Criminal Minds star Matthew Gray Gubler will play the great-grandson of Albert Einstein in new CBS crime procedural.

Deadline studies that Matthew Gray Gubler is returning to tv, however sadly, it’s not the long-awaited return to Criminal Minds: Evolution that followers have needed. Instead, Gubler is about to play the great-grandson of Albert Einstein in a brand new crime procedural for CBS, which goes by the working title of Einstein.

The sequence is from Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk, greatest identified for Monk. It might be a drama with comedic undertones. Matthew Gray Gubler performs Lew Einstein, the sensible however directionless great-grandson of the famed theoretical physicist. He’s a preferred professor at Princeton, when he really reveals up, however the burden of his genius and well-known title incessantly weigh on him. When his bad-boy antics discover him working afoul of the legislation, he’s pressured to assist an area detective resolve her most puzzling instances, which lastly offers his life some route and objective. Breckman penned the script for the Einstein pilot, which might be directed by Zisk.

Gubler performed Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds for all 15 seasons of the unique run. The sequence got here to an finish in 2020, however was revived simply two years later and retitled Criminal Minds: Evolution. Much of the unique solid returned, together with Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, A.J. Cook as Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Aisha Tyler as Tara Lewis, Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss, and Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia. Gubler wasn’t in a position to return as he was in the center of one other venture on the time, and scheduling proved troublesome for the second season as nicely.

Criminal Minds showrunner Showrunner Erica Messer advised US Weekly this summer time that they’re nonetheless making an attempt to get Gubler to return. “We love [Matthew] and he’s always going to be a part of the family. We would love for an opportunity to arise to get him back. And we have tried — and he has tried,” Messer mentioned. “It simply hasn’t labored out timing sensible. I can’t converse to [season 3 of Criminal Minds: Evolution] as a result of we’re not there but. But it’s not for lack of making an attempt. I believe the characters are also going to acknowledge it.“