
Matthew Gray Gubler Sets CBS Return in New Crime Pilot, 4 Years After 'Criminal Minds' Ended

Matthew Gray Gubler is heading back to television!
The 44-year-old actor will star in the upcoming crime pilot Einstein for CBS, over four years after he parted ways with the network following the end of Criminal Minds.
While most of the Criminal Minds cast returned for the follow-up series on Paramount+, Matthew decided not to reprise his role as Spencer Reid.
So, what can you expect from Einstein?
Keep reading to find out more…
Deadline reports that Matthew will play the “brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein who spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad-boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.”
“Lew Einstein is a popular professor at Princeton … when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, Lew’s genius and famous name weighs heavily on him,...
The 44-year-old actor will star in the upcoming crime pilot Einstein for CBS, over four years after he parted ways with the network following the end of Criminal Minds.
While most of the Criminal Minds cast returned for the follow-up series on Paramount+, Matthew decided not to reprise his role as Spencer Reid.
So, what can you expect from Einstein?
Keep reading to find out more…
Deadline reports that Matthew will play the “brilliant but directionless great grandson of Albert Einstein who spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad-boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases.”
“Lew Einstein is a popular professor at Princeton … when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, Lew’s genius and famous name weighs heavily on him,...
- 10/4/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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