Gubler is accustomed to portraying a walking encyclopedia as Spencer Reid, and he will portray another genius but with a twist. His character will be the great grandson of Albert Einstein, Lew Einstein (no relation to late U.S. diplomat Lewis Einstein), also impossibly brilliant but who coasts on his intellect. According to CBS, he is "[i]rreverent and misguided," but his "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."

Don't expect Lew to have come by this side gig and new purpose by his own initiative, however. By day, Lew has been making a living as a "comfortably [Princeton] 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 solve her most puzzling cases."

The series will arrive with the same humorous slant as USA Network's former Monk, starring Tony Shaloub, who continue his role for a Peacock-streaming movie, Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie. And of course, Einstein will have a built-in audience of Criminal Mind viewers that will hopefully push Einstein from pilot status to full-on series status.

Gubler is the only confirmed cast member as of now.