CBS Moves Sci-fi Comedy BRAINDEAD to Sundays to Make Room for Political Conventions

CBS announced today that its new comic sci-fi series BRAINDEAD will move to Sundays beginning July 24 at 10 PM, replacing encore broadcasts of Elementary, in order to make room for coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

In addition, CBS's SCORPION will air Monday (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on July 18 and July 25, leading into CBS News coverage of the National Conventions. Effective Monday, August 1, SCORPION shifts to 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT, following a two-hour comedy block from 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT.

Starring Broadway's Aaron Tveit (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, GREASE LIVE) and Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (BOOK OF MORMON), "BrainDead" is a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel, a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of Congress members and Hill staffers. The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into THE FAMILY business when her brother, Luke, the Democratic whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his Senate office.

On the Hill, Laurel becomes unlikely friends with Gareth, the smart, hardworking Legislative Director to a top Republican, Senator Red Wheatus. Her other allies include Gustav, an eccentric genius who is the first in D.C. to recognize that something sinister is attacking the Capitol, and Rochelle, a medical student who teams up with Laurel and Gustav to protect and defend the citizens of D.C. from an untimely fate. As the tiny bugs continue to multiply, Laurel and her allies must work quickly to identify the other-worldly creatures, stop their infiltration and ultimately save the world.

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