FBI (TV series)

FBI centers on the inner workings of the New York City field office criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where the personnel work to ensure the safety of New York City and its citizens. 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 who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Other members of the office include Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Mosier; Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jubal Valentine; and Analyst Kristen Chazal. Together, the team of agents investigate cases including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence. In Season 2, Stuart Scola joins the team and is partnered with Kristen, who transitions into field work at the same time. Isobel Castille takes Mosier's place as team supervisor following the latter's retirement. In 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. Tiffany later departs the bureau and moves to Georgia at the start of Season 7 after being burned out due a long-running case from the previous season. ==Cast==

Main • Missy Peregrym as Margaret "Maggie" Bell, FBI Special Agent. She is the de facto agent in charge of the team while out in the field. • Juliana Aidén Martinez as Eva Ramos (season 8–present), FBI Special Agent and Scola's new partner after Dani Rhodes's death. In her previous field office, she had been in a relationship with a colleague, who turned out to be a member of Forefront. Recurring • Derek Hedlund as Special Agent JT (seasons 1–2), an FBI Special Agent who frequently worked in the field with OA and Maggie • James Chen as Ian Lim, an FBI Technical Analyst • Thomas Phillip O'Neil as Dr. Neil Mosbach, an FBI Medical Examiner • Carmen Lamar Gonzalez as Carla Flores, an FBI bomb disposal expert • Rodney Richardson as Ray Stapleton (season 1), an FBI Forensic Technician • Nina Lisandrello as Eve Nettles (season 1), an FBI Forensic Technician • Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran (season 2–present), an FBI Analyst • Roshawn Franklin as Trevor Hobbs (seasons 2–6), an FBI Special Agent and an Intelligence Analyst • Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor (season 2–present), an FBI Intelligence Analyst • Catherine Haena Kim as Emily Ryder (season 2), an FBI Special Agent who temporarily fills in for Kristen when she is injured in the line of duty • Josh Segarra as Nestor Vertiz (season 3), an FBI Supervisory Special Agent who worked on an undercover operation with Maggie and dated her before she ended their relationship in the FBI Season 3 episode, "Uncovered". He is also in charge of the Gang Unit. • David Zayas as Antonio Vargas (seasons 3–4), the most notorious drug lord in the world and leader of the Durango Cartel • Kathleen Munroe as Rina Trenholm (seasons 3–4), FBI's Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office. After the events of the FBI Season 3 finale episode, "Straight Flush", she becomes the new FBI Assistant Director and also enters into a relationship with FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine. • Piter Marek as Rashid Bashir (season 4), FBI Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism • Shantel VanSanten as Nina Chase (seasons 4–8), an FBI Special Agent who temporarily fills in for Maggie after she is exposed to sarin gas in the line of duty. She is also an undercover agent and as of FBI Season 5, is in a relationship with fellow FBI agent Stuart Scola and pregnant with their unborn son. Shortly after the birth of Dougie, Nina transferred to the Fugitive Task Force • Billy Burke as Rowan Quinn, an FBI Supervisory Special Agent and undercover trainer who trained OA on undercover assignments. He was also FBI Special Agent Maggie Bell's UC instructor during her time at Quantico. • R. Ward Duffy as John Van Leer, FBI Deputy Director Crossover characters • Julian McMahon as Jess LaCroix (season 1–2, 4), FBI Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and Team leader of the Fugitive Task Force (FBI: Most Wanted) • Kellan Lutz as Kenny Crosby (season 1–2, 4), FBI Special Agent in the Fugitive Task Force (FBI: Most Wanted) • Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes (season 1–2, 5), FBI Special Agent and second in command of the Fugitive Task Force (FBI: Most Wanted) • Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson (season 1–2, 5), FBI Special Agent and Technical Analyst assigned to the Fugitive Task Force (FBI: Most Wanted) • Nathaniel Arcand as Clinton Skye (season 1), FBI Special Agent assigned to the Fugitive Task Force as well as Jess LaCroix's brother in law and the uncle of Tali, Jess's daughter (FBI: Most Wanted) • YaYa Gosselin as Tali Skye LaCroix (season 1–2), the daughter of Jess LaCroix (FBI: Most Wanted) • Tracy Spiridakos as Detective Hailey Upton (season 2), a member of the Intelligence Unit for the Chicago Police Department (Chicago P.D.) who temporarily joins the NY field office for an interagency training program • Luke Kleintank as Scott Forrester (season 5), FBI Supervisory Special Agent who is head of the FBI's International Fly Team for the FBI (FBI: International) • Heida Reed as Jamie Kellet (season 5), FBI Special Agent and second in command of the FBI's International Fly Team (FBI: International) • Carter Redwood as Andre Raines (season 5), FBI Special Agent and a member of the FBI's International Fly Team (FBI: International) • Vinessa Vidotto as Cameron Vo (season 5), FBI Special Agent and a member of the FBI's International Fly Team (FBI: International) • Dylan McDermott as Remy Scott (season 5), FBI Special Agent and the Supervisory Special Agent/team leader of the Fugitive Task Force (FBI: Most Wanted) • Necar Zadegan as Nikki Reynard (season 8), the Deputy Chief of the CIA's New York station ==Episodes==

