CBS axed two FBI series this year, but there’s a new show in the franchise that’s headed to the network this fall.
The original title was FBI: CIA, but it’s now been shortened to CIA — and star Tom Ellis teased the action TV viewers will see during the 2025-2026 season. In a teaser trailer released on YouTube on May 7, 2025, the British actor gave fans a 10-second glimpse of the upcoming CBS procedural.
“Hi, CBS, I’m Tom Ellis,” he said. “I can’t wait for you to seem my new show, CIA. Coming CBS fall.” While he spoke, a quick glimpse of some already filmed scenes flashed on the screen — gunshots, shattered glass, and a SWAT team rushing by.
CIA’s tagline is intriguing: “Two agents. One mission. Two methods.” The logline described the plot, “When a fast-talking, rule-breaking CIA case officer (Tom Ellis) teams up with a by-the-book, seasoned FBI agent working out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength.” Ellis is the only announced cast member so far.
The series is a part of Dick Wolf’s TV empire. The show creator and executive producer is already celebrating the pickup of his “One Chicago” universe as well as Law & Order and SVU on NBC.
CIA will be paired with Wolf’s original series, FBI, on Monday nights. FBI earned the 9 p.m. timeslot with CIA following immediately after at 10 p.m. The premiere date has not been released yet.
