Robert and Michelle King‘s latest drama project for CBS is taking a step forward, with the network ordering a full writers room to produce 12 scripts of Cupertino, described as David vs. Goliath legal show set in Silicon Valley.
The move was announced by CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach at the network’s upfront press event Wednesday.
It comes after Deadline reported earlier this spring that the Kings’ pilot script had been delivered to CBS to a great response. (Cupertino had originally been set up at CBS for development last summer.)
“When we read the script, it was a no-brainer that we wanted to move forward with the project under our longterm development,” Reisenbach said.
The Kings and Liz Glotzer executive produce for King Size Productions. CBS Studios, where Robert and Michelle King have been based for the past 15 years, is producing with their King Size Productions.
Robert and Michelle King created and executive produced The Good Wife, which aired on CBS for seven seasons and won five Emmys. The legal drama spawned a successful franchise with offshoots The Good Fight, which became the first original series to launch on Paramount+ predecessor CBS All Access and ran for six seasons, and breakout crime procedural Elsbeth, which has been renewed for a third season on CBS.
The Kings’ latest series, thriller drama Happy Face, recently launched on Paramount+. Other shows the duo have created for CBS Studios over the years include supernatural drama Evil, which just wrapped its four-season run on CBS and Paramount+ as well as CBS’ political satire/sci-fi series BrainDead. They are repped by UTA and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka.