Development 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. On May 7, 2019, following the renewal it was announced that Milena Govich joined as co-executive producer and director. On March 12, 2020, Universal Television suspended the production of the last three episodes of the second season following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on May 6, 2020, CBS announced that it was renewed for a third season which premiered on November 17, 2020. On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that it had renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on September 21, 2021. On May 9, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season. The fifth season premiered on September 20, 2022. The sixth season premiered on February 13, 2024. On April 9, 2024, CBS renewed the series for seasons seven through nine. The seventh season premiered on October 15, 2024. Casting On March 1, 2018, Zeeko Zaki was cast as Omar Adom. 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. 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. 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. 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. On August 19, 2024, Lisette Olivera joined the cast as a new series regular for the seventh while Kane is set to exit in the seventh season. On January 21, 2025, Emily Alabi joined the cast for season seven. On July 14, 2025, Juliana Aidén Martinez was cast as a series regular for the eighth season. ==Broadcast and release==

The series premiered on CBS in the United States on September 25, 2018. The first two seasons aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. after NCIS. After NCIS moved to Mondays during the 2021–22 U.S. television season, the series moved up to 8:00 p.m. with the launch of its second spin-off FBI: International. The show moved to Mondays at 9:00 p.m. EST/8 p.m. CST beginning in fall 2025. Syndication As of November 2025, The show currently airs reruns on Ion Television, Pop, and TNT. It entered broadcast syndication debut on September 9, 2024, and on MyNetworkTV airing Saturdays 8:00 pm & 9:00 pm, in the United States. The full series is available on Paramount+. ==Reception==

Critical response 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." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Ratings ==Spin-offs==

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. Actors who have been cast were reported to be: Julian McMahon, Alana de la Garza, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, and Nathaniel Arcand, as well as Keisha Castle-Hughes. On May 9, 2019, CBS announced that FBI: Most Wanted had been ordered to series. The series, created by René 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. On March 24, 2021, CBS announced that the spin-off had been ordered to series. In March 2025 both spin-offs were cancelled at CBS, weeks after the report that another spin-off was in development, which had prompted speculation about the future of the original spinoffs. On January 22, 2025, it had been reported the new potential spin-off would be called FBI: CIA, with the same New York City setting as the original, with a focus on investigating domestic terrorism. According to reports, a possible backdoor pilot, co-written by FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins and a former CIA office, with three new characters was expected to air during FBI seventh season in spring 2025. Two months later, it was reported that after the proposed backdoor pilot had been repeatedly pushed back toward the end of the season, the series was instead being considered for a straight-to-series pick-up with a title change but without the backdoor pilot launch, and with a new script, as casting was still underway and FBI was nearing the end of production for the season. In April 2025, it was announced Tom Ellis had been cast in one of the leading roles of the series, with the show getting a straight-to-series order for the upcoming season, with Hudgins as showrunner and a first episode set to be directed and produced by Eriq La Salle. In May 2025 ahead of the upfronts, a CBS teaser first revealed Ellis' character as a CIA case officer called Hart Hoxton. The series, now called CIA, was announced to premiere in fall 2025 in a Monday 10 p.m. time slot after the original. In an interview published at the end of June 2025, Ellis said he had been doing chemistry reads as part of casting for a partner on the show, and confirmed his character would be American. Siobhan Byrne O'Connor is listed as having role as a consulting producer. Production began in New York City in September 2025 after additional casting announcements. In November 2025 it was reported that Michael Michele would be leaving the series several weeks after starting production. La Salle directed the pilot, but was reported to have left the role of executive producer of the series in November 2025. Later that month, it was reported that Leight was departing the series, which would briefly pause production, with Mike Weiss set to take over in addition to his role on the main series. It was announced in November 2025 that the spin-off would premiere on February 23, 2026, in a 10 p.m. Monday timeslot following the original show. == Notes ==