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Scott Bakula to Star in CBS Detective Drama
Scott Bakula is expected to lead a new detective show being developed for CBS.
The show does not have a title yet.
It is planned as a high-concept police procedural set in Los Angeles.
Michael Sussman is writing and executive producing it.
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment is also producing the project.
Bakula will serve as an executive producer as well as the star.
The story describes his new character as quite a “leap” from his NCIS: New Orleans role.
The project is still in early development, so further details were not announced.
Scott Bakula is set to star in and executive produce an untitled detective drama in early development at CBS.
The high-concept procedural is set in Los Angeles.
Michael Sussman, co-creator of Perception and a writer-producer on Star Trek: Enterprise, will write and executive produce.
The project comes from Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment, marking the company’s first broadcast show.
Bakula has starred in NCIS: New Orleans, Quantum Leap, and Star Trek: Enterprise, and has received five Emmy nominations.
- Who
- Scott Bakula is set to star in and executive produce; Michael Sussman will write and executive produce.
- What
- An untitled high-concept detective procedural is in early development at CBS.
- Where
- The drama is set in Los Angeles and is being developed at CBS.
- When
- The project is in early development; no date is given.
- Why
- The articles do not state a reason for developing the project.
Key facts
- Network
- CBS
- Project status
- Early development
- Title
- Untitled
- Setting
- Los Angeles
- Star and executive producer
- Scott Bakula
- Writer and executive producer
- Michael Sussman
- Production company
- Electric Entertainment
- Bakula Emmy nominations
- Five
Sources
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