A beloved sitcom icon is trading laugh tracks for police sirens, with a new CBS project pulling one of television’s most recognizable faces into distinctly grittier territory. The network has revealed fresh details about the drama, which casts the Friends alum, Matt LeBlanc, in a role a world away from the lovable goofball that made him a household name.
Cop drama Flint in works at CBS
CBS is developing a cop drama titled Flint, with Matt LeBlanc attached to star, according to Variety. The network could slot the series into its 2027-2028 lineup if it receives a greenlight.
The official logline describes Flint, a working title, as a series starring LeBlanc as “a burnt-out LAPD detective who, on the verge of retirement, is blindsided when the city extends his service by five years. Determined to get fired, he breaks rules and disobeys orders, which, to his dismay, makes him an even better cop.” LeBlanc will also executive produce the project. Writer Evan Katz leads the creative side, while CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television are producing.
LeBlanc is best known for playing Joey Tribbiani in Friends, the NBC sitcom that ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. The role earned him three Emmy nominations. He reprised the character in the spinoff Joey, which aired for two seasons from 2004 to 2006. LeBlanc later played a fictionalized version of himself on Episodes from 2011 to 2017. That Showtime and BBC Two series earned him four Emmy nominations and one Golden Globe win.
Katz previously worked as a writer and producer on Seasons 2 through 8 of the Fox drama 24. He served as showrunner on multiple seasons of the thriller. Katz also created the UPN sci-fi comedy Special Unit 2, which ran from 2001 to 2008, and showran NBC’s The Event in 2010.
CBS unveiled its development slate at a Los Angeles press briefing on Wednesday. The network also announced a comedy titled Hilda! In Lights from Abby Caldwell, a drama from Corinne Kingsbury based on Barbara Rae-Venter’s 2023 book, and a medical spinoff set in the Fire Country universe.