EXCLUSIVE : There is a major cast departure on CBS ‘ upcoming FBI offshoot CIA . Michael Michele , one of the series’ leads, has left, sources tell Deadline. CIA , headlined by Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss, has been in production for more than a month, targeting a midseason premiere. There are rumblings that Michele would be recast but that has not been confirmed and appears unclear at the moment.

This is the second major change on the crime drama, which was picked up in April with a straight-to-series order, following a showrunner switch over the summer .

CIA centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent (Gehlfuss) who believes in the rule of law. When this odd co

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