Another season of FBI action on CBS has come to an end, with all three shows fortunately guaranteed at least one more season. That doesn’t mean that everything will be the same when the series return for the fall 2024 TV schedule, and not just because FBI: International lost leading man Luke Kleintank. Both FBI and FBI: Most Wanted will feature less of their series regulars, which isn’t the greatest news, but revisiting how excited the stars have been when speaking to CinemaBlend about the renewals certainly makes for a silver lining.
Changes For FBI And Most Wanted In Fall 2024
Just like what happened with One Chicago and the Law & Order shows on NBC elsewhere in the nine-show Dick Wolf TV universe, episode counts are being cuts for series regulars for two of the three FBI dramas on CBS. Deadline reports that the regulars of FBI and Most Wanted will appear in two fewer episodes than usual for the 2024-2025 TV season, as a means to cut costs as they continue. Most Wanted (as well as International) was renewed for one more season; FBI was renewed for another three.
The drop in episode counts means that the series regulars will be paid for each of the episodes that they appear in, rather than paid for the full season, which is generally 22 episodes in the Dick Wolf universe, strikes and pandemic shutdowns notwithstanding. The series regular absences will presumably be staggered throughout the next season, like what happened with the Wolf shows on NBC
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FBI and Most Wanted are affected while International is not is reportedly due to the higher costs of the two shows that film in the U.S. that already have star power, including Missy Peregrym, Jeremy Sisto, and Alana De La Garza on the original series and Dylan McDermott, Edwin Hodge, and Keisha Castle-Hughes on the first spinoff. International simply isn’t as pricy.
So, while the idea of the two most senior FBI shows missing some of its regulars from time to time isn’t the best news, there’s no reason to dread a dip in quality for the 2024-2025 TV schedule. After all, Missy Peregrym was absent for a few episodes toward the end of Season 6, and that didn’t stop the show from charging towards an exciting ending. Still, if you need a pick-me-up, read on for what several franchise stars told CinemaBlend about their shows being renewed!
Cast Members Shared Their Excitement
FBI got the biggest renewal of the three, with a guarantee of another three seasons to take the show through to Season 9. This marked the second multi-season renewal in the show’s history. I spoke with Zeeko Zaki, who plays OA, earlier this month about the big can of worms opened for his character, and he also shared what it was like on set when the renewal news broke:
It definitely perked things up on set. It was funny because… every day, you’re thinking ‘Okay, this is the scene. You gotta bring it.’ And once I got that release, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I wish they waited until the season was over because I don’t even know. I can’t even comprehend it.’ It’s unbelievable and it just validates everything that everybody that is a part of the show does and puts into it and the audience, and it’s just an absolute honor to be a part of something that has been so well received, and that’s working so well.
