‘Einstein’ Drama Pilot Greenlit at CBS

CBS is ramping up its improvement, handing out its first drama pilot order of the present cycle.

It’s for a procedural known as Einstein, which facilities on the (fictional) great-grandson of Albert Einstein and is predicated on a German sequence of the identical identify. Monk creator Andy Breckman wrote the script and can function showrunner, whereas Randy Zisk (additionally a Monk alum) is connected to direct and also will be an EP.

The pilot order for Einstein follows information on two comedy tasks at CBS: On Monday, the community positioned a pilot order for a single-camera comedy known as DMV from creator Dana Klein (Mates, 9JKL) and opened a improvement room for a vampire comedy titled Eternally Yours from Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. All three tasks are produced by CBS Studios and are a part of CBS’ year-round improvement technique, which embraces totally different tracks for several types of reveals.

CBS has additionally already made one sequence pickup for the 2025-26 season in Sheriff Nation, a by-product of Fireplace Nation.

As for Einstein, the pilot will observe the famed physicist’s great-grandson, who’s a “good however directionless” faculty professor, per the present’s logline. When he will get into hassle with the regulation, he’s pressed into serving to a police detective clear up her most puzzling circumstances.

The present is predicated on a German sequence that ran for 3 seasons on that nation’s Sat.1 outlet. CBS has taken a pair pictures at growing an American model of the present prior to now, together with one with Breckman and Zisk in 2019. A 12 months later, author Lauren Gussis and EP Corinne Brinkerhoff developed a gender-swapped model of the present (NBC additionally had a absorb improvement in 2018; just like the others, it didn’t go ahead).

Breckman and Zisk will government produce Einstein with Tariq Jalil and Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia and Laura Beetz from Seven One Studios Worldwide.