CIA (TV series)
American television series
CIA is an American police procedural television series created by Dick Wolf, David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman, David Chasteen, and Warren Leight that premiered on CBS on February 23, 2026. The series is produced by Universal Television in association with Wolf Entertainment and CBS Studios with Wolf, Perlman, Chasteen, and Peter Jankowski serving as executive producers. It follows the teaming of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer with an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the two are based in New York City and work together investigating domestic threats to the United States. It is a spin-off from the FBI television franchise. In March 2026, the series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere on October 5, 2026.
Premise
CIA case officer Colin Glass is a bit of a loose cannon with no regard for the rules, and FBI special agent Bill Goodman is strictly by-the-book. The two of them must team up and find a way to work together to protect the United States from domestic terrorism threats.
Cast
Main Cast
Tom Ellis as Colin Glass (season 1–present), a CIA case officer
Nick Gehlfuss as William "Bill" Randall Goodman (season 1–present), an FBI special agent from the FBI New York field office
Natalee Linez as Gina Gosian (season 1–present), a CIA analyst
Necar Zadegan as Nikki Reynard (season 1–present), the Deputy Chief of the CIA's New York station
Recurring
Dan Bakkedahl as Larry Kriegman
Cotter Smith as Peter Cooper
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Kimberly Graham
Angela Sarafyan as Antoinette "Toni" Napier
Crossover characters
Jeremy Sisto as Jubal Valentine (season 1), Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in the FBI New York field office
James Chen as Ian Lim (season 1), an FBI Technical Analyst in the FBI New York field office
Missy Peregrym as Maggie Bell (season 1), FBI Special Agent in the FBI New York field office
Alana de la Garza as Isobel Castille (season 1), Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in the FBI New York field office
John Boyd as Stuart Scola (season 2), FBI Special Agent in the FBI New York field office
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2026)
Season 2
Production
Development
The series, a spin-off of the FBI television franchise and tentatively titled FBI: CIA, was in development at CBS in January 2025, originally intending to begin with a backdoor pilot airing as an FBI episode. After the proposed backdoor pilot had been repeatedly pushed toward the end of the season, FBI was nearing the end of production for the season, while casting for CIA was still underway, so the series was instead being considered for a straight-to-series pick-up without the backdoor pilot launch and with a new script. The series was created by Dick Wolf and David Hudgins, with Hudgins initially planning to be the showrunner.
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