Instinct

Instinct (stylized as INSTIИCT) is an American police procedural drama television series credted by Michael Rauch which was premiere from CBS on March 18, 2018. The series is based on James Patterson's Murder Games.

On May 12, 2018, it was renewed by CBS for a second season. which is set to premiere on June 30, 2019.

On August 17, 2019 CBS cancelled the series after two seasons

Plot
Author, university professor and former CIA operative Dr. Dylan Reinhart is lured back to his old life by New York police detective Elizabeth Needham when she needs his help to stop a serial killer who is using Reinhart's book as inspiration for murders.

Main

 * Alan Cumming as Professor Dylan Reinhart
 * Bojana Novakovic as Detective Lizzie Needham
 * Daniel Ings as Andy
 * Sharon Leal as Lt. Jasmine Gooden
 * Naveen Andrews as Julian Cousins

Recurring

 * Michael B. Silver as Sgt. Kanter Harris
 * Danny Mastrogiorgio as Detective Anthony Fucci
 * Stephen Rider as Zack Clark
 * Alejandro Hernandez as Lorenzo Sosa
 * Sarita Choudhury as Mayor Myers
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Joan Ross
 * Andrew Polk as Doug the Medical Examiner

Development
Instinct is based on James Patterson's Murder Games. The series was picked up by CBS on January 23, 2017. On May 12, 2017, CBS picked it up to series. On May 12, 2018, CBS renewed Instinct for a second season and is set to premiere on June 16, but it was pushed back to June 30, 2019.

Casting
On February 8, 2017, Alan Cumming was cast as Dylan Reinhart. Bojana Novakovic was cast as Lizzie on February 18, 2017. On February 23, 2017, Daniel Ings was cast as Tracy and Naveen Andrews was cast as Julian Cousins. Khandi Alexander was originally cast as Monica Hernandez in the pilot, but was replaced with Sharon Leal will be casting as Jasmine on June 22, 2017.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 50% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 5.12/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 53 out of 100 based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."

Home media
The first season was released in Region 1, via Amazon's Manufacture on Demand (MOD) service, on December 11, 2018.