The FBI franchise was launched in 2018 with the debut of the flagship police procedural television series FBI, which continues to thrive as a cop drama in its seventh season. Midway through the first season, CBS announced the development of the first spin-off series,FBI: Most Wanted, which premiered in January 2020. The secondspin-off series, FBI: International, premiered in September 2021. The addition of FBI: International led to the formation of a formidable three-hour ‘FBI Night’ block for CBS on the network’s Tuesday prime-time schedule.