CBS is working on a spinoff of the freshman drama “FBI,” Variety has learned.
The new series would be titled “FBI: Most Wanted.” It would follow the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. It will air as a planted spinoff episode, or backdoor pilot, of “FBI” that will be broadcast in spring 2019. The project has received a series commitment from the network.
“Most Wanted” will be written and executive produced by Dick Wolf and Rene Balcer. Balcer has served as a consulting producer on “FBI” and has previously collaborated with Wolf on multiple iterations of the “Law & Order” franchise. “FBI” executive producers Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski will also executive produce “Most Wanted” with Fred Berner directing the initial episode. Berner has previously produced and directed for several “Law & Order” shows as well as the “Chicago” shows. Like “FBI,” Wolf Films and Universal Television will produce in association with CBS Television Studios.
Series that launched as planted spinoffs include “CSI: Miami,” “NCIS,” “A Different World,” and “The Originals.” The CW also tried the same strategy with “Wayward Sisters,” a spinoff of “Supernatural,” last season.
News of the potential spinoff comes just days after CBS announced that “FBI” had been renewed for a second season.
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