CBS has officially announced to make its second season, reports 'The Hollywood Reporter'. Featuring Carrie Preston as the protagonist, lawyer-turned-investigator Elsbeth Tascioni, the series averaged about 11 million viewers over five weeks of viewing on CBS, Paramount+ and CBS TV apps. The series also ranked as the second most-watched newcomer on the broadcast networks this season. 'Elsbeth' is also CBS’ eighth most-watched non-sports program over its first 35 days across linear and digital.
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In a statement issued Thursday, CBS Entertainment President Amy Reichenbach said, «Executive producers Robert and Michelle King have a stellar track record for creating critically acclaimed series full of unforgettable characters and, alongside showrunner, Jonathan Tolins and his writing team, have developed an incredibly entertaining and engrossing New York City-centric world for the show to explore.»
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King added, «It’s New York and Elsbeth does say that she was a lawyer in Chicago. But I don’t want to never say never because you never know what will come down the pike. You never know whether you want to use Julianna Margulies as a killer or something.»
According to 'Deadline', CBS has also picked up 'The Equalizer', 'NCIS: Hawai’i', 'So Help Me Todd' and 'CSI: Vegas'.
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