Co-Creator Derek Haas Says He Has ‘No Insight’ Into Why ‘FBI: International’ Was Canceled at CBS : It Had ‘Nothing to Do With the Quality of the Show’

In a recent interview with TVLine, co-creator Derek Haas opened up about the recent cancellation of his CBS crime drama “FBI: International.”

“I was so sad to hear about the cancellation because I loved Jesse Soffer as Wes on the show and really thought it was a dynamic cast addition in Season 4,” Haas said.

“I have no insight into why it was canceled,” he added. “I love Amy and Eric over at CBS, plus all my good friends at Wolf , and trust their instincts. So they must’ve had reasons that had nothing to do with the quality of the show.”

CBS unveiled that both spinoffs of its original “FBI” series, “FBI: International” and “FBI: Most Wanted,” would be canceled after their fourth and sixth seasons, respectively. “International” launched a year after “Most Wanted” in 2021, and starred Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Carter Redwood, Vinessa Vidotto and Christiane Paul. Soffer took over for Kleintank as series lead at the end of Season 3.

A new installment in the “FBI” franchise, “FBI: CIA,” was announced back in January. The series remains in development with Dick Wolf writing as well as executive producing alongside David Hudgins, Nicole Perlman, David Chasteen and Peter Jankowski. The official logline for “CIA” reads, “A dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent are part of a new, clandestine taskforce charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City.”