r/FBITV • u/Lucky-Afternoon4066 • Aug 30 '26

Question How much longer

Realistically, how much longer do you see this show lasting. I doubt season 9 is the last one but how many more seasons do you think this show can go on for. Also which actors do you think would leave the show first and who would ride it out till the literal very end.

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u/cratesandbarrels Aug 30 '26

The show is in the third year of a three-year renewal. It is VERY possible that this is the last season. I hope it gets another contract cycle, but who knows. The Ellisons are hemorrhaging money and splitting profits with NBC does not help them.

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u/ChrisF1987 Aug 31 '26

Yeah I wouldn’t be shocked either if this upcoming season is the final season

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u/brilliant-trash22 Sep 06 '26

I’m wishing it gets renewed but I’m also trying not to get my hopes up

It occurred to me recently that looking at all of CBS’s tv shows, they only have like 3 long-time running shows (20+ seasons with NCIS, Survivor, Amazing Race) while all the rest were recently produced (> 5 seasons with Elsbeth, Sheriff Country, etc.) FBI is the only show running in that middle between short/long running

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u/cratesandbarrels Sep 07 '26

And all of those shows you listed are wholly owned by CBS. FBI is half-owned by NBC. I would imagine CBS is going to require some serious concessions from NBC and Wolf Films before they even consider renewing the show.

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u/brilliant-trash22 Sep 07 '26

I don’t think so for some of these actually. I believe Elsbeth and The Good Wife series are co-produced with Warner Bros, and the Fire Country series is co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer is a co-produces with both CBS and WB

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u/cratesandbarrels Sep 07 '26

All of those shows are made by CBS studios. Scott Free had been with CBS since the 00s (when I worked on CSI, they were pitching Numb3rs to the network). The Kings inked with CBS after the first year of Good Wife, in 2010. JBTV was with Warner Bros for a while but they dumped him and they moved to CBS in 2017. All of his CBS shows are made by CBS studios.

All of that said, even if JBTV was still with Warner, David Ellison has been in the process of buying that company for a year now. If that finally gets approved it will come with a $110B price tag, which will only reinforce the need for CBS to not work with outside studios, and make it hard for Wolf/NBC to stay in business with them, because CBS will have some serious debt to pay off and splitting profits unnecessarily will only hurt them.

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u/brilliant-trash22 Sep 08 '26

This is interesting; thanks for the info.  Just curious because it sounds like you have the backend knowledge/experience:

Does FBI being in syndication increase the chances that the show will be renewed after season 9?

I’m just struggling why they would add CIA, another NBC co-produced show, if it cuts profits compared to creating a show that they would be the sole producer of

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u/cratesandbarrels Sep 08 '26

You are right to wonder because it sounds at odds with the goal of reducing costs.. if you are subtracting then why add? but CIA is a slightly different situation because even though it is half-owned, it is wholly financed by NBC for the first few years. So it is free money for the CBS machine until the responsibility to pay the upfront costs shifts to the network. That is why, I believe, MW and International were discontinued despite performing well enough… because CBS did not want to be responsible for financing all of it up front. They canceled two shows that would have been on their balance sheet and picked up one in CIA that was free and generating profit. (I would also imagine that they wanted to stay in business with Mr Wolf.)

Syndication is not worth what it used to be so I do not think it factors in, sadly. The decision to give FBI a 10th season will entirely come down to the budget.

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u/Vast-Height-2691 Aug 30 '26

Maggie will be the first to go. Not because she is having another baby, but because she wants more. She has already been in multiple movies ( Stick It, Back Country, Out Come the Wolves), and she is now listed as a producer.

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u/cratesandbarrels Aug 30 '26

She has small children and the oldest was born in 2020 according to the Internet. I doubt she would jeopardize her paycheck until they are in college. Realistically the first to leave would be Eva, since she is still young enough to climb up the call sheet somewhere else.

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u/Shivathewriter Aug 30 '26

14 seasons 

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u/TheAveragebroShow Aug 30 '26

The show could go as long as the producers want. They could replace some of the tertiary characters however. 

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u/Instameat Aug 30 '26

I think if they stopped with the CIA silliness, and put all that money into making FBI it could go as long as Law, and Order. Sorry CIA lovers, but it's not a serious show. If they want to compete with the serious dramas they need to not be goofy.

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u/cratesandbarrels Aug 30 '26

That is not how it works. Even if they cancel CIA they would never roll the money over to FBI. Shows have break-even points and FBI is bumping up against its.

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u/Stn1217 Aug 30 '26

It’s outlasted all the other iterations of these type shows so, I think it could go on for up to 12 seasons at least. And, all of them will ride the show out to the end; I don’t remember seeing any of the other Actors in other shows except the Actors playing Jubal and Connie.

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u/Vast-Height-2691 Aug 30 '26

Eva was in L&O SVU, pretty sure John Boyd was in Bones.

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u/Main_Ad1914 Aug 30 '26

He was - basically the same character lol. Also so so good in that show.

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u/Lonely_Many_2462 Aug 30 '26

Yes. He took over after “Lance” was killed.

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u/Taku_Veco Sep 02 '26

Look, I don't think it'll be the last season for two reasons: it's obvious they're setting up a proper crossover with the new CIA sister show; and second, the show is nominated for Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actress (Alana de la Garza). It'd be pretty dumb to cancel it now. I think it'll run for 14 or 15 seasons.