CBS’ FBI can have a brand new particular person in cost because it heads into a large three-season renewal.
Rick Eid, who has been showrunner on the collection since for all six of its seasons up to now, will step down on the finish of the season. He’ll stay an govt producer of the present, which comes from Wolf Leisure and Common Tv in affiliation with CBS Studios. A brand new showrunner will likely be named later.
Eid can be the showrunner of one other Wolf Leisure collection — NBC’s Legislation & Order — and can stay on the helm because it heads into its twenty fourth season.
“After six years of operating two, or extra, reveals, and CBS now choosing up FBI for 3 extra years, this was the proper time for me to step again and focus my efforts on operating Legislation & Order and growing new initiatives,” Eid stated in a press release. “I’m extraordinarily happy with FBI, and couldn’t be happier for the solid, crew and producers. Whereas I’ll not be the day-to-day showrunner, I intend to stay concerned with the present going ahead.”
Eid has an extended relationship with Wolf Leisure, having labored as a author and producer on a number of Legislation & Order titles (SVU, Prison Intent and Trial by Jury along with the unique collection) in addition to Chicago PD, Conviction and each FBI spinoffs (Worldwide and Most Needed).
“Rick has been a core member of the Wolf household for twenty years,” stated Dick Wolf, head of Wolf Leisure. “We thank him for all of the work he did on FBI to get the collection launched and sit up for persevering with our artistic partnership on Legislation & Order and past.”
Eid govt produces FBI with Wolf, Alex Chapple, Amanda Slater, Joe Halpin, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
Outdoors of the Wolf-verse, Eid has been a author and producer on CSI, CBS’ Hostages and ABC’s The Forgotten, amongst different credit. He’s repped by WME.