‘Einstein’: First Photo of Tony Shalhoub as Matthew Gray Gubler’s Father
We still have a bit to wait until we get to see Criminal Minds‘ Matthew Gray Gubler back on CBS, but now, we not only know when Einstein will air (as part of the network’s lineup for the 2026-2027 season) but also have another look at the series, this time of Tony Shalhoub as Gubler’s character’s father.
This new photo, which you can check out above, was released as part of the show’s New York Comic Con panel. Shalhoub will be recurring as Jack, Lewis’ father. Just from this look of him with Gubler’s Lewis and Melissa Fumero‘s Teri, the detective he’ll be working with, it should be a fun dynamic.
Read on for everything we know about when it will premiere, who’s joining Matthew Gray Gubler and Melissa Fumero in the cast, and more.
When is the Einstein premiere date?
Originally, it was ordered to series for the 2025-2026 season on April 22, 2025. However, just one week later, on April 27, CBS announced that it will be holding it until the 2026-2027 season. This isn’t the first time the network ordered a show to series well in advance: Sheriff Country, the Fire Country spinoff, was on May 2, 2024, for the 2025-2026 season.
Production began in March. Now, it’s been dated as a midseason series, meaning a January 2027 premiere the earliest. (CBS midseason series tend to premiere in January or February.) An official date has yet to be released.
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What is Einstein about?
The series is described as a “drama with comedic tones.” Its official description reads as follows: “Brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein (Gubler) spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective (Fumero) solve her most puzzling cases.”
Who’s in the Einstein cast with Matthew Gray Gubler?
Gubler’s Lewis Einstein, the great grandson of Albert Einstein, ” is a popular professor at Princeton…when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, Lewis’ genius and famous name weighs heavily on him but using his gift to help solve homicides may — finally — offer his life some direction and purpose.”
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Previously, Rosa Salazar had been starring opposite Gubler. Now, Fumero has stepped into the role of the detective he’ll be working with.
Melissa Fumero plays Teri, a New Jersey state police detective inspector. Teri is described as “sharp and disciplined” and someone who “demands a lot from her colleagues and even more from herself, and feels conflicted about working with Professor Einstein.”
Serving as executive producers are Andy Breckman, Randy Zisk, Michael Rauch, Tariq Jalil, Rose Hughes, Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia, and Laura Beetz. Gubler is also a producer.
Is there an Einstein trailer?
Not yet! And with it being a midseason show, it will likely be some time before there is one.
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I can't wait, Love MGG. He was awesome in criminal minds. Can't wait for more. So underrated.
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Well, geniuses is what he knows best and he's really good at what he does. Besides, he didn't play a genius in suburban Gothic or king Knight or 68 kill or in life after beth only in criminal minds and this and he voiced Simon in Alvin and the chipmunks who is the smart one
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Needs to be on a different network.
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I've been intrigued by Einstein since it was announced, feels like several years ago - looking forward to it.
I only know Matthew Gray Gubler from Alvin and the Chipmunks and Melissa Fumero from Digman! (a massively underrated animated show).
I'll make sure to watch out for the premiere.
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She was awesome in Brooklyn Nine-Nine! I liked her in Blockbuster and Grosse Pointe Garden Society as well...
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Are you always so TEDIOUS?
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I love love love mgg I waited so impatiently for it start and then they moved later and later and now I could care less I have no interest in watching it I have found other shows to watch and watch criminal minds to watch him there
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Nobody cares, princess
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Character actor Geoffrey Arend Super Troopers,Madam Secretary,500 Days of Summer, Body of Proof appears here as well.. Show looks like great fun..
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Its a little odd to basically play the same character in two different shows however I love MGG so let's go!
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Gaga
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I didn't think about that. Good point!
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I hope this is good! I am anticipating it's "release"...
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This could turn into a clone of High Potential. I like the actor but really this also too much much like his Criminal Minds character. Can he play anything else but geniuses?
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Hope this show is dead on arrival. Like Dr. Watson, Matlock, and others, the show misappropriates a well-known name to garner attention for a program with zero connection to the original. Worse, in this case it's the name of the world's most famous physicist. Albert Einstein. To have one of modern history's most prominent Jews played by a WASP is insulting on so-many levels. And to depict this character as a slovenly, unkempt, disorganized slob does disservice to Albert Einstein as well as to negatively stereotype scientists. There is nothing fun here.
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Be careful, CBS, Einstein was one of them thar immigrants.
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