CBS Greenlights "CSI" And "NCIS" Spinoffs For Next Season

Kevin Williamson’s Stalker , Matthew Perry’s The Odd Couple , and Madam Secretary will also be a part of CBS’ 2014-2015 season.

CBS will move ahead with CSI spinoff Cyber, another NCIS spinoff, NCIS: New Orleans, a psychological thriller from Kevin Williamson, a drama about a network of super-geniuses starring Katharine McPhee, and the Tea Leoni and Bebe Neuwirth-led Madam Secretary, about the life of a female secretary of state. On the comedy side, the network has ordered The McCarthys and the Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon two-hander, The Odd Couple, an update of the classic Neal Simon play.

CBS had previously ordered Josh Duhamel-led detective drama Battle Creek to series, which pairs Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan with House's David Shore.

The broadcast networks officially present their 2014-2015 schedules to advertisers beginning May 12.

Here are CBS' new shows so far:

CSI: Cyber

Who's in it? Patricia Arquette (Medium)
Who created it? Written and produced by CSI vets Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue. Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producing.
What's it about? Special agent Avery Ryan (Arquette) works to solve crimes as the head of the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI. The concept for the spinoff was integrated into an episode of the original CSI that aired in April. And the series marks Arquette's post-Medium return to primetime.

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NCIS: New Orleans

Who's in it? Scott Bakula (Looking), Zoe McLellan (JAG), CCH Pounder (The Shield), Lucas Black, Paige Turco
Who created it? Gary Glasberg (NCIS), who will executive produce with Mark Harmon
What's it about? It's pretty much like NCIS, but this spinoff will instead follow the personnel at the New Orleans office, who handle cases across the lower southeast of the United States. It will delve into the NOLA scene, which attracts many military officers on leave. So… more cases, new scenery.

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Stalker

Who's it in? Maggie Q (Nikita), Dylan McDermott (Hostages), Marian Klaveno, Victor Rasuk
Who created it? Kevin Williamson (The Following)
What's it about? This taut psychological thriller follows a detective duo with the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD tasked with investigating incidents of stalking. One can only hope that these stalkers don't employ Edgar Allen Poe masks during their crimes. (Shudder.)

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CBS Greenlights "CSI" And "NCIS" Spinoffs For Next Season