‘Einstein’ Detective Series In The Works Again At CBS From Andy Breckman, Randy Zisk & Intrigue
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: CBS is hoping it’s third time the charm for its take on German procedural Einstein. The network is developing a new take on the scripted format from Monk pair Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk.
Brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.
This is the third attempt at developing the project for CBS. In 2019, Monk creator Breckman and director Zisk developed a version of the show, which ran for three seasons in Germany.
The following year, the network teamed with Insatiable creator Lauren Gussis and American Gothic creator Corinne Brinkerhoff for a gender-swapped version of the show that added a new perspective on policing, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
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