Nov. 1, 2024 "Lisette Olivera Is Leaving FBI Before Making Her On-Screen Debut": Today I found this article by Julia Moore on People:
Lisette Olivera has not yet made her debut in FBI after joining the cast as a series regular for season 7, but she's already on her way out.
PEOPLE has learned that Olivera, 25, is exiting the series after only starring in a handful of episodes — none of which have aired yet.
Deadline was the first to report the news.
The actress, who is best known for her role in Disney+'s National Treasure: Edge of History, is due to make her debut as FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit profiler Sydney Ortiz in the Nov. 11 episode of FBI. She teams up with Isobel Castille (Alana De La Garza) and her team in the episode after her sister is the target of an attempted kidnapping and sexual assault.
A rep for Olivera did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Olivera joined the procedural's cast to fill in the gap left by Katherine Renee Kane, who departed the series after four seasons. Olivera stepped in as Stuart Scola's new partner (John Boyd), and Kane's character Tiffany Wallace was his previous partner.
Addressing her exit in a statement shared with Deadline, Kane, 32, said she felt it was "time to look toward new creative endeavors."
"I'm excited for the future and wish the show all the best," she said.
Speaking about the changes that his character has gone through, given Renee's exit and Olivera's entrance, Boyd told Cinemablend, "Scola is in a little bit of denial. I don’t think he’s really ready for what is about to change in his world."
"He’s thinking maybe Tiff, this is nonsense about her leaving and not wanting to do the job anymore. I don’t think he really understands what’s happening in his world fully, but he ends up losing his partner and saying goodbye to a partner."
He teased that season 7 will see a "pretty big change" in Scola, as he's "figuring out who he is" and who is "right" and "wrong" for him as a partner.
FBI showrunner Mike Weiss also spoke to the outlet about Kane's departure, confirming it was the actress' choice to leave.
“There’s always a risk and things happen," he said. "But we really crossed our fingers, because she’s such a great character, such a great actress as well, and the dynamic is so important, we thought, between Scola and Tiff. It would have been a real shame if we couldn’t give them a proper goodbye."
Mar. 4, 2025 "‘FBI: Most Wanted’ & ‘FBI: International’ Canceled By CBS": Today I found this article by Nellie Andreeva on Deadline:
The dreaded deep cuts on CBS‘ series slate are starting with two high-profile cancellations.
The network is not renewing the FBI spinoffs
FBI: Most Wanted, which will be ending after six seasons,
and FBI: International, canceled after four seasons.
Both Wolf Entertainment/Universal television series are headlined by big stars, Dylan McDermott (Most Wanted) and Jesse Lee Soffer (International), who moved to the offshoots from other Dick Wolf shows, Law & Order: Organized Crime and Chicago P.D., respectively.
The cancellations leave the highly rated mothership FBI, now in its seventh season and Year 1 of a three-year pickup,
and potential new offshoot FBI: CIA, now in development at CBS.
The axing of Most Wanted and International boosts FBI: CIA’s chances.
A planted spinoff set to air as an episode of the mothership series, FBI: CIA is currently casting with several actors in negotiations. Based on the talent that gets attached, I hear the project would get a straight-to-series order.
It is unclear whether Universal TV and Wolf Entertainment will shop the two FBI spinoffs — which still deliver solid linear ratings that are on par or higher that several renewed CBS dramas, the CBS Studios-produced NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney and Elsbeth — to other platforms.
Last year, the companies were able to successfully move a Law & Order spinoff, Organized Crime, from NBC to Peacock.
If that doesn’t happen, I hear both FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International are still in production on their current seasons with several episodes to go, so they can adjust scripts to make the season closers work as series finales.
This marks a big reversal of fortune for the two FBI spinoff series which only three years ago commanded two-season renewals (alongside flagship FBI.)
Like most Wolf procedural franchises, FBI runs as branded night on Tuesdays. Since a primetime lineup consist of three hours, it was clear that, to make room for FBI: CIA and keep the shows on the same night, CBS had to cancel one of the other spinoff. The network ended up canceling two.
The FBI franchise comes from an outside supplier, Universal Television. CBS has had a couple of difficult renewal negotiations with the NBCUniversal studio over the past couple of years, with financials believed to have played a role in today’s cancellations. (Renewal talks between the two sides for a sixth and potentially final season of Equalizer continue.)
In a cost-cutting move, last year both FBI and FBI: Most Wanted reduced the main casts’ minimum guarantees. (International was not impacted because it has a smaller regular cast, half of which are international actors.)
There is also the issue of shelf space. With a slew of current series renewed over the past couple of months including NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney, Tracker, Fire Country, Elsbeth and Matlock, CBS had to cancel existing dramas to make room for new ones.
The network already has two drama slots reserved on next season’s schedule for new series
Sheriff Country, a spinoff from Fire Country,
and Boston Blue, an extension of the Blue Bloods universe.
In addition to FBI: CIA,
CBS also has a potential Equalizer spinoff starring Titus Welliver
in the works and
a high-profile drama pilot Einstein starring Criminal Minds alum Matthew Gray Gubler.
In addition to Equalizer, also still on the bubble is another drama from an outside studio, Sony TV’s twice-canceled S.W.A.T. It’s still early for new CBS Studios-produced midseason drama Watson but it looks promising for renewal so far.
With FBI: Most Wanted canceled, it is unclear whether Shantel VanSanten, who had recently moved from FBI to the spinoff, would go back. Her character had a baby with Scola from the mothership series in Season 5 of Most Wanted. Wolf’s universe is known for having actors and characters migrate from one series to another within the same franchise or not.
https://deadline.com/2025/03/fbi-most-wanted-fbi-international-canceled-cbs-1236310815/
My opinion: When I first heard about this, I was shocked and surprised. I actually kind of laughed because I was so surprised.
1. I had low expectations and predicted that FBI: Most Wanted might get cancelled because it's the lowest rated FBI show.
If you type in "lowest rated shows on cbs 2024-2025" onto Google, it will lead to the TVseries Finale.com where they put all the shows from highest to lowest:
https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/cbs-2024-25-tv-season-ratings-updated/
I don't watch FBI: International. I watched the first 7 episodes and I didn't like it.
2. Both FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International had solid ratings for 4 million viewers an episode.
3. Maybe these shows can transfer to another network like NBC where Dick Wolf's other shows like the Law and Order and the Chicago franchises are on.
4. Maybe the fans will complain, and then there will be one more season for each show.
Apr. 1, 2025:
5. This looks like CBS had to cancel a couple of spin- off shows to make room for more spin- off shows.
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