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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
CBS Cancels FBI, Equalizer Shows With 12 Million Viewers
It's cancellation season, and CBS has canceled three fan-favorite shows viewed by more than 12 million people. The CBS shows are The Equalizer, FBI: Most Wanted, and FBI: International. CBS Entertainment and Paramount announced its fall schedule in a May 7, 2025, press release. Those shows weren't on it. 'It's not easy to end shows and we had a lot of options this year,' CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach told reporters on May 7, according to Deadline. According to TVLine, Most Wanted and International "this season both averaged about 6.5 million total viewers (with delayed playback), down just 9% from their previous seasons. Out of the 14 dramas that CBS has aired this TV season, they veritably tie for eighth." As for The Equalizer, the Queen Latifah vehicle "averaged 5.8 million total viewers (with Live+7 playback), down 27% from its Season 4 audience," TVLine reported. The cancellations come on the heels of CBS ending S.W.A.T. in March, according to Variety. 'The schedule is really full and so we always have to look at all of our shows, look at the aggregate information, the creative of where they are in their life cycle, what the finances look like, what the ratings are, and then we make those tough decisions," Reisenbach said of The Equalizer, according to TVLine. Screen Geek noted that the FBI programs, especially, were "fan-favorite" shows. The shows were cancelled even though Reisenbach had touted their strength not that long ago, Deadline reported. The executives expressed excitement over a new show called CIA, according to Deadline. The network won't be lacking for law enforcement dramas despite the cancellations of the FBI shows. It has also announced that Donnie Wahlberg is "reprising his role as NYPD officer Danny Reagan" in the show Boston Blue. CIA "stars Tom Ellis in a new crime drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf," the CBS Entertainment press release says. 'We have to be fiscally responsible and ultimately, those deals and the shows just weren't penciling out for us from an economic perspective," Reisenbach said, according to Deadline.
USA Today
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
CBS taps 'Yellowstone' star Luke Grimes' Kayce Dutton in new 'Marshals' series
CBS taps 'Yellowstone' star Luke Grimes' Kayce Dutton in new 'Marshals' series Show Caption Hide Caption Kelly Reilly on iconic running wolves scene 'they were real' Stars Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly who play Rip and Beth talk 'Yellowstone' return and that iconic scene running with the wolves. Entertain This! LOS ANGELES – Taylor Sheridan and "Yellowstone" star Luke Grimes are coming to CBS with a new show, "Marshals." CBS Entertainment chief Amy Reisenbach announced the new show May 7 as CBS unveiled plans for the 2025-26 TV season. The new "Yellowstone" spinioff is planned for Sunday nights starting next spring. "Marshals," a tentative title, follows Grimes' character Kayce Dutton. The TV son of John Dutton (Kevin Costner) "puts the Yellowstone ranch behind him and joins up with the marshals using his Navy SEAL skills and cowboy skills to bring justice to the Montana range," Reisenbach said. Few further details were revealed, and it's unclear whether Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille) will join her TV husband, who was last seen in December's "Yellowstone" finale on Paramount Network. Fan-favorite couple Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) are expected to star in their own, still-unannounced spinoff. Addressing a question about Sheridan's penchant for big budgets for his stable of hit shows – which include "Landman," "Lioness," and "1923," – George Cheeks, co-CEO of Paramount Global, said that the budget for "Marshals" will be "in line" with other network shows. The show will air on Paramount+ after premiering on the network. Sheridan's direct involvement in the show is another aspect that is still being worked out. "We're still early in the process," Reisenbach said. "Taylor is a very busy guy; we'll take what we can get." CBS addresses 'unfortunate' cancellation of 'Equalizer' For the first time, the network addressed the May 2 cancellation of "The Equalizer," starring Queen Latifah, after five seasons. Reisenbach called it "a tough decision." "It's never easy to end shows," Reisenbach said, pointing to a "full" schedule which includes new shows also including the Sheridan-produced singing competition "The Road," featuring Blake Shelton. Reisenbach said that "Equalizer" creators were aware of the possibility of the show ending, allowing them to craft a "satisfying" ending for fans in the May 4 finale. Other CBS canceled shows include "FBI: International," "FBI: Most Wanted, "S.W.A.T." and comedy "Poppa's House." Donnie Wahlberg moves to 'Boston Blue' with Sonequa Martin-Green Donnie Wahlberg, who played New York police detective Danny Reagan on "Blue Bloods" for 14 seasons, introduced his new "Boston Blue" spinoff and co-star Sonequa Martin-Green ("Strange New Worlds"). Martin-Green will play Det. Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent Boston law-enforcement family. "It's been quite a journey for the last 14 years; we had a very special show," said Wahlberg, addressing his New York City tenure on "Blue Bloods," which starred Tom Selleck. Wahlberg declined to give specifics about the show and whether "Blue Bloods" regulars like patriarch Selleck will appear on the series. Ironically, the Dorchester, Mass.-born Wahlberg will have to pretend to hate Boston as his transplanted Reagan family character. "That is going to be tough," he said.
