CBS has reboot fever.
The network, which gave a straight-to-series order this week to a Murphy Brown revival, has picked up six pilots — including reboots of Cagney and Lacey and Magnum P.I.
On the drama side, ordered to pilot are Chiefs, a female-driven procedural from CSI grad Carol Mendelsohn; Cagney and Lacey, from Bridget Carpenter (11.22.63, Westworld, Friday Night Lights); and Peter Lenkov’s (Hawaii Five-0, Macgyver) take on Magnum P.I. On the comedy front, CBS ordered three multicams: Fam, Here Comes the Neighborhood, and Indian family comedy Pandas in New York. (Two of the half-hours are produced by Aaron Kaplan, who has a joint venture with CBS.) The orders bring CBS’ pilot crop for the 2018-19 season to 11 (off from 16 a year ago).
Here’s a closer look at all six of Friday’s orders.
Cagney and Lacey is being written by Carpenter and described as a reboot of the iconic series about two female police detectives and friends who keep the streets of L.A. safe. The original series, which aired on CBS for seven seasons in the ’80s, starred Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless and was produced by MGM. The reboot is a co-production with CBS Television Studios and MGM Television. Cagney and Lacey continues CBS’ big push for female characters and writers this season under new network leaders Kelly Kahl and Thom Sherman.
Magnum P.I., which was put in development in October, is from Hawaii Five-0 duo Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, who will pen the script and exec produce alongside Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox (The Blacklist). It’s described as an update of the classic TV series and set in Hawaii.
It follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. The pilot is co-produced by CBS…The post ‘Cagney and Lacey,’ ‘Magnum P.I.’ Reboots Among 6 CBS Pilot Orders appeared first on FeedBox.