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Fox has announced it will premiere Backstrom in the UK this September, despite the show's cancellation a few months ago by the broadcaster.

The show, which it describes as a "comedic crime procedural", stars The Office Us's Rainn Wilson, and was created by Bones' Hart Hanson.

Wilson stars as Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom, a self-destructive cop who returns from five years in exile in the traffic division after offensive behaviour and starts leading a Special Crimes Unit in Portland.

Helping him with his cases are second-in-command Detective Nicole Gravely (House of Lies' Genevieve Angelson) and veteran Detective Sergeant John Almond (Dennis Haysbert from 24).

The series starts with the investigation into the death of a Us senator's son, whose suspected suicide turns out to not be what it seems.

Backstrom will premiere its 13-episode run on Fox in September.

Watch a trailer for the show here:...

Backstrom's "Bogeyman" reveals a major piece of the Backstrom train wreck puzzle and it is a doozie, my friends. The detective pursues the case of missing 14-year-old Talia Lennox, a case which he immediately identifies as connected to the unsolved abduction of Lacy Siddon, which sent Backstrom careening over the edge seven years previously. The case is indeed harrowing, but I think we'll find going forward that the bureau's lack of faith in (and treatment of) Backstrom seven years ago will prove just as devastating and enlightening as the continuing case itself. Kudos to Rainn Wilson for his masterful delivery of a man obsessed convicted and eventually completely unhinged by a world he finds peopled with corpses who don't know they are dead.

Through the eyes of Detective Sergeant John Almond, "Bogeyman" also provides a glimmer of hope for some long-needed future redemption for the acerbic, protocol-eschewing and indiscriminately...

Rainn Wilson continues his portraiture of Backstrom in "Bella." This episode delivered a Backstrom who was difficult to find redeemable... until the very last moments.  As viewers have yet to fully invest in this character, a more provocative (likable) character display would have made more sense so early on in the season. Nonetheless, Backstrom's disdain for the bullies and his thirst for revenge is understandable and entertaining even though he presents as crazed throughout most of the episode.

While pursuing a serial arsonist who's heading toward using children as Roman candles, Backstrom and his team interact with two of his least favorite people in the world: fire fighters Nick and Sam D'Agostino. While Backstrom insists upon nailing the two professional heroes for both larceny and arson, Gravely insists on focusing solely on the arson, causing a division within the team. Throughout is the sense that Backstrom has gone off...

Backstrom‘s titular police lieutenant had a rough childhood, apparently, as disclosed in this sneak peek from this week’s episode of Fox’s freshman drama (Thursday, 9/8c).

In Episode 2 of the midseason procedural, the Special Crimes Unit is enlisted to help with an arson case that gets escalated to attempted murder. In the clip below, as Backstrom and Detective John Almond prepare to search a local firehouse, Rainn Wilson’s alter ego lets slip with some details about his past — including a form of bullying that’s “exactly what you think it is.”

Advisory: Top Gun volleyball scene-caliber barechested male revelry ahead.

“I don’t see the worst in everyone. I see the everyone in everyone.”

For Detective Lt. Everett Backstrom, that’s all the justification he needs to act the way he does — that is, crass, blunt and totally rude.

In Fox’s new cop drama — created by Bones‘ Hart Hanson and based on a set of novels by Swedish criminologist Leif G.W. Persson — The Office‘s Rainn Wilson stars as the titular detective, who is admittedly excellent at his job.

He’s just not so great at the “people skills” thing.

Rounding out Backstrom’s police squad are Sgt. John Almond...

Fox’s newest antihero Backstrom may sound familiar — caustic, sardonic, talented at his job — but he isn’t a House clone, Rainn Wilson asserts.

Bones creator Hart Hanson’s new series (premiering Thursday at 9/8c) stars Office alum Wilson as a detective with a very mean superpower when it comes to solving crimes.

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“He so lives in the worst of himself, and in the worst of the human condition, that he’s able to see that in others,” Wilson says.

And while that makes him exceptional at his work,...

