Update 4/29: Einstein has been pushed to the 2026-27 season.
CBS is finalizing its programming slate for the 2025-26 season. Off the heels of recent cancellations and the pickup of CIA, CBS has ordered a lone comedy pilot to series, as well as another drama.
DMV, a single-camera sitcom set in a DMV office and featuring a cast of quirky yet lovable characters who rely on each other to deal with their thankless job, will be CBS's sole new sitcom next season. It will star Tim Meadows, Harriet Dyer, Molly Kearney, Tony Calavero, Gig Zumbado and Alex Tarrant.
Einstein will star Criminal Minds' Matthew Gray Gubler as the titular great-grandson of Albert Einstein, a brilliant tenured professor who finds himself in trouble with the law, resulting in him assisting a police detective solve crimes. Rosa Salazar will co-star.
These two pickups are the only new scripted series on CBS this season that aren't spinoffs of existing CBS properties.
In addition, the untitled spinoff of The Neighborhood centered on brother characters Malcolm and Marty, which will air its backdoor pilot in two weeks, is not moving forward. Also passed over is Zarna, CBS's other sitcom pilot that starred Zarna Gang and was produce by Warner Bros. CBS has also passed on the Equalizer spinoff starring Titus Welliver. The back door pilot for the prospective series aired just two days earlier.
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