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Network: CBS

Episodes: 13 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: March 1, 2015 -- May 24, 2015

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Josh Duhamel, Dean Winters, Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.

TV show description:

A drama, this TV series revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers. They have polar opposite views of the world and (possibly) a grudging respect for each other's abilities as they clean up the streets of Battle Creek, Michigan.

Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) is a good but gruff and hard-boiled detective. He's had his world turned upside down when strikingly handsome and charismatic Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) opens an FBI field office at the police station -- and he chooses Russ to be his partner.

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It appears that Battle Creek has lost the ratings war. The low-rated Sunday night police series has been cancelled by CBS.

Battle Creek revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers -- Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) -- who have polar opposite views of the world and end up being partners. The rest of the cast includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.

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Between the competition from other channels and start time delays due to sports programming overruns, CBS has some real challenges on Sunday nights, particularly in the 10pm timeslot. Both The Mentalist (ended) and CSI (possibly cancelled) struggled this season. How's newcomer Battle Creek been doing? Will it be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled instead?

Battle Creek revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers -- Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) -- who have polar opposite views of the world and end up being partners. The rest of the cast includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.

The series got off to a poor start with a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.92 million viewers. That was a lower demo number than either CSI or Mentalist had...

CBS has had mixed success with their new crime dramas this season. NCIS: New Orleans has been renewed for a second season while Stalker has been dropped from the schedule and may likely be cancelled. What will happen to Battle Creek? Stay tuned.

Battle Creek revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers -- Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) -- who have polar opposite views of the world and end up being partners. The rest of the cast includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available -- usually the next day, around 11:30am Est/8:30am...

[In case you've Forgotten, and as I will continue to mention each and every one of these posts that I do: This is *not* a review. Pilots change. Sometimes a lot. Often for the better. Sometimes for the worse. But they change. Actual reviews will be coming in September and perhaps October (and maybe midseason in some cases). This is, however, a brief gut reaction to not-for-air pilots. I know some people will be all "These are reviews." If you've read me, you've read my reviews and you know this isn't what they look like.] Show: "Battle Creek" (CBS - Midseason) The Pitch: "Hi! My name is Vince Gilligan. You might remember me from such shows as..." "Sold!" "Wait, but I'm not actually going to be available to do anything here." "We *said* 'Sold.'" "Woo-hoo!" Quick Response: Vince Gilligan's script for "Battle Creek," which sat in a desk for a decade before getting a straight-to-series order from CBS, is Not "Breaking Bad." It's a goofier, lighter brew than what you're expecting and if I had to compare it to anything in Gilligan's filmography, I might actually go with something earlier and more comedic, like "Home Fries," which Nobody at CBS wants to hear. I liked "Home Fries." It's kooky and charming. "Battle Creek" is also kooky and charming, but I can't say with certainty that that's what anybody at CBS is going to want it to be long-term, a long-term that will take...

(Cbr) "Transformers" franchise veteran Josh Duhamel will return to television with a lead role in Battle Creek, the new CBS drama from "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan. According to Deadline, he’ll play sincere, and maybe even naive, FBI agent Milton Chamberlain, who teams with police Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters of "30 Rock" and "Rescue Me") to clean up the streets of Battle Creek, Michigan. Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Aubrey Dollar, Edward Fordham Jr. and Damon Herriman co-star. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" director Bryan Singer will helm the pilot; "House" producer Howard Shore will serve as showrunner. Duhamel, who got his start on the daytime soap "All My Children," starred in all five seasons of NBC’s "Las Vegas."...

Raising Hope

Fox has announced that the fourth season of its comedy "Raising Hope" will be its last. The series comes to an end with an hourlong farewell on Friday, April 4th.

Producers indicate the fourth season finale was shot in a way that works as a series finale. The series, which has averaged 3.3 million viewers this season, is one of the few veteran comedies that Fox has opted not to renew. [Source: THR]

Battle Creek

Josh Duhamel has joined David Shore and Vince Gilligan's new police drama "Battle Creek". Duhamel plays Detective Milton Chamberlain, a nice-guy FBI agent from Detroit who teams with tough, impatient police detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan.

Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr. and Aubrey Dollar also star in the series which has a thirteen-episode order. Bryan Singer is helming the pilot. [Source: Variety]

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After AMC’s Breaking Bad ended on such an incredibly high note, all eyes turned to creator Vince Gilligan, with many wondering if there was any hope of him ever masterminding a show that could match that drama (widely considered to be one of the finest TV shows of all time) in terms of critical acclaim and off-the-charts ratings. So, there’s a lot of attention being paid to Gilligan’s next project, CBS police drama Battle Creek, set to premiere this fall. Now, CBS has announced that the show recently snagged Josh Duhamel for a leading role.

Though Duhamel’s past acting credits, which include the Transformers franchise, New Year’s Eve and Life As We Know It, aren’t stellar, I can’t deny that the idea of watching the Hollywood star team up with Law & Order: Svu‘s Dean Winters (cast earlier this month) holds a certain appeal.

