For a 3rd 12 months in a row, CBS would be the first broadcast community to current its schedule for subsequent season forward of upfront week. With the 2025-26 lineup reveal day, Could 7, quick approaching, CBS is on the point of make its closing choices on new and returning collection for fall and past. (Beneath the community’s longterm growth technique, CBS final Could picked up Hearth Nation spinoff Sheriff Nation for the 2025-26 season, so it’s attainable that it might decide up a brand new present now for 2026-27.)
The three standalone CBS pilots this 12 months, the hourlong Einstein and half-hour DMV and Zarna, all screened effectively, I hear.
Einstein, which lured again to CBS Felony Minds star Matthew Grey Gubler, has been effectively obtained and appears to be in fine condition for a pickup. The difference of the German format by Monk creator Andrew Breckman is hitting CBS’ candy spot of procedural drama with humor and a preferred CBS star because the lead.
Issues stay tough on the comedy facet. As Deadline reported final month, DMV and Zarna had been believed to be vying for a single slot alongside The Neighborhood planted spinoff and bubble freshman collection Poppa’s Home.
Each DMV and Zarna had obtained orders for a backup script every. DMV, starring Harriet Dyer and Tim Meadows, has since been commissioned for a 3rd script, I hear. It additionally was effectively obtained and examined effectively. DMV is single-camera however shot in Canada on a modest price range. Its sensibility might be a match for CBS’ solely different single-camera collection, hit Ghosts, which lately obtained a two-season renewal. In the meantime, the Zarna pilot, which I hear underwent some tweaks, suits effectively into CBS’ multi-camera custom. Headlined by comic Zarna Garg and govt produced by Mindy Kaling, it additionally screened effectively, sources mentioned.
In the end, it might come right down to the wire amongst DMV, Zarna in addition to Poppa’s Home, which had been requested to cut back its price range for renewal consideration. Of the three, DMV and Poppa’s Home come from CBS sibling CBS Studios; Zarna from Warner Bros. TV. DMV appears to have a slight age in the intervening time however it’s a tossup state of affairs with the pilots coming in at related monetary phrases, so issues might change. At this level, it’s unclear whether or not CBS would open one other comedy slot.
On the drama facet, it’s additionally coming right down to the wire for CBS and Common Tv’s multi-project negotiations on The Equalizer renewal and pickups for the potential Equalizer spinoff starring Titus Welliver and the proposed new FBI spinoff (fka FBI: CIA).
The Equalizer had been eying a 13-episode renewal for what might be sixth closing season. Following the cancellation of FBI: Most Wished and FBI: Worldwide, the brand new FBI spinoff was getting on observe for a straight-to-series order however that hit a bump when the provide for the lead function didn’t pan out. The challenge has remained in rivalry with different casting selections explored.
Already picked up for subsequent season are CBS drama collection Sheriff Nation, starring Morena Baccarin, and Blue Bloods universe drama Boston Blue, starring Donnie Wahlberg.
On slower observe are Robert King and Michelle King’s Silicon Valley-set authorized one-hour Cupertino and Joe Port and Joe Wiseman’s vampire comedy Eternally Yours, which might be contenders for midseason 2026 — or extra possible fall 2026.
