CBS is giving an early vote of confidence to one of its first-year series.
The network has ordered seven additional episodes of of DMV, a single-camera comedy set at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Los Angeles. The seven extra shows will bring the show to a full-season order of 20 episodes.
It’s somewhat unusual for a broadcast network to extend a full-season order before a show debuts — DMV is scheduled to premiere Oