Overview

• CBS has greenlit 'CIA,' a new addition to its FBI franchise, with a straight-to-series order for the 2025–26 broadcast season.
• Tom Ellis, known for his role in 'Lucifer,' will play a fast-talking, rule-breaking CIA case officer as one of the series' two leads.
• The show will focus on an unlikely partnership between Ellis' CIA officer and a yet-to-be-cast FBI agent, investigating threats to U.S. security from the CIA's New York Station.
• The series is written and executive produced by Dick Wolf, David Hudgins (showrunner), Nicole Perlman, and former CIA officer David Chasteen, alongside Universal Television, Wolf Entertainment, and CBS Studios.
• CBS canceled 'FBI: Most Wanted' and 'FBI: International' earlier this year to make room for new franchise expansions, including 'CIA.'