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DavianVonLorring Apr 16, 2026 +531

>Written/executive produced by 24 veteran Evan Katz, Flint stars the Friends alum as a burned-out LAPD detective who, a week away from leaving the force, is blindsided when the city extends retirement by five years. Determined to get fired so he can collect his pension immediately, he breaks useless rules, disobeys orders, and is disrespectful to everyone in power who deserves it… All of which, to his dismay, makes him an even better detective. This sounds kind of...interesting?

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rhunter99 Apr 16, 2026 +139

It does sound like it could be fun

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DavianVonLorring Apr 16, 2026 +75

Reminds me of *Ted* where instead of getting fired he gets promoted.

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HungerSTGF Apr 16, 2026 +13

You got balls… we need balls…

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Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn Apr 16, 2026 +15

Says it's a drama but wonder if it'll be more of a dramedy?

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clain4671 Apr 16, 2026 +3

probably. that seems to be the trend these days with cop shows is to be kinda quirky, humorous and self-deprecating. ABC has will trent, high potential, rj decker and the rookie all doing this. CBS has this in matlock to some extent though thats more a legal drama, and similarly had so help me todd doing the same thing. Plus its starring a guy best known for comedy, you don't hire matt leblanc to be stoic.

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Ancient-Dust3077 Apr 16, 2026 +2

reminds me of banshee, like he covered up to be a fake cop so that he can do criminal stuff on the side, but he actually became a good cop because he cared about protecting the innocent

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rhunter99 Apr 16, 2026 +2

I have yet to watch that show. Heard good things

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hopefulfican Apr 16, 2026 +63

Matt Le Blanc is George Costanza-ing it.

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Afferbeck_ Apr 16, 2026 +6

[Or Saul Goodman-ing it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uka17JlB81E)

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Gobblewicket Apr 16, 2026 +2

Or Ted https://youtu.be/zrSpb1ZpN6M?si=rlAK6EJC9uf-TOKx

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dorkimoe Apr 16, 2026 +62

He was amazing in episodes. This sounds great

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Bax2021 Apr 16, 2026 +33

Episodes was under-appreciated.

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It_is_not_me Apr 16, 2026 +15

Agreed. No one ever talks about it in the realm of great tv.

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kalkutta2much Apr 16, 2026 +8

Recently rewatched and it has held up amazingly

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HorrorJCFan95 Apr 17, 2026 +3

It really is. Matt LeBlanc was great in that, and he seemed like a good sport about making fun of himself at times.

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fallingjigsaws Apr 16, 2026 +4

And Lost In Space!

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OneOfTheOnly Apr 16, 2026 +3

an unsearchable show, as great as it was

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Malhallah Apr 16, 2026 +18

sounds interesting as long as you ignore the big honking pile of CBS attached to it.

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bill4935 Apr 16, 2026 +12

He's gonna prank the captain by sending unwanted deliveries to his house. The "Flint Special": two pizzas!

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AldenPyle Apr 16, 2026 +6

I can imagine this pitch meeting “Office Space but with cops”. But having now typed that, I realize I just described Brooklyn 99.

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Jts109 Apr 16, 2026 +18

Sounds like Office Space in a police precinct.

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wrosecrans Apr 16, 2026 +16

Isn't almost every cop show already some variation of "he doesn't follow the rules, he plays by his own, but dammit he gets results!" I don't think there is a single cop show based on "he studiously follows proper procedure, and that works quite well."

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Truelikegiroux Apr 16, 2026 +13

Because that, as a police show, would be insanely f****** boring. Car chases? Nah, they get called off because the speeds are too high and it’s too dangerous to continue pursuit. Kicking down a door to serve a dangerous arrest warrant? Detective can sit back and ride the pine as SWAT handles it. Can’t find a fugitive and need to resort to scummy CI sources? Too late, US Marshals found him in 2 hours and already got it him. And paperwork. So so so much paperwork. 80% of a show would be watching them sit at a desk filling out paperwork

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Really_McNamington Apr 16, 2026 +4

[Quick! To the Batfax](https://www.listnook.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/3pbtik/to_the_bat_fax/)

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nedlum Apr 16, 2026 +4

The Wire probably had the most paperwork of any police show.

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Afferbeck_ Apr 16, 2026 +3

Hot Fuzz already did an unnecesarily cool paperwork montage

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callahan09 Apr 16, 2026 +6

Columbo was a by-the-book kind of detective.

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kielbasa330 Apr 16, 2026 +3

Erm hot fuzz?

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SeaToShy Apr 16, 2026 +3

It’s The Producers.

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FIContractor Apr 16, 2026 +7

He sounds like a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.

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talligan Apr 16, 2026 +2

Goddammit Frank, you're a lose cannon but I'll be damned if you don't get results.

