LIMITLESS: THE SERIES!! RUSH HOUR: THE SERIES!! CRIMINAL MINDS Spin-Off!! <CBS Orders Six New Shows!

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CBS doesn’t announce its 2015-16 plans until Wednesday, but it just ordered six new series, including two based on hit movies.

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ANGEL FROM HELL
When Amy enters Allison's life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can't be sure if Amy is an angel or just nuts. Cast: Jane Lynch, Maggie Lawson, Kyle Bornheimer, Kevin Pollak. Writer: Tad Quill (“We Are Men,” “The Odd Couple”).

CODE BLACK
Medical drama set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff struggle in the face of a broken system to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most. Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jaffrey, Luis Guzman, Melanie Kannokada, Harry M. Ford, Ben Hollingsworth, William Allen Young. Writer: Michael Seitzman (creator of last year’s Josh Holloway series “Intelligence”).

CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS
Focuses on a division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in danger abroad. Cast: Gary Sinise, Daniel Henney, Tyler James. Writer: Erica Messer (“Alias,” “The OC,” “Criminal Minds”).

LIFE IN PIECES
Comedy about one family told through the separate stories of its different family members. Cast: Dianne Wiest, James Brolin, Zoe Lister Jones, Colin Hanks, Angelique Cabral, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Dan Bakkedahl, Niall Cunningham, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg. Writer: Justin Adler (“Samantha Who?” “Better Off Ted”).

LIMITLESS
Drama based on the 2011 feature. The series follows Brian Finch as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI. Cast: Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Writer: Craig Sweeny (“The 4400,” “Medium,” “Elementary”).

RUSH HOUR
A stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer is assigned to a case in Los Angeles where he's forced to work with a cocky African-American LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. Cast: Justin Hires, Jon Foo, Aimee Garcia, Wendie Malick. Writers: Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick (“Cougar Town”).