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Composer | Atli Örvarsson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 113 ( list of episodes) |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
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Network | CBS |
Release | September 25, 2018 present | –
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FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that airs on CBS, where it premiered on September 25, 2018. [1] The series is produced by Wolf Entertainment, CBS Studios, and Universal Television, with Dick Wolf, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski, and Turk serving as executive producers.
The series features an ensemble cast including Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Ebonée Noel, Sela Ward, Alana de la Garza, John Boyd and Katherine Renee Turner. FBI received a straight-to-series commission for 13 episodes on September 20, 2017. [2] In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for a third season. [3] The third season premiered on November 17, 2020. [4] [5] In March 2021, CBS renewed the series for a fourth season, [6] which premiered on September 21, 2021. [7] In May 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season; [8] the fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022, [9] and the sixth season premiered on February 13, 2024. [10] The sixth season premier was delayed from September 2023 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. For the same reason, there will be just 13 episodes in the sixth season. [11] In April 2024, the series was renewed through season nine, ensuring its spot on the air until 2027. [12]
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The series centers on inner workings of the New York City field office criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), bringing to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens [13] who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college who can piece together the big picture faster than anyone. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence. [14]
Starting in season two, Stuart Scola, a former worker at a financial company for 7 years-turned-Special Agent joins the team and is partnered with Kristen, who transitions into field work at the same time. Also, Isobel Castille takes Mosier's place as team supervisor following the latter's retirement. At the start of season 3, Kristen transfers to Dallas, Texas, and is replaced by Tiffany Wallace, a former New York Police Department officer and White Collar Division Special Agent.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Viewers (millions) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 22 | September 25, 2018 | May 14, 2019 | 11 | 12.37 [27] | |
2 | 19 | September 24, 2019 | March 31, 2020 | 4 | 12.55 [28] | |
3 | 15 | November 17, 2020 | May 25, 2021 | 5 | 10.98 [29] | |
4 | 21 | September 21, 2021 | May 17, 2022 | 4 | 10.29 [30] | |
5 | 23 | September 20, 2022 | May 23, 2023 | 4 | 9.52 [31] | |
6 | 13 | February 13, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | TBA | TBA |
The origins of the series go back to the Television Critics Association summer 2016 press tour, where Wolf revealed plans for a crime drama series, placed in New York and set in the world of the FBI. Wolf's original plan was to introduce it on the NBC network as a planned spin-off to his New York crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where it was intended to introduce an FBI agent character, but NBC ultimately did not go through with it and the idea was later put on hold for different reasons. It's Wolf's first drama series to launch on a network other than NBC in 15 years. CBS officially picked up the series on September 20, 2017. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. [32]
On January 25, 2019, during the TCA press tour, FBI was renewed for a second season, [33] which is set to premiere on September 24, 2019. [34] On May 7, 2019, following the renewal it was announced that Milena Govich joined as co-executive producer and director. [35]
On March 12, 2020, Universal Television suspended the production of the last three episodes of the second season following the COVID-19 pandemic. [36] However, on May 6, 2020, CBS announced that it was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 17, 2020. [3] [4] [5] On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that it had renewed the series for a fourth season, [6] which premiered on September 21, 2021. [7]
On May 9, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. [8] The fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022. [9] The sixth season premiered on February 13, 2024. [10] On April 9, 2024, CBS renewed the series for seasons seven through nine. [12]
As of 2024 [update], reruns of FBI aired on Ion Television and Pop.
Every episode of past and current seasons is available to stream on Paramount+ in the United States.
The show airs on Tuesday nights in Canada on Global.
The show airs on Thursday nights at 9pm on Sky Witness in the United Kingdom.
The show airs on Thursday nights at 9:45pm on AXN Asia in the Southeast Asia.
