Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard, Justified: City Primeval) has joined the cast of Einstein, the new CBS drama series starring Matthew Gray Gubler and Melissa Fumero. The series joins CBS’ 2026-27 broadcast season and is currently in production.
In a series regular role, Ellis-Taylor will play Captain Frost, a veteran police officer. She has logged ten thousand hours in the field and is counting the days until she retires with her partner.
Einstein follows Lewis Einstein (Gubler), the brilliant but directionless great-grandson of Albert Einstein. He 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 Teri (Fumero), a local police detective, solve her most puzzling cases.
Lewis is a popular professor at Princeton … when he actually shows up for class. Irreverent and misguided, his genius and famous name weigh heavily
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