24-02-2025
Here Are All 12 Spinoffs That CBS Could Be Airing Next TV Season
What's the saying, 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?' Or, 'When you've got a good thing going'…?
Whatever the case, CBS aka America's Most Watched Network — perhaps more than any other broadcast (or cable, or streaming…) outlet — is a firm believer in taking what works and making more of it, by spinning off its most popular or beloved series.
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Hell, the NCIS franchise alone has sired five offshoots to date (two of which are still with us, in addition to the mothership), with another one yet to premiere (Paramount+'s NCIS: Tony & Ziva). Similarly, there have been at least five total CSI series, and the Eye Network is now eyeing a third spinoff of FBI.
In the wake of the recent FBI: CIA and Boston Blue news, TVLine could not resist taking stock of exactly how many spinoffs, ongoing and new, might be airing on the CBS broadcast network next TV season. Which of the new offshoots are most rooting for?
A SPINOFF OF: Blue Bloods (which ended its 14-season run in December 2024)
PREMISE: Donnie Wahlberg's Detective Danny Reagan leaves New York City and his family to take a position with the Boston Police Department. There, he will be partnered with Detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
CAST: Donnie Wahlberg, thus far
STATUS: Ordered to series on Feb. 18, to premiere during 2025-26 TV season
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A SPINOFF OF: The Good Wife (ended May 2016) and The Good Fight (ended November 2022)
STATUS: Season 2 is currently airing Thursdays at 10/9c; already renewed!
A SPINOFF OF: The Equalizer (currently airing Season 5 Sundays at 10/9c, and yet to be renewed)
PREMISE: Titus Welliver's Hudson Reed is connected to Latifah's Robin McCall through an old mentor, but there's more to the 'former CIA operative with a dark secret' than meets the eye. Juani Feliz will play his daughter Samantha, who was trained by Hudson in martial arts, weaponry and the ability to blend in like a chameleon — while apparently 'hiding a mysterious past.
CAST: Titus Welliver (Bosch) and Juani Feliz (Harlem), thus far
STATUS: Not yet ordered to series; backdoor pilot will air as Episode 16 of The Equalizer's current season.
A SPINOFF OF: FBI (currently airing Season 7 Tuesdays at 8/7c, and renewed through Season 9)
PREMISE: A dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent join forces as part of a new, clandestine task force charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City.
CAST: TBA
STATUS: Not yet ordered to series; backdoor pilot will air this spring as an episode of FBI.
A SPINOFF OF: FBI
STATUS: Season 4 is currently airing Tuesdays at 9/8c; not yet renewed.
A SPINOFF OF: FBI
STATUS: Season 6 is currently airing Tuesdays at 10/9c; not yet renewed.
A SPINOFF OF: Young Sheldon, which ended in May 2024 and itself was a spinoff of The Big Bang Theory (which ended in May 2019)
STATUS: Season 1 is currently airing Thursdays at 8/7c; already renewed!
A SPINOFF OF: JAG, which ended in April 2005
STATUS: Season 22 is currently airing Mondays at 9/8c; already renewed!
A SPINOFF OF: NCIS, which is currently airing Season 22 Mondays at 9/8c (and itself was a spinoff of JAG)
STATUS: Season 1 is currently airing Mondays at 10/9c; already renewed!
A SPINOFF OF: the NCIS franchise, though none of its characters have yet to appear on any other NCIS series (or vice versa)
STATUS: Season 2 is currently airing Fridays at 8/7c; already renewed!
A SPINOFF OF: The Neighborhood, which is currently airing Season 7 Mondays at 8/7c, and is not yet renewed
PREMISE: The Neighborhood's Malcolm and Marty embark on new adventures, finally leaving their parents' nest to start the next chapter of their lives, finding themselves the newcomers in a neighborhood that's both close but yet world apart: Venice Beach. (This CBS spinoff is not to be confused with the Neighborhood offshoot led by Tracy Morgan and ordered to series at Paramount+.)
CAST: The Neighborhood's Sheaun McKinney and Marcel Spears, plus Justin Long (Mom), Kara Royster (Pretty Little Liars), and Hunter King and Angelique Cabral (Life in Pieces)
STATUS: Not yet ordered to series; backdoor pilot will air as The Neighborhood's Season 7 finale this spring
A SPINOFF OF: Fire Country (which is currently airing Season 3 Fridays at 9/8c, and is already renewed)
PREMISE: Morena Baccarin star as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Fire Country's Sharon Leone, who investigates criminal activity as she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter. (This is not to be confused with Fire Country: Surfside, a potential 2026-27 spinoff to be led by Jared Padalecki if his CBS new medical drama doesn't pan out.)
CAST: Morena Baccarin (Gotham) and W. Earl Brown (Deadwood), thus far
STATUS: Ordered to series in May 2024, to premiere during 2025-26 TV season
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