Summary
CBS is set to revive a police procedural show calledEinstein. As a major network,CBS is home to a number of procedural showsin several different genres. In recent years, this includes popular shows such asBlue Bloods,Fire Country, andNCISand its various spinoffs.NCISremains one of their most successful shows, spawning bothNCIS:Hawai’iandNCIS:Sydney, among others, since its creation.
As perDeadline, CBS will make another foray into the procedural genre withEinstein. The series will be an adaptation of a German series, whichfollows the story of Albert Einstein’s great-grandson, who has a genius mind but does not quite know what to do with himself. After initially working as a professor, he ends up in trouble with the law and winds up helping the police solve crimes. The CBS adaptation ofEinsteinwill be developed by Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk.
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Einstein’s Development History Explained
There Have Been Attempts To Adapt Einstein Before
Einsteinwas originally released in Germany in 2017 and ran for three seasons in total, spanning 32 episodes. Zisk and Breckman, who are best known fortheir work onMonk, took interest in the series during its initial era, and developed a version of the show back in 2019, as the German show was coming to a close. That rendition ofEinsteinnever got off the ground, and was likely partially sidelined due to COVID restrictions.
The attempts to adaptEinsteindid not end there. Inspired by the brutal murder of George Floyd,the network developed an alternate version of the police series in 2020.This version would provide a newer perspective on policing that would differ from the approach of the GermanEinstein. It would also be gender swapped from the original roles. As far back as 2018, NBC was also reported to have a version ofEinsteinin the works by creators Michael Reisz and Carol Mendelsohn.
It isZisk and Breckman who have made their return to the projectafter a several-year hiatus. If the pair had already been developing scripts forEinstein, or at least initial ideas, its path to development could be a lot smoother this time around. It is also possible that CBS' current version ofEinsteincould take inspiration from the gender-swapped iteration that was once in development. The originalseries had the appeal of being a procedural with comedic elements, so at the very least, CBS' newEinsteinshould have an entertaining flare.
