EXCLUSIVE: Nat Faxon (Loot, Married), Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso, Veep), and Lea Michele (Glee, Funny Girl) are the latest to join CBS‘ Elsbeth for its upcoming fourth season, which premieres on Thursday, October 8.
They join the recently announced Nicole Scherzinger, Nicholas Braun, New York Knicks star OG Anunoby, and Jemima Kirke.
In Season 4, Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni, the brilliant yet unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to track down New York’s most entitled murderers utilizing her unique, intuitive point of view. The series enters its fourth season with fresh cases, family drama, and new pressures on Elsbeth and the 11th Precinct, led by her boss, Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce).
Richardson plays Cody Baxter, a born-and-raised Coney Islander and up-and-coming competitive eater with a deadly appetite for fame.
Michele plays Darcy Miles, a Pilates Princess and trainer who, when asked to whip her girls into shape, flexes her muscles too hard.
Faxon plays Perry Macintyre, the least popular member at the Nickerson Country Club, whose miraculous hole-in-one leads to murder.
Elsbeth is executive produced by Robert King, Michelle King, showrunner Jonathan Tolins, Erica Shelton Kodish, Bryan Goluboff, Gail Barringer, and Leah Nanako Winkler. CBS Studios produces the series.
Faxon is repped by CAA, Artists First, and Goodman Genow Schenkman. Richardson is repped by Artists First, UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Michele is repped by WME, Untitled, and Sloane Offer.
