The three FBI reveals have been going robust on CBS heading into the 2025 TV schedule, with the community maintaining them grouped collectively for a full evening of primetime on Tuesdays. So, it got here as fairly a shock when information broke that CBS had cancelled FBI: Most Needed and FBI: Worldwide, with solely the unique FBI protected after a three-season renewal in 2024. The Most Needed cancellation jogged my memory of a dialog I had with director Milena Govich, and now I am wishing that CBS’ drama might merely transfer to streaming with a Paramount+ subscription like how Regulation & Order: Organized Crime moved from NBC to streaming with a Peacock subscription.
I am simply not able to say goodbye to the characters, particularly since Season 6 has launched juicy private tales to associate with the grotesque circumstances of the week. Govich directed one of the crucial brutal episodes of the brand new yr, full with a meat tenderizer as torture system. It additionally wasn’t her first outing within the expansive Dick Wolf TV universe. Her newest episode of Most Needed was her eighth of the present, whereas she additionally directed a number of episodes of FBI, FBI: Worldwide, One Chicago, Regulation & Order, and… Regulation & Order: Organized Crime.
Like FBI: Most Needed, Organized Crime spent a number of years within the 10 p.m. ET time slot of an evening filled with franchise motion, however it was axed from NBC following its Season 4 finale in 2024. That wasn’t the top of Christopher Meloni’s present, although, because it was moved to change into a Peacock streaming unique. Understanding that OC has a second life after dropping its NBC slot makes me want for a similar for Most Needed.
Because the cancellation information had me pondering again to the episode that introduced again a proficient X-Information vet and the challenges that Milena Govich described as “half of an motion film,” I additionally flashed again to what she stated units Most Needed aside. The previous Regulation & Order actress informed me:
I come from a performing and performing background myself, so anytime you may actually dig into these juicy, emotional moments, or these relationships, or anytime a relationship is taking a flip inside a scene, or one thing’s altering, that is at all times very thrilling to discover. And the wonderful thing about Most Needed is that they’ve struck a pleasant steadiness with that.
Procedurals aren’t actually recognized for emotional moments or ongoing relationship storylines, and Most Needed did not have a ton of these within the earliest seasons, however the present has advanced in current seasons. There are private tales for every of the collection regulars, whereas the circumstances have not gotten any much less brutal.
Listening to this described as a “good thing” from Milena Govich as a director who has been all around the world of Wolf Leisure carries weight, and hits me more durable within the wake of Most Needed‘s cancellation than it did once we first spoke in February. Not many individuals have credit on so many reveals inside one franchise, in any case. Govich went on:
Like I stated, we’re capturing the motion film, however we additionally take these few scenes every episode to essentially verify in with our characters, and that is actually necessary in a procedural, as a result of the characters are the rationale we’re watching, proper? We’re not simply watching anyone go chase these unhealthy guys. We’re watching these individuals, and the extra we join with the with our primary forged, I believe the extra thrilling the journey is.
All in all, I can not assist however really feel that Most Needed is the one of many three FBI reveals that might actually thrive on streaming if it bought a save like Organized Crime did elsewhere within the Wolf world. It isn’t onerous to think about the present changing into extra serialized on streaming both, like what occurred with Felony Minds: Evolution, which additionally makes the a lot of the swap from CBS to Paramount+ by dropping F-bombs. I am bummed about FBI: Worldwide being cancelled as properly, however Most Needed simply looks as if it might match.
Sadly, the cancellation information did not include studies that FBI: Most Needed was being thought of for a second probability, so essentially the most followers might be able to hope for is forged members to maneuver over to FBI or FBI: CIA if the spinoff will get a collection order. I might be shocked if Shantel VanSanten at the very least does not have a future dropping out and in on FBI because of Nina’s relationship with John Boyd’s Scola.
For now, CBS’ FBI Tuesdays are nonetheless going robust, with the unique airing at 8 p.m. ET, Worldwide at 9 p.m. ET, and Most Needed at 10 p.m. ET. You too can discover earlier episodes of the present season on Paramount+. Most Needed will at the very least hit the 100-episode mark earlier than the collection finale mark, so there’s yet one more milestone left.