Walker star/executive producer Jared Padalecki ‘s re-teaming with the CW series’ executive producer/showrunner Anna Fricke is advancing at CBS . The network has given a development/writers room order to the untitled medical drama. The project, from CBS Studios where Fricke is under an overall deal and Padalecki has a first-look pact, was set up at CBS for development in January.

That is not typically a broadcast buying window but since switching to long-term, year-round development two years ago, CBS has been leaning heavily into off-cycle orders after a lengthy development process that sometimes includes writers rooms.

CBS recently gave a series order to Robert and Michelle King’s legal drama Cupertino starring Mike Colter, which also went through a writers room order after

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