The FBI offshoot with a CIA twist is moving forward with a straight-to-series order at CBS and Tom Ellis as star. Tentatively titled CIA, the project (fka FBI: CIA) will now join the mothership FBI drama on CBS’ 2025-26 schedule.

 

Originally announced as a planted spinoff, the new FBI universe extension was supposed to be introduced in an episode of the mothership series this spring. As Deadline reported last month, that plan was eventually scrapped, with the attention shifting to a straight-to-series order, which was considered contingent on casting the main lead. (The possibility for a CIA straight-to-series order was first floated when CBS cancelled FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International. Of the two, Most Wanted originated as an FBI planted spinoff episode while International, like CIA, was ordered straight-to-series.)

 

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