CBS announced today that it has ordered “The Never Game” as its first new series for the 2023-2024 television season. Justin Hartley (“This is Us,” “The Young and the Restless”) will star in the new drama and will also serve as an executive producer. Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, Fiona Rene and Academy Award Winner Mary McDonnell also star.
Based on the bestselling novel by Jeffery Deaver, “The Never Game” will feature Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
“I am overjoyed to give the first new show order for next season to this thrilling new series led by the incredibly talented Justin Hartley,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “‘The Never Game’ is an excellent addition to our already successful drama lineup, and since our viewers love shows with action, intrigue, mystery and complex characters, they will love ‘The Never Game’ – it delivers on all fronts.”
Ken Olin and Ben H. Winters join Hartley as executive producers on the Twentieth Television production, with Olin directing the pilot from a script written by Winters.
From 2002-2006, Hartley starred as Fox Crane on “Passions.” He returned to daytime in 2014 to star on “The Young and the Restless” as a recast Adam Newman. In 2016, he left the soap to join “This is Us,” the acclaimed series about a family as told through different time frames. The series ran for six seasons on NBC.