From Bones Creator Hart Hanson, acclaimed Swedish criminologist/crime novelist Lief Gw Persson (He Who Kills the Dragon), and Emmy Award Nominee Rainn Wilson (The Office) comes Backstrom, the eponymous crime-comedy-drama about an overweight, offensive, irascible and misogynistic Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom (Rainn Wilson). After a five-year banishment to the traffic division for offensive behavior, he has returned from disgrace to lead Portland's newly minted Special Crimes Unit.

Joining Wilson on the cast are Genevieve Angelson as Det. Nicole Gravely; Dennis Haysbert as Det. Sgt. John Almond; Kristoffer Polaha as Sgt. Peter Niedermayer; Page Kennedy as Officer Frank Moto; Beatrice Rosen as Nadia Paquet; Thomas Dekker as Gregory Valentine.

Backstrom premieres Thursday January 22 at 9pm on Fox.

Backstrom Review

Fox has a daring bet it’s making on Backstrom, and though we might not like to admit to the pigeonholing it entails, a lot of people are going to have to take Rainn Wilson in exactly the right way for the show to take off. We’ll have to hope it works out, because this is the coolest show in a long time, and Wilson is perfect.

The trick here is that the show may need the help of Rainn Wilson as draw, but that audience also has to be able to distance themselves from Dwight Schrute. Wilson has obviously been around, but to a large percentage of people he is either no one, or Dwight, and you aren’t getting anything like Dwight here.

Backstrom, for the sake of brevity, is a kind of slovenly, “Seinfeld generation” Sherlock Holmes. He’s quick with a quip, and...

"He is a total dick," Rainn Wilson said of his lead character in Fox's new series Backstrom, in response to some TV critics' apparent beliefs that there was nothing wrong with irascible Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom that couldn't be fixed with a fluid ounce of weed killer. “I probably would have shot him," co-star Dennis Haysbert said of his character and Backstrom, explaining this was not practical because his character, Sgt. John Almond is a pastor as well as a detective…...

Someone might wanna start loading up on the deer jerky.

Rainn Wilson has landed the title role in Backstrom, CBS’ drama pilot about “an overweight, offensive and irascible” police detective who tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior.

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The casting news comes not 24 hours after The Office, where for nine years Wilson has played Dwight Schrute, shot its very final scene.

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Based on a Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson (who...

CBS's Backstrom has cast Rainn Wilson in the title role of Backstrom, based on the Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson. He joins Dennis Haysbert. The story tells of an offensive, overweight detective called Everett Backstrom who tries and and fails to change his self-destructive ways. In the series, Haysbert plays s Detective John Almond, one of the detectives who works with Backstrom who thinks that Backstrom's hunches are just luck. The pilot's being directed by Mark Mylod (Ali G Indahouse, Entourage and Shameless). Hanson scripts and serves as executive-producer on Backstrom with Niclas Salomonsson.

CBS's Backstrom has cast Rainn Wilson in the title role of Backstrom, based on the Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson. He joins Dennis Haysbert. The story tells of an offensive, overweight detective called Everett Backstrom who tries and and fails to change his self-destructive ways. In the series, Haysbert plays s Detective John Almond, one of the detectives who works with Backstrom who thinks that Backstrom's hunches are just luck. The pilot's being directed by Mark Mylod (Ali G Indahouse, Entourage and Shameless). Hanson scripts and serves as executive-producer on Backstrom with Niclas Salomonsson.

Dennis Haysbert has booked a co-starring role in the CBS drama pilot Backstrom, from writer Hart Hanson, based on the Swedish book series that centers on Everett Backstrom, an overweight, hot-tempered detective who tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Haysbert will play John Almond, a detective working with Backstrom. Haysbert, most recently seen on the big screen in Sheldon Candis' Luv, will next appear in a thriller titled Wards Island, alongside Ernie Hudson and Bill Duke, which centers on a viral outbreak in New York City that turns the infected into werewolves; and also he's replaced the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the follow-up film to the...

