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Einstein’s family tree really fills the room.
Tony Shalhoub has been cast as a recurring guest star on the new CBS series Einstein. He will play Jack Einstein, Matthew Gray Gubler’s father (Criminal Minds) Lewis Einstein’s character. Louis, the series’ hero, is the grandson of Albert Einstein, making Shalhoub’s character the grandson. The cast brings Chalhoub with him monk Creative team Andy Brickman and Randy Zisk, executive producers Einstein.
Einstein It follows the “brilliant but directionless” descendant of the great genius Gubler, who “spends his days as a comfortable professor until his evil antics land him in trouble with the law,” according to the log line. Louis is soon “pressed into service to help local police detective (Melissa Fumero) solve her most puzzling case.” In recasting, Fumero, L Brooklyn nine nine alum, returned to play the detective on the television broadcast. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor plays Ha Their boss is Captain Frost.
In addition to Brickman and Zisk, Michael Rauch, Tariq Jalil, Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguenguitia, and Laura Betz are executive producing. Einstein. Gubler is a producer. Einstein It is produced by CBS Studios.
Einstein It was actually supposed to premiere. In April 2025, CBS chose to postpone the series for one season, and officially, the 2025-2026 calendar was very busy, the network said. Then Rosa Salazar withdrew from the role of detective, making way for Fumero. So, sure, Einstein It premieres this fall, right? Not quite, Einstein: CBS will hold the comedy until midseason, so Still He has no actual debut date.
Shalhoub has had a strong and versatile career, but he is without a doubt the best to have ever won the role of Adrian Monk. monkfor which he won a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards, or as Abe Weissman in The wonderful Mrs. Maisel. Shalhoub, who played the father of the main character (Rachel Brosnahan), won another Emmy for the show.
monk It ran from 2002 to 2009 on USA Network; The wonderful Mrs. Maisel It aired from 2017 to 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.
Chalhoub is represented by the Central Auditing Organization.