On March 1, 2018, Zeeko Zaki was cast as Omar Adom. [16] A week later, Jeremy Sisto was cast as Jubal, [17] including Ebonée Noel also cast as Kristin. [18] Before the end of the month, Missy Peregrym had joined the cast as Maggie. [15] The FBI Special Agent in Charge in the first episode ("Pilot") was Ellen Solberg, played by Connie Nielsen. On May 16, 2018, the day of scheduling the series for fall 2018, Nielsen was announced to have left the series for undisclosed reasons. [37] [38]
On July 13, 2018, Sela Ward was cast in the second episode as Dana Mosier who fulfills a similar role to Connie Nielsen who was in the first episode. [19] During the season finale, it was indicated that Ward would be departing the series after the first season. [20] On July 9, 2019, Alana de la Garza—who played Isobel Castille in a guest appearance in the first season—was promoted to the main cast for the second season; she also recurs on the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted. [21]
On August 6, 2019, John Boyd was cast as Special Agent Stuart Scola, Kristin's new partner in the field, in a recurring role with the option to be promoted to regular at a later date. [22] Boyd was promoted to regular on October 7, 2019. [23] On August 28, 2020, Katherine Renee Turner was cast as a series regular for the third season. [24] On April 20, 2022, it was announced that Shantel VanSanten would return as Special Agent Nina Chase in a recurring role, while Peregrym went inactive for her maternity leave. [25]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 63% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 6.22 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Dick Wolf's new series sports a compelling cast and adrenaline-spiking spectacle, although some viewers may find this retread of the mega-producer's previous procedural formulas overly familiar." [39] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [40]
Season | Timeslot ( ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank |
Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
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Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||
1 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 22 | September 25, 2018 | 10.09 [41] | May 14, 2019 | 8.56 [42] | 2018–19 | 11 | 12.37 [27] |
2 | 19 | September 24, 2019 | 8.83 [43] | March 31, 2020 | 10.85 [44] | 2019–20 | 4 | 12.55 [28] | |
3 | 15 | November 17, 2020 | 8.21 [45] | May 25, 2021 | 7.08 [46] | 2020–21 | 5 | 10.98 [29] | |
4 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. [47] | 21 | September 21, 2021 | 7.12 [48] | May 17, 2022 | 7.15 [49] | 2021–22 | 4 | 10.29 [30] |
5 | 23 | September 20, 2022 | 6.81 [50] | May 23, 2023 | 6.54 [51] | 2022–23 | 4 | 9.52 [31] | |
6 | 13 | February 13, 2024 | 7.70 [52] | May 21, 2024 | 6.14 [53] | 2023–24 | TBD | TBD |
On January 29, 2019, it was announced that CBS had commissioned a backdoor pilot with an attached series commitment for a potential spin-off series titled FBI: Most Wanted, with the episode to air in the latter part of the first season. The series will focus on the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the most notorious criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list. According to Dick Wolf, the spin-off is set to launch a series of interconnected shows similar to Wolf's Chicago and Law & Order franchises on NBC. [54] Actors who have been cast were reported to be: Julian McMahon, [55] Alana de la Garza, [56] Kellan Lutz, [57] Roxy Sternberg, [58] and Nathaniel Arcand, [59] as well as Keisha Castle-Hughes. [60] On May 9, 2019, CBS announced that FBI: Most Wanted had been ordered to series. [61] The series, created by Rene Balcer, premiered on January 7, 2020.
On February 18, 2021, it was reported that a third series of the FBI franchise with the working title FBI: International spin-off was in development. [62] On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that the spin-off had been ordered to series. [6] On July 8, 2021, it was reported that Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed and Vinessa Vidotto were set to casts in the spin-off. [63]
FBI | |
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Genre | |
Created by |
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Starring |
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Composer | Atli Örvarsson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 113 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
Production companies | |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 25, 2018 present | –
Related | |
FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that airs on CBS, where it premiered on September 25, 2018. [1] The series is produced by Wolf Entertainment, CBS Studios, and Universal Television, with Dick Wolf, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski, and Turk serving as executive producers.
The series features an ensemble cast including Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, Ebonée Noel, Sela Ward, Alana de la Garza, John Boyd and Katherine Renee Turner. FBI received a straight-to-series commission for 13 episodes on September 20, 2017. [2] In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for a third season. [3] The third season premiered on November 17, 2020. [4] [5] In March 2021, CBS renewed the series for a fourth season, [6] which premiered on September 21, 2021. [7] In May 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season; [8] the fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022, [9] and the sixth season premiered on February 13, 2024. [10] The sixth season premier was delayed from September 2023 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. For the same reason, there will be just 13 episodes in the sixth season. [11] In April 2024, the series was renewed through season nine, ensuring its spot on the air until 2027. [12]
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The series centers on inner workings of the New York City field office criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), bringing to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multi-generational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom "O. A." Zidan, a West Point graduate from Queens [13] who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Kristen Chazal is a brilliant analyst recruited straight out of college who can piece together the big picture faster than anyone. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence. [14]
Starting in season two, Stuart Scola, a former worker at a financial company for 7 years-turned-Special Agent joins the team and is partnered with Kristen, who transitions into field work at the same time. Also, Isobel Castille takes Mosier's place as team supervisor following the latter's retirement. At the start of season 3, Kristen transfers to Dallas, Texas, and is replaced by Tiffany Wallace, a former New York Police Department officer and White Collar Division Special Agent.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Viewers (millions) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 22 | September 25, 2018 | May 14, 2019 | 11 | 12.37 [27] | |
2 | 19 | September 24, 2019 | March 31, 2020 | 4 | 12.55 [28] | |
3 | 15 | November 17, 2020 | May 25, 2021 | 5 | 10.98 [29] | |
4 | 21 | September 21, 2021 | May 17, 2022 | 4 | 10.29 [30] | |
5 | 23 | September 20, 2022 | May 23, 2023 | 4 | 9.52 [31] | |
6 | 13 | February 13, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | TBA | TBA |
The origins of the series go back to the Television Critics Association summer 2016 press tour, where Wolf revealed plans for a crime drama series, placed in New York and set in the world of the FBI. Wolf's original plan was to introduce it on the NBC network as a planned spin-off to his New York crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where it was intended to introduce an FBI agent character, but NBC ultimately did not go through with it and the idea was later put on hold for different reasons. It's Wolf's first drama series to launch on a network other than NBC in 15 years. CBS officially picked up the series on September 20, 2017. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. [32]
On January 25, 2019, during the TCA press tour, FBI was renewed for a second season, [33] which is set to premiere on September 24, 2019. [34] On May 7, 2019, following the renewal it was announced that Milena Govich joined as co-executive producer and director. [35]
On March 12, 2020, Universal Television suspended the production of the last three episodes of the second season following the COVID-19 pandemic. [36] However, on May 6, 2020, CBS announced that it was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 17, 2020. [3] [4] [5] On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that it had renewed the series for a fourth season, [6] which premiered on September 21, 2021. [7]
On May 9, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. [8] The fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022. [9] The sixth season premiered on February 13, 2024. [10] On April 9, 2024, CBS renewed the series for seasons seven through nine. [12]
As of 2024 [update], reruns of FBI aired on Ion Television and Pop.
