Franchise Release OrderRecommended
0 / 4 watchedOne entry per series in premiere order. Within each series, watch straight through; the crossovers land in this sequence.
- 1 FBI Season 8 aired 2025 to 2026. Season 9 premieres October 5, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET.
- 2 FBI: Most Wanted Introduced in FBI season 1, episode 18 on April 2, 2019. 6 seasons; ended May 2025.
- 3 FBI: International Ordered straight to series with no backdoor pilot. 4 seasons; ended May 2025.
- 4 CIA Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss star. Season 1 premiered February 23, 2026; season 2 premieres October 5, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET.
Crossovers in Air Order
0 / 3 watchedThe crossovers and launch points in airdate order. The planned CIA backdoor pilot in FBI season 7 was scrapped in favor of a straight-to-series order.
- 1 FBI: Most Wanted (backdoor pilot) Aired April 2, 2019 as FBI season 1, episode 18; launches the Fugitive Task Force.
- 2 Imminent Threat three-part crossover Aired April 4, 2023 across FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted; watch in that order.
- 3 FBI characters in CIA Season 1 Jeremy Sisto, Missy Peregrym and Alana de la Garza appear across the first season; watch alongside FBI season 8.
About FBI
Dick Wolf's FBI franchise opened on CBS in September 2018 with the New York field office team led by Maggie Bell and OA Zidan. Most Wanted and International ran from 2020 and 2021 until both ended in May 2025, and CIA joined the lineup in February 2026.
Good to know
FBI season 9 and CIA season 2 both premiere October 5, 2026 on CBS. The cancelled spinoffs got proper sendoffs, so their finales still close their stories.