With Bryan Singer on board to call the shots for the launch episode, the new cop drama Battle Creek has been busy building its cast. Executive producers Vince Gilligan and David Shore are adding Josh Duhamel to an ensemble that already features Dean Winters.Battle Creek is set in the titular, troubled Michigan town. Hit by hard economic times, it’s a festering sore of crime and other social issues. A team formed by Winters’ tough-nosed, pessimistic detective Russ Agnew and Duhamel’s optimistic FBI agent Milton Chamberlain are charged with cleaning up the streets, but that's no easy task when their resources are severely limited and their worldviews clash at every turn.Fortunately, they are getting some help, in the shape of Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr. and Aubrey Dollar. Birthed from a spec script Gilligan wrote in 2002 that sat on a shelf until his success with Breaking Bad,...

Josh Duhamel has signed on to a new CBS drama pilot in the works from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.

The ex-Vegas star will play Det. Milton Chamberlain in Battle Creek. His character is described as a “a clean-cut, and humble FBI agent who heads from Detroit to Battle Creek to set up a satellite FBI office.”

Duhamel joins Dean Winters, Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr. and Aubrey Dollar in the project that will be exec produced by Gilligan, David Shore, Mark Johnson and Bryan Singer.

Here’s the official log line of the promising drama: “When two detectives,...

(Cbr) With "X-Men: Days of Future Past" nearly complete, Bryan Singer is returning to television to direct the pilot for "Battle Creek", the CBS drama from "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Singer will also executive produce. Set in Battle Creek, Michigan, the series centers on a detective named Russ (Dean Winters of 30 Rock and Rescue Me)and a FBI agent named Milton, two men with different worldviews but the same mission: to clean up the city. Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Aubrey Dollar, Edward Fordham Jr. and Damon Herriman also star. When "Battle Creek" was announced in September, it was revealed that Gilligan wrote the script on spec in 2002. "House" producer Howard Shore will serve as showrunner, while Gilligan might direct some episodes.

Hoping to echo the massive success of "Breaking Bad," CBS nabbed Vince Gilligan for their new drama "Battle Creek."

According to The Wrap, Brian Singer has been tapped to direct the pilot episode of the 13-episode order.

The new show follows two detectives from Battle Creek, Michigan. One is cunning and deceitful, while the other is naive and resourceful.

Set to star in the series are Dean Winters, Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr., and Aubrey Dollar.

As if it didn’t already have enough heavy-hitting energy behind the camera with Vince Gilligan and David Shore as co-creators, new Us TV drama Battle Creek has landed X-Men: Days Of Future Past director Bryan Singer to produce and shoot the pilot.Singer’s involvement, of course, is not a huge shock: he was an executive producer on Shore’s previous show, a little medical drama called House, for which he shot the pilot and third episode. Battle Creek will focus instead on that other great standby of American telly: cops.Based on a 2002 spec script written by Gilligan, this will chronicle detective Russ (30 Rock’s Dean Winters) and Milton, an FBI agent, as they attempt to wrangle law and order in the titular Michigan city. That's no easy task, since they have few resources at their disposal and a decaying, troubled area to work in. They do have colleagues,...

The last time Bryan Singer worked with David Shore was on the first couple episodes of "House." That worked out pretty well.

CBS is hoping history will repeat itself, as it's hired Singer to direct the first episode of "Battle Creek," a series created by "Breaking Bad's" Vince Gilligan on which Shore is serving as showrunner. Singer will also join Gilligan and Shore as an executive producer.

"Battle Creek" is based on a script Gilligan first wrote in the early 2000s, well before he hit on "Breaking Bad." CBS gave it a straight-to-series order last fall, bringing Shore on board as the day-to-day showrunner.

"Battle Creek" stars Dean Winters ("Law & Order: Svu," "30 Rock") as a detective who works with an FBI agent to fight crime in Battle Creek, Mich., while taking decidedly different approaches to cases. The FBI agent part hasn't been filled yet, but the show has cast "House" alum Kal Penn,...

Oz alum Dean Winters is set as one of the two leads cast in Battle Creek, CBS’ high-profile series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and House creator David Shore. Also cast in the project, from Sony TV and CBS Studios, are Aubrey Dollar and Edward Fordham Jr. It centers on Detective Russ Agnew (Winters) and FBI agent Milton Bradley, who have very different worldviews but are teamed up to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Mi. Agnew is a smart, tough, impatient, and pragmatic guy who gets results but whom no one wants to partner with because he prefers to cut through any nonsense, and this has earned him a reputation for being mean and gruff. Related: 2014 CBS Pilots Dollar plays Holly, the office manager who shares mutual attraction with Russ. Fordham plays chubby detective Aaron Funkhauser. They join recently cast Kal Penn and Janet McTeer. Creator...

Dean Winters (Law & Order: Svu, Oz, 30 Rock) has landed a starring role in CBS’ promising drama Battle Creek.

Winters will play Detective Russ Agnew of the Battle Creek Pd, one of the two lead detectives with very different world views who are teamed up to solve crimes. His character is described as a “smart, tough, impatient, and pragmatic guy who gets results but whom no one wants to partner with because he prefers to cut through any nonsense, and this has earned him a reputation for being mean and gruff.” He joins previously announced co-stars Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr.,...