Melissa Fumero has been cast as a detective in the upcoming CBS procedural Einstein, starring alongside Matthew Gray Gubler. The series, which received a full order in April 2025, follows a professor who assists law enforcement after legal troubles. Fumero's role marks her return to playing a police officer following her time on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Melissa Fumero, known for her role as NYPD detective Amy Santiago on the Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which ran for eight seasons and concluded in 2021, will portray Teri in the CBS drama Einstein. Teri is described as a detective inspector for the New Jersey state police. According to the character breakdown, she is "sharp and disciplined, Teri demands a lot from her colleagues and even more from herself, and feels conflicted about working with Professor Einstein."
The series centers on Lewis Einstein, played by Matthew Gray Gubler, the great-grandson of Albert Einstein. Gubler's character is a tenured professor whose "bad boy antics land him in trouble with the law and he is pressed into service helping a local police detective solve her most puzzling cases." Einstein earned a series order from CBS in April 2025 but was delayed by a year, with a planned debut in the 2026-27 television season.
Fumero's recent television appearances include the short-lived NBC mystery Grosse Pointe Garden Society, as well as roles in Blockbuster, Based on a True Story, and the soap opera One Life to Live. This casting reunites her with procedural elements similar to her Brooklyn Nine-Nine work, where she played a dedicated detective over the show's run.
Variety first reported the news of Fumero's involvement in the project.