A David Boreanaz SEAL unit drama and a time-jumping Bobby Moynihan comedy are among six series picked up Friday at CBS for the new fall season.
“SEAL Team” stars Boreanaz as a member of the elite Navy group. The drama is created by Ben Cavell, and it co-stars Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Toni Trucks and Jessica Paré.
Ed Redlich, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly are executive producers on the series from CBS Television Studios, along with Cavell. Chris Chulack directed the pilot and executive produces.
Alan Cumming stars on “Instinct” as a former CIA operative who abandons his regular life as a professor to help the NYPD track a serial killer. The series comes from Michael Rauch, who will executive produce, and is based on a soon-to-publish James Patterson novel.
Rounding out the cast on the drama from CBS Television Studios are Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Khandi Alexander. Cumming, Patterson, Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin (Secret Hideout), Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout are executive producers, along with Marc Webb, who directed the pilot.
“Wisdom of the Crowd” is a drama centering on a tech innovator (Jeremy Piven) who creates a crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder. Richard T. Jones, Jake Matthews, Blake Lee, Natalia Tena and Monica Potter co-star in the series from creator Ted Humphrey, who executive produces.
Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan (Keshet Media Group), Dror Mishani and Shira Hadad executive produce the series from CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. Adam Davidson directed the pilot and is an executive producer.
Based on the 2003 film of the same name, “S.W.A.T.” hails from creator Aaron Thomas and stars Shemar Moore as a S.W.A.T. sergeant who is conflicted by his loyalty to the streets when tasked with running a tactical unit in Los Angeles. Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Jay Harrington, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson and Peter Onorati also star.
Justin Lin directed the pilot and is an executive producer. Also executive producing are Shawn Ryan, Neal Moritz (who directed the 2003 movie), Marney Hochman, Danielle Woodrow and Pavun Shetty, along with Thomas. It is a co-production between Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios.
Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan stars in “Me, Myself & I,” a single-camera comedy that takes a look at one man’s life over the course of 50 years. The character will be seen as a 14-year-old in 1991, a 40-year-old in present day (Moynihan) and a 65-year-old in 2042. The cast includes Jack Dylan Grazer, Brian Unger, Jaleel White, Kelen Coleman, Skylar Gray, Christopher Paul Richards, Mandell Maughan, Reylynn Caster, Sharon Lawrence and John Larroquette.
Dan Kopelman created the series and will executive produce with Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor. Randall Einhorn is the director and executive producer of the pilot. The show hails from Kapital Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
“9JKL,” formerly known as “9J, 9K, 9L,” is a CBS Television Studios comedy starring Mark Feuerstein (“Royal Pains”). It is inspired by a period in his adult life when he lived in an apartment in the building he grew up in, and he was sandwiched between his parents’ apartment and one housing his brother, sister-in-law and their baby.
The cast includes Linda Lavin, Elliott Gould, David Walton, Liza Lapira and Matt Murray. Feuerstein and Dana Klein created the series, and they executive produce with Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling and Dana Honor. Pamela Fryman is an executive producer and directed the pilot.
These pickups are in addition to the previously announced series order for the comedy “Young Sheldon,” centering on the early years for the “Big Bang Theory” character.