Elsbeth is an American police procedural comedy drama television series that premiered on February 29, 2024, on CBS.

[4][5] Most, though not all, episodes of Elsbeth use the "howcatchem" mystery format rather than the traditional "whodunit", showing the audience from the start who the killer is, how and why they commit the crime, and how they are caught.

[6] The series focuses on the offbeat Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional but astute attorney who, after a successful career in Chicago, uses her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner criminals alongside the NYPD.

Ostensibly assigned by the United States Department of Justice to oversee a monitorship or consent decree after some controversial arrests,[7][8] her real mission (revealed over the course of the first season) is to investigate Captain C.W.

[9] Mackenzie "Mac" Altman, a former child actress turned professional party girl, wakes up on Halloween morning with no memory of the night before, except possibly killing someone.

However, Judith subsequently flees to Paris, having stolen all of Rosalyn's jewelry while in hiding after Elsbeth crashed the meeting.

Renowned chef Genevieve Hale prepares to entertain prominent businessman Roger Montebello at her exclusive restaurant, hoping to secure a position at his luxury hotel chain.

However, her kitchen staffer Jordan deliberately double-books the restaurant to sabotage Montebello's experience as payback for dealing with Genevieve's explosive temper.

Elsbeth and Kaya investigate the "accident" and soon uncover both Dirk's murder plot and his affair with an assistant to the Dashers' publicist.

Elsbeth is appointed to Delia's jury and soon notices that Crawford appears to be manipulating the proceedings in the prosecution's favor.

TV actress Regina Coburn is about to leave her longtime role on a police procedural so she can perform in a London production of Macbeth, with her character being placed in a coma to accommodate her absence.

However, the showrunner Calvin Reed blindsides Regina by rewriting the scripts to appease the network, obligating her to stay in New York for reshoots and miss the Macbeth production.

She distracts the rest of the cast and crew by hiring an ice cream truck, then sneaks into Cal's office and rams the heel of a stiletto shoe in his eye, killing him.

Tom injects the food in Cole's car with sesame oil, causing Colin to have a fatal allergic reaction.

[3] After the show was ordered to series, the rest of the first season began shooting in January 2024 [43] and wrapped in late April 2024.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Carrie Preston's standout character from The Good Wife makes for a great detective in this amiable and clever spinoff.

"[50] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".