‘The Equalizer’ Spinoff Not Moving Forward, Mothership Series Remains In Renewal Consideration At CBS

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-equalizer-spinoff-dead-mothership-renewal-status-cbs-1236373974/


CBS Picks Up Drama ‘Einstein’ Starring Matthew Gray Gubler & Comedy ‘DMV’ With Harriet Dyer To Series

https://deadline.com/2025/04/cbs-orders-series-einstein-drama-dmv-comedy-1236373752/


‘Poppa’s House’ Canceled By CBS After One Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/poppas-house-canceled-cbs-no-season-2-1236373809/


‘FBI’ Offshoot ‘CIA’ Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-To-Series By CBS For 2025-26 Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order-cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their
strength."]


‘The Summit’ Axed At CBS After One Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-summit-canceled-cbs-1236373814/


--Robin

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On Apr 22, 2025 at 12:05:19 PM PDT, "Robin Miller" <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

FBI Offshoot CIA Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-to-Series by
CBS for 2025-26 Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order-cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength."]

There is no CIA "New York Station"!!!

The CIA only operates outside the United States. They are not law enforcement officers and have no authority whatsoever to arrest/detain/investigate
American citizens.

Bah, I say! Bah!

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On 2025-04-22 3:05 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

‘The Equalizer’ Spinoff Not Moving Forward, Mothership Series Remains In Renewal Consideration At CBS

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-equalizer-spinoff-dead-mothership- renewal-status-cbs-1236373974/

What the HECK is going on with that web page? The body of the story is
heavily blurred with a transparentish overlay that makes it VERY hard to
read, within that, there's a rectangle with the word "PANIC" and a red
button. If you click on the red button, you go to an overview of ALL of
the pilot news. If you click on the option to find out about the
Equalizer spinoff, you get back to the same page with the body of the
story badly blurred.

This is ridiculous! Do they want people to read these stories or not? If
they DO want readers, it is incumbent upon them to remove overlays that
make it very hard to read the story. They shouldn't need anyone to tell
them that.

I get that the spinoff is not proceeding but the details may be relevant
and interesting. But this idiocy means I'll never know.

This rant is NOT directed at Robin but at the people at Deadline who
made this really foolish design decision.

CBS Picks Up Drama ‘Einstein’ Starring Matthew Gray Gubler & Comedy ‘DMV’ With Harriet Dyer To Series

https://deadline.com/2025/04/cbs-orders-series-einstein-drama-dmv- comedy-1236373752/

‘Poppa’s House’ Canceled By CBS After One Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/poppas-house-canceled-cbs-no- season-2-1236373809/

‘FBI’ Offshoot ‘CIA’ Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-To-Series By CBS For 2025-26 Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order- cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength."]

‘The Summit’ Axed At CBS After One Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-summit-canceled-cbs-1236373814/

--Robin

--
Rhino

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On 2025-04-22 3:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Apr 22, 2025 at 12:05:19 PM PDT, "Robin Miller" <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

FBI Offshoot CIA Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-to-Series by
CBS for 2025-26 Season


https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order-cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, >> rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book,
seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must >> learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their
strength."]

There is no CIA "New York Station"!!!

The CIA only operates outside the United States. They are not law enforcement officers and have no authority whatsoever to arrest/detain/investigate American citizens.

Bah, I say! Bah!

A preposterous premise right out of the starting gate: not a great
start! Still, that is far from unprecedented. You pointed out that SWAT
never works cases, making the current version of that show equally
preposterous but it still ran for 8 years and was entertaining if not
factual.

--
Rhino

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On 4/22/25 12:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Apr 22, 2025 at 12:05:19 PM PDT, "Robin Miller" <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

FBI Offshoot CIA Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-to-Series by
CBS for 2025-26 Season


https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order-cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, >> rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book,
seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must >> learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their
strength."]

There is no CIA "New York Station"!!!

The CIA only operates outside the United States. They are not law enforcement officers and have no authority whatsoever to arrest/detain/investigate American citizens.

Bah, I say! Bah!

I'm sure you liked the show better when it was titled "FBI: CIA"!! ;p

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In <vu8s01$19ham$2@dont-email.me> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> writes:

[snip]

There is no CIA "New York Station"!!!

Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway beg to differ.



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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

There is no CIA "New York Station"!!!

The CIA only operates outside the United States. They are not law enforcement >officers and have no authority whatsoever to arrest/detain/investigate >American citizens.

Bah, I say! Bah!

Covert Affairs was true!

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On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:05:19 -0400, Robin Miller
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

‘The Equalizer’ Spinoff Not Moving Forward, Mothership Series Remains In >Renewal Consideration At CBS

https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-equalizer-spinoff-dead-mothership-renewal-status-cbs-1236373974/

CBS Picks Up Drama ‘Einstein’ Starring Matthew Gray Gubler & Comedy >‘DMV’ With Harriet Dyer To Series

https://deadline.com/2025/04/cbs-orders-series-einstein-drama-dmv-comedy-1236373752/

‘FBI’ Offshoot ‘CIA’ Starring Tom Ellis Ordered Straight-To-Series By >CBS For 2025-26 Season

https://deadline.com/2025/04/fbis-cia-spinoff-tom-ellis-series-order-cbs-1236373504/

["Written by Dick Wolf and 'FBI: Most Wanted' showrunner David Hudgins,
'CIA' (working title) centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, >rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, >seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. When this
odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must >learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats
on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their >strength."]

So they really are going with the idea of CIA agents working cases in
New York? I guess there are no rules about where the CIA is allowed to
operate in the Dick Wolf world.

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