated series centered on the titular “Scooby-Doo” character will debut on April 25. The official logline for the season states: “When an even spookier mystery grips Crystal Cove, Velma (Mindy Kaling) must find a way to balance her detective work with the demands of her newfound popularity before it’s too late.
A change is coming at the helm of Chicago Med: after nine seasons, co-showrunners Diane Frolov and Andy Schneider will step down at the end of the season.
CBS has renewed NCIS and The Neighborhood for the 2024-25 broadcast season.
Chicago Med has already been renewed for a 10th season, but a major part of the creative team won’t be back.
Emily Longeretta More changes are coming at “Chicago Med.” Co-showrunners Diane Frolov and Andy Schneider will exit the show at the end of the current ninth season. “We were honored to be chosen by Dick Wolf to run ‘Chicago Med’ and have tremendously enjoyed our association with Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television. We love ‘Chicago Med’ and have devoted all our creative energies to it, but after nine seasons we feel it’s time for us to move on and explore other possibilities,” the pair said in a statement on Tuesday.
Dick Wolf’s trio of FBI dramas will continue at CBS. FBI, FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International have all been renewed by the network.