CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of BrainDead, a one-hour comic-thriller from Robert and Michelle King, the acclaimed creators and executive producers of The Good Wife. The series will air in Summer 2016.
BrainDead is the first project from the Kings as part of their new three-year producing deal with CBS Television Studios. BrainDead will be executive produced by the Kings, Ridley Scott, David Zucker and Liz Glotzer. Judy Smith will serve as co-executive producer. CBS Television Studios, Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions will produce.
BrainDead follows a young fresh-faced Hill staffer getting her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovering two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.
"We wanted to do a show that was a mix of genre-pulp and high-brow politics - The Strain crossed with The West Wing," said the Kings. "It seemed like the best way to address the news today - not straight, but as the opening act of a horror movie."
"Robert and Michelle have developed an intriguingly original concept with layers of humor, suspense and the supernatural," said Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment. "We look forward to launching it to U.S. viewers and a worldwide audience next summer."