Every episode of past and current seasons is available to stream on Paramount+ in the United States.
The show airs on Tuesday nights in Canada on Global.
The show airs on Thursday nights at 9pm on Sky Witness in the United Kingdom.
The show airs on Thursday nights at 9:45pm on AXN Asia in the Southeast Asia.
On March 1, 2018, Zeeko Zaki was cast as Omar Adom. [16] A week later, Jeremy Sisto was cast as Jubal, [17] including Ebonée Noel also cast as Kristin. [18] Before the end of the month, Missy Peregrym had joined the cast as Maggie. [15] The FBI Special Agent in Charge in the first episode ("Pilot") was Ellen Solberg, played by Connie Nielsen. On May 16, 2018, the day of scheduling the series for fall 2018, Nielsen was announced to have left the series for undisclosed reasons. [37] [38]
On July 13, 2018, Sela Ward was cast in the second episode as Dana Mosier who fulfills a similar role to Connie Nielsen who was in the first episode. [19] During the season finale, it was indicated that Ward would be departing the series after the first season. [20] On July 9, 2019, Alana de la Garza—who played Isobel Castille in a guest appearance in the first season—was promoted to the main cast for the second season; she also recurs on the spin-off series FBI: Most Wanted. [21]
On August 6, 2019, John Boyd was cast as Special Agent Stuart Scola, Kristin's new partner in the field, in a recurring role with the option to be promoted to regular at a later date. [22] Boyd was promoted to regular on October 7, 2019. [23] On August 28, 2020, Katherine Renee Turner was cast as a series regular for the third season. [24] On April 20, 2022, it was announced that Shantel VanSanten would return as Special Agent Nina Chase in a recurring role, while Peregrym went inactive for her maternity leave. [25]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 63% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 6.22 out of 10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Dick Wolf's new series sports a compelling cast and adrenaline-spiking spectacle, although some viewers may find this retread of the mega-producer's previous procedural formulas overly familiar." [39] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [40]
Season | Timeslot ( ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank |
Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
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Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||
1 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 22 | September 25, 2018 | 10.09 [41] | May 14, 2019 | 8.56 [42] | 2018–19 | 11 | 12.37 [27] |
2 | 19 | September 24, 2019 | 8.83 [43] | March 31, 2020 | 10.85 [44] | 2019–20 | 4 | 12.55 [28] | |
3 | 15 | November 17, 2020 | 8.21 [45] | May 25, 2021 | 7.08 [46] | 2020–21 | 5 | 10.98 [29] | |
4 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. [47] | 21 | September 21, 2021 | 7.12 [48] | May 17, 2022 | 7.15 [49] | 2021–22 | 4 | 10.29 [30] |
5 | 23 | September 20, 2022 | 6.81 [50] | May 23, 2023 | 6.54 [51] | 2022–23 | 4 | 9.52 [31] | |
6 | 13 | February 13, 2024 | 7.70 [52] | May 21, 2024 | 6.14 [53] | 2023–24 | TBD | TBD |
On January 29, 2019, it was announced that CBS had commissioned a backdoor pilot with an attached series commitment for a potential spin-off series titled FBI: Most Wanted, with the episode to air in the latter part of the first season. The series will focus on the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the most notorious criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list. According to Dick Wolf, the spin-off is set to launch a series of interconnected shows similar to Wolf's Chicago and Law & Order franchises on NBC. [54] Actors who have been cast were reported to be: Julian McMahon, [55] Alana de la Garza, [56] Kellan Lutz, [57] Roxy Sternberg, [58] and Nathaniel Arcand, [59] as well as Keisha Castle-Hughes. [60] On May 9, 2019, CBS announced that FBI: Most Wanted had been ordered to series. [61] The series, created by Rene Balcer, premiered on January 7, 2020.
On February 18, 2021, it was reported that a third series of the FBI franchise with the working title FBI: International spin-off was in development. [62] On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that the spin-off had been ordered to series. [6] On July 8, 2021, it was reported that Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed and Vinessa Vidotto were set to casts in the spin-off. [63]