CBS has announced its latest straight-to-series summer order: BrainDead, a comedic thriller about a young Capitol Hill staffer beginning her new life in Washington who learns that the federal government has shut down because aliens have eaten the brains of all Congresspersons and their staffs. We previously reported on the project—helmed by The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King—when it first surfaced at the end of last year. In its early stages, the project was described as a mixture of The West Wing and The Strain, but also a comedy, which kind of makes it sound like aliens may have eaten the Kings’ brains. The pilot had an early pickup, but CBS has now ordered a 13-episode first season for next summer.
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