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potatopot222 Apr 16, 2026 +2

I’m in!

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Mycroft90 Apr 16, 2026 +1

Well it can't go over 5 seasons... But they'll have to change the narrative, at one point.

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SellItCheap Apr 17, 2026 +1

this sounds more like a sitcom than a drama, just based on this premise

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colemon1991 Apr 16, 2026 -1

Does anyone ever bother to check these things before investing so much time in an idea? I'm pretty sure that would be illegal for the city to do to existing employees.

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justindrummond Apr 16, 2026 +86

Is Flint his name, his location, or his weapon of choice? Hopefully yes to all three.

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GeorgeLovesBOSCO Apr 16, 2026 +44

Actually his name in the show will be Mac. He has a robot sidekick named C.H.E.E.S.E.

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GeekAesthete Apr 16, 2026 +25

“It’s time for justice…Police Justice.” “His name is Police Justice?”

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herrcollin Apr 16, 2026 +10

It says he's an LAPD detective so, unfortunately, Michigan is probably out

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Juunlar Apr 15, 2026 +40

>open: alley, garbage laden and decrepit >a mist sprawling over the darkened crevice. A lone lamp overhead illuminates a figure in a Lakers hoodie and Yankees hat. He smokes an unknown substance, as he's approached by a jittery figure who inquires about "product" >cut to alley entrance, our new hero stepping into the frame. >a strong, older gentlemen, well dressed and walking with a supreme confidence, approaches the two men >"hey scumbags... how *you* doin?"

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Trendelthegreat Apr 15, 2026 +23

But where’s his robot partner?

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racer_24_4evr Apr 15, 2026 +6

He’s getting the robot operator laid.

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Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn Apr 16, 2026 +3

RossBot 2000

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DamperBritches Apr 16, 2026 +26

Mac and CHEESE

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vibe4it Apr 15, 2026 +103

Matt LeBlanc and CBS. This will be dreadful. And stands a good chance of running six years. Or being cancelled in 6 weeks

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sitcomlover1717 Apr 16, 2026 +34

Cop shows seem to the last bastion of network tv. I just saw their fall lineup and it’s like 75% law enforcement shows…what do we gotta do for some new comedies!

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peon2 Apr 16, 2026 +8

Whether you like them or not CBS has Ghosts, The Neighborhood, and George and Mandy which are all weekly comedies.

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mrdalo Apr 16, 2026 +5

Ghosts is great. The rest is meh.

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sitcomlover1717 Apr 16, 2026 +2

That’s interesting. Only George & Mandy was on the fall lineup I saw posted earlier.

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mike10dude Apr 16, 2026 +2

that ghosts show is getting a Halloween and Christmas special and then coming back sometime in 2027

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Chaossy Apr 16, 2026 +11

comedies definitely are tough to crack. They last one season, two seasons, or six plus seasons. And the ones going longer than six seasons are part of the extended Big Bang Theory universe.

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alehansolo21 Apr 16, 2026 +2

Well yeah that’s how all of TV works

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colemon1991 Apr 16, 2026 +3

CBS and crime shows can guarantee 100 episodes. Feels like they have a template for it by this point.

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ShadowNick Apr 16, 2026 +5

They have the audience boomers, Gen X, and older Millennials gobble cop shows up like older western shows. It always results in the cop somehow always winning, always catching the bad guy in a "feel good way", and somehow in the most insane cases/calls every week.

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colemon1991 Apr 16, 2026 +1

I'm all for a feel-good cop drama, but there's like 0 risk with the shows. Everything works out, everything is resolved cleanly. Something super cool might happen around November sweeps or winter finale, but it never lingers as long as it should and the status quo returns unashamed. And that's my issue. Blue Bloods had an incident about police brutality and just resolved it cleanly, no politics, no discussions, just fired the guy (like they should). I saw so many news articles calling them out for the lack of effort to a "ripped from the headlines" plot. Now I'm not saying that they had to do anything big, but this is also a show where the freaking chief of police allows two officers to date and marry and give them lots of courtesy you wouldn't see if they weren't family. You can't have it both ways like that. Life isn't cut and dry, black and white, or right and wrong. If you can't have consequences and bigger picture issues sizzling in the background of episodes, you aren't doing anything remotely original. There's so much politics over the police that they should be scared every other week about some new idea the mayor's office is considering that will "hurt" the police force. Criminal Minds had addiction and abuse for its characters, some lasting for multiple seasons. Hawaii Five-0 had the manhunt that covered multiple seasons. Castle had its own murder mystery.

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Initial_Story1875 Apr 16, 2026 +16

If the detective's name isn't Mac Machiavelli who is paired with a Computerized Humanoid Electronically Enhanced Secret Enforcer, they missed a real opportunity here.

