The eighth season of FBI returns from its winter hiatus on Monday, February 23, and today, Collider is unveiling an exclusive look at the return of the hit CBS show. The Dick Wolf procedural returns with Season 8, Episode 11, "Confetti." In our sneak peek, Special Agent Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym) and Special Agent Omar Adom 'OA' Zidan (Zeeko Zaki) are with Special Agent Nina Chase (Shantel VanSanten) and Special Agent Stuart Scola (John Boyd) as they get ready for their latest op. As they gather intel, Maggie and OA witness an awkward marital squabble between Scola and Nina.
Well, it would be a marital squabble if the pair were married. The topic of who goes out into the field and who stays behind for the sake of their son fills the room with tension that Maggie and OA aren't sure how to break. In the sneak peek, things seemingly end strained between Scola and Nina when she tells him to go home, effectively ending the discussion without resolution. The logline for "Confetti" is as follows:
“When an undercover operation being led by Special Agent Nina Chase (guest star Shantel VanSanten) goes sideways, the team works together to flip their only witness to help them hunt down a rip crew at a cartel wedding. The aftermath leads Nina and Scola to realize they are ready to tie the knot."
What's Next for the 'FBI' Universe?
The FBI spin-off, CIA, will premiere the same night as FBI's midseason return. The spin-off stars Nick Gehlfuss and Tom Ellis. It was recently confirmed that Jeremy Sisto would be crossing over to the new spin-off, reprising his role as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine. The logline for CIA is as follows:
"Together they will work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells, and geopolitical secrets. On CIA, Bill will learn the rules of this murky world on the fly as Colin leads him deeper into spy games where only one thing is clear – their work keeps America safe, even if no one will ever know what they did in the shadows."
As for FBI, the midseason appearance of VanSanten comes after the cancellation of the spin-off FBI: Most Wanted. She began her time in the franchise on the flagship show before moving to Most Wanted. Now, with the cancellation of FBI: International as well, CIA and FBI will be the only two shows still airing in the franchise. The network is not shying away from bridging the gaps between the two shows, as seen with Sisto's confirmed appearance, so it will be interesting to see how the franchise continues to grow with the two remaining shows.
FBI returns February 23 on CBS. Watch the sneak peek above. Stay with Collider for the latest updates.
CIA Season 2's Fate Officially Decided By CBS After Rocky Season 1 Production
The fate of CBS' new FBI spinoff series, CIA, has now been decided.
CBS confirmed that CIA has officially been renewed for season 2, following impressive viewership numbers from its series premiere. According to Paramount, the premiere episode saw 8.4 million multiplatform viewers via broadcast and streaming within the first seven days of its release.
Ratings for the first three episodes of the series showed a 39% improvement on Monday at 10 p.m. compared to the same timeslot in fall 2025.
Behind the scenes, though, CIA has had a rocky production. FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins was initially in charge of the series, but Warren Leight later replaced him. That wasn't the end of the turnover, though, as he eventually departed, along with executive producer Eriq La Salle. Mike Weiss, who was the showrunner on the original FBI series, was hired as the CIA showrunner.
All of this turmoil, plus Michael Michele's departure from the cast, caused production delays, and CBS decided to give CIA a mid-season 2026 premiere after previously announcing it would debut in fall 2025.
CIA stars Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss as CIA Agent Colin Glass and FBI Agent Bill Goodman, respectively, who are tasked with working together on a secretive joint CIA/FBI task force. The two agents couldn't be more different, with the latter a rule-follower and the former more mischievous in nature.
While on the job together, Glass and Goodman stay in the shadows as they solve domestic and international crimes away from the eyes of the public.
Before CIA, Ellis was best known for his role as Lucifer Morningstar on the Fox/Netflix drama Lucifer, while Gehlfuss has starred in The Newsroom, Shameless, and Chicago Med (another Dick Wolf-created series).
Their CIA co-stars include Necar Zadegan and Natalee Linez. Zadegan, who plays Nikki Reynard, will guest star in the March 30 episode of FBI season 8, in which the Deputy Chief of Station is called in to help following a double homicide. The episode will mark Maggie Bell's return to the team after suffering a major loss.
Wolf created the hugely popular Law & Order and One Chicago franchises on NBC, and then went on to create the FBI crime procedural franchise for CBS. The first FBI series debuted in 2018 with star Missy Peregrym and is currently airing its eighth season.
Two years later, the first spinoff, FBI: Most Wanted, launched and aired for six seasons. FBI: International followed in its footsteps and aired for four seasons.
CIA, which currently has a 63% critic score and 51% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, marks the third FBI spinoff, with Wolf, Weiss, Ken Girotti, Paul Cabbad, Nicole Perlman, David Chasteen, Anastasia Puglisi, and Peter Jankowski serving as executive producers.
CIA airs Mondays at 10 p.m. EDT on CBS.
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