CBS has just given a first season order to
Instinct, a new drama starring
Alan Cumming, based on a forthcoming novel by
James Patterson. Secret Hideout, filmmaker Alex Kurtzmans production company, is developing
Instinct. Its season one order marks the companys fifth series either currently on air, renewed, or set to premiere at the network under the guidance of Kurtzman and President of Television Heather Kadin.
Boasting a pilot episode directed by Marc Webb (
The Amazing Spider-Man,
500 Days of Summer),
Instinct follows Dr. Dylan Reinhart (Cumming), a gifted author and university professor living a quiet life teaching psychopathic behavior to packed classes of adoring students. But when top NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Bojana Novakovic) appeals to him to help her catch a serial murderer who is using Dylans first book as a tutorial, Dylan is compelled by the case, comes out of retirement and taps into his old skill set. Though Dylan and Lizzie initially clash, when it comes to catching killers, they realize they will make an ideal team if they both trust their instincts.
Instinct also Daniel Ings as Andy, Naveen Andrews as Julian Cousins and Khandi Alexander as Lt. Monica Ford.
Executive producers on
Instinct include Michael Rauch, Marc Webb, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout and Alan Cumming.