Dennis Haysbert, best known for "24" and "The Unit" (and those pesky ads for Allstate Insurance), is returning to CBS and 20th Century Fox TV in the drama pilot "Backstrom."  The pilot center on a cranky, overweight detective named Everett Backstrom who is attempting to get his act together and end his descent into booze-fueld self-destruction before it's too late.  Haysbert will play a fellow detective named John Almond, according to Deadline. Based on the Swedish book series, the "Backstrom" pilot was written by "Bones" creator Hart Hanson. Haysbert was recently heard in the Oscar-nominated 'toon "Wreck-It Ralph," and he'll next be seen...

CBS's Backstrom crime drama pilot from Bones creator Hart Hanson has added The Unit's Dennis Haysbert, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson, the story follows an offensive and overweight detective called Everett Backstrom who attempts, and fails, to change his self-destructive ways. Haysbert is in as Detective John Almond, one of the detectives who works with Backstrom, a religious, kind character who's been married for three decades, with a completely opposite character to Backstrom. Almond thinks that Backstrom's hunches are just luck. Mark Mylod, known for Ali G Indahouse, Entourage and Shameless, directs the pilot. Hanson scripts and serves as executive-producer on Backstrom, alongside Niclas Salomonsson.

CBS's Backstrom crime drama pilot from Bones creator Hart Hanson has added The Unit's Dennis Haysbert, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson, the story follows an offensive and overweight detective called Everett Backstrom who attempts, and fails, to change his self-destructive ways. Haysbert is in as Detective John Almond, one of the detectives who works with Backstrom, a religious, kind character who's been married for three decades, with a completely opposite character to Backstrom. Almond thinks that Backstrom's hunches are just luck. Mark Mylod, known for Ali G Indahouse, Entourage and Shameless, directs the pilot. Hanson scripts and serves as executive-producer on Backstrom, alongside Niclas Salomonsson.

Time to revive those old “come home to CBS” promos. Hours after snagging Marg Helgenberger for a fall pilot, CBS just lured The Unit star Dennis Haysbert back to play a detective in the drama Backstrom.

From Hart Hanson (Bones), Backstrom is based on the Swedish book series about an overweight, offensive, and irascible detective who tries to change his self-destructive behavior. Haysbert has been cast as Det. John Almond, one of the law dogs working with Backstrom.

From 2006 to 2009, Haysbert starred as Jonas Blaine in the military drama The Unit for CBS. Before that, he was best known for...

Dennis Haysbert, star of the CBS military drama The Unit, is reuniting with the network and The Unit producer 20th Century Fox TV with a co-starring role in the CBS/20th TV drama pilot Backstrom. Written by Hart Hanson based on the Swedish book series, the project centers on Everett Backstrom, an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Gersh-repped Haysbert plays John Almond, one of the detectives working with Backstrom. Here is a tongue twister: Tongayi Chirisa (NBC’s Crusoe) has been cast as Father Nicholas Ngungumbane in CBS’ Jim Gaffigan comedy pilot. Written by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan, the project centers on Jim (Gaffigan) a guy who lives with his wife Jeannie (Mira Sorvino) and five kids in a 2-bedroom New York apartment. Father Ngungumbane is Catholic priest from Zimbabwe, recently relocated to New York and thrilled to be living in the United States,...

Dennis Haysbert has signed on to CBS’ drama pilot Backstrom, TVLine has learned.

The project, written and exec-produced by Hart Hanson (Bones), is based on the Swedish book series about an overweight, offensive and irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Leif G.W. Persson and Niclas Salomonsson also serve as EPs.

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Haysbert will play Det. John Almond, a detective working with the off-putting lead character.

Haysbert’s TV credits include The Unit, 24 and Now and Again.

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Dennis Haysbert is heading back to television. The Unit and 24 vet has joined Bones creator Hart Hanson's CBS crime drama pilot Backstrom, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Based on the Swedish book series by Leif G.W. Persson, Backstrom centers on an overweight, offensive, irascible detective, Everett Backstrom, as he tries and fails to change his self-destructive behavior. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide Haysbert will play Det. John Almond, one of the detectives working with Backstrom. Kind and warm, Almond has been married 30 years and is devoutly religious. He is the complete opposite of Backstrom, and

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