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Critical_Fun1213 Apr 16, 2026 +11

CBS loves a cop show lol

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gen_wt_sherman Apr 16, 2026 +5

I feel like every show at CBS is a police drama

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ArchDucky Apr 16, 2026 +8

Oh my god! I think im old enough now that I am in the demographic for this. I actually thought “I’d watch that”. Guys I think I’m old now. F***!

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sullen_agreement Apr 16, 2026 +5

another cop show what will they think of next

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gideon513 Apr 16, 2026 +3

CBS making a lazy procedural show where the title is the character’s last name?? Wow 🤯

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HowardBunnyColvin Apr 16, 2026 +6

Joey a cop?

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klsi832 Apr 16, 2026 +10

Flint and C. H. E. E. S. E.

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the_ghost_knife Apr 16, 2026 +6

Joey is an actor! He was brilliant as Dr Drake Ramoray!

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Random_Words_1827 Apr 16, 2026 +7

Great, more copaganda.

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Vironic Apr 16, 2026 +4

CBS has lived in the 45-65+ age demographic for decades now.

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Rynetx Apr 16, 2026 +9

Wouldn’t that just be 45+.

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GeekAesthete Apr 16, 2026 +3

It’s like those sale signs that say “up to 50% off or more!”

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aquatic_ambiance Apr 17, 2026 +1

Once you hit 66 you just start actively trying to find commercials to watch.

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r3dditr0x Apr 16, 2026 +2

...nods in Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman

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Uvtha- Apr 16, 2026 +4

He's a bad cop but he gets results? Sounds terrible.

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Hydroponic_Donut Apr 16, 2026 +4

more cop shows? for f*** sake

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SlumdogSkillionaire Apr 16, 2026 +2

Should be plenty of opportunity to break out the old smell-the-fart acting technique.

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Dohi64 Apr 15, 2026 +2

cop broadcasting system. sounds more like a dramedy but thankfully one of the other shows is a serious forensic drama, phew. and a comedy not involving chuck f****** lorre for once, so it might actually be watchable.

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oldfogey12345 Apr 16, 2026 +1

I could see it. A small town PD just had its coroner bumped off by the mob. They need a coroner, and a detective to find the killer. They are also broke. In walks Detective Doctor Drake Ramore.

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MtRainierWolfcastle Apr 16, 2026 +1

The British show where he plays himself was really funny. I hope he plays himself but turned into a cop as a second career.

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WoodpeckerGingivitis Apr 16, 2026 +1

Sorry but he’s only Joey or himself in Episodes.

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Blackdogtradingcard Apr 16, 2026 +1

Give us a 6 episode run of Mac and Cheese! We've been waiting too long!

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ThatsSumthing Apr 16, 2026 +1

Copffice Space

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Razzler1973 Apr 16, 2026 +1

It has cancelled after one season written all over it I like Le Blanc though so I'll check it out

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Goku420overlord Apr 16, 2026 +1

After the show episodes I will watch what ever matt is in. Let's go!

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lekkman100 Apr 16, 2026 +1

What an original concept for CBS 🥱

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Obtrusive_Thoughts Apr 16, 2026 +1

LeBlanc and Drama should not be in the same project.

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freeradioforall Apr 16, 2026 +1

First images from set https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vida_press_6_edited2-66deeaf0d7930__700.jpg

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Sexuallemon Apr 16, 2026 +1

LAPD copaganda?

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B00marangTrotter Apr 16, 2026 +1

How you doin? You're under arrest!

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Blackplutocrat Apr 16, 2026 +1

Why

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ZERV4N Apr 16, 2026 +1

I'm over copaganda. Like we even need more cop shows. And at CBS? Like this isn't going to be nonsense.

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Heikks Apr 16, 2026 +1

They are all some of cbs highest rated shows, so of course they’d make more

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Oiggamed Apr 16, 2026 +1

What you doin…?

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TheFeelsGoodMan Apr 16, 2026 +1

Very disappointed that this isn't set in Michigan.

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HorrorJCFan95 Apr 17, 2026 +1

1. I think it’s really cool that Matt LeBlanc is finally taking on a dramatic role after almost his whole career being in comedy. I honestly think he has the chops to pull it off. 2. I’m just happy to see the guy acting again. He took Matthew Perry’s death very hard apparently, which is part of the reason why he stepped away from acting after Man With a Plan.

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TomJLewis Apr 17, 2026 +1

James Coburn played secret agent Derek Flint, 2 movies in the 60’s.

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fitzysbuna Apr 16, 2026

sounds interesting !

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cannikan Apr 16, 2026

Fantastic concept.

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