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‘FBI’s CIA Spinoff No Longer Getting Backdoor Pilot Episode, Eyes Straight-To-Series Order At CBS


'FBI's proposed CIA spinoff will no longer be getting a backdoor pilot episode. It is eyeing a straight-to-series order at CBS based on casting.

Written by Wolf, FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman and former CIA officer David Chasteen, the proposed offshoot centers on a dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent are part of a new, clandestine task force charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City. Eventually a decision was made not to do a planted spinoff episode of FBI, which is wrapping production on its seventh season soon. Reps for CBS and FBI producers Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television declined comment.

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