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CBS renewals cause concern for FBI: International and Most Wanted futures

We're starting to wonder when the spinoffs will get an extension.
ByDanilo Castro|
"Rampage" - With Covid devastating the country, two gunmen take out their desperation and rage on the elite class they perceive to be oppressing them as the team attempts to track and stop them. Also, Jess' father (Terry O'Quinn) returns to his son's life and, although he's brought a new girlfriend, he may not be over his old ways, on the second season premiere of FBI: MOST WANTED, Tuesday, Nov. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Kellan Lutz as Special
"Rampage" - With Covid devastating the country, two gunmen take out their desperation and rage on the elite class they perceive to be oppressing them as the team attempts to track and stop them. Also, Jess' father (Terry O'Quinn) returns to his son's life and, although he's brought a new girlfriend, he may not be over his old ways, on the second season premiere of FBI: MOST WANTED, Tuesday, Nov. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Kellan Lutz as Special

CBS decided to renew a bundle of shows on Thursday. The network dished out early extension deals to all three NCIS shows, as well as Tracker and Fire Country. A franchise that was notably absent from these renewals, however, was FBI. And fans are starting to worry that the franchise's absence means that they could be leaning toward cancelation.

To be clear, the flagship show, FBI, is safe. CBS already dished out a three season extension to the show in 2024, meaning FBI still has two more seasons on its contract. There was no need to issue an extension. FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted are a different story. Both shows are not renewed through their current seasons. Yet, CBS decided to hold off on bringing them back.

FBI is the only franchise title renewed through 2025

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"Execute" - When a hacker triggers a car crash that kills a family of three, the team races to hunt him down as his ransomware demands escalate and his chilling final target becomes apparent, on FBI: MOST WANTED, Tuesday, Nov. 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Julian McMahon as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, Nathaniel Arcand as Special Agent Clinton Skye, Kellan Lutz as Special Agent Kenny Crosby

FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted and continued to draw solid ratings for CBS, but the plans for an upcoming fourth show, FBI: CIA, could pose a scheduling problem. Typically, franchise blocks on a network run three hours. Law and Order ran out three shows on Thursday evenings before Organized Crime was moved to streaming. One Chicago has carved out its three Wednesday slots on NBC.

FBI will have the issue of running out four shows. This means one of two things. One, there will be a decision to move one of the four shows to another night on CBS. Two, the network could decide to pull the plug on International or Most Wanted to make room for FBI: CIA. The first option seems like a stretch, given how much franchises like FBI are predicated on being connected to its peer shows.

CBS may be looking to cancel one of the spinoffs

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“They Paid More” – When a bus full of American volunteers is hijacked in a dangerous section of Morocco, the Fly Team works to locate the missing aid workers and the people who kidnapped them, on FBI: INTERNATIONAL, Tuesday, Dec. 3 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Jesse Lee Soffer as

Soaps.com thinks that FBI: International is the show closest to the chopping block. Insiders noted that International shoots in various international locations (obviously), which could make it easier to cancel from a budget and convenience angle. Most Wanted, on the other hand, shoots primarily in New York alongside the flagship show.

This would not be the first time CBS pulled the plug on one spinoff in favor of an incoming one. The network did the same exact thing to NCIS: Hawai'i in favor of the newer show, NCIS: Sydney. It's sad from a fan perspective, but ultimately, it's about the bottom line. Hopefully both current FBI spinoffs get renewed for another season. It doesn't look good at the moment, though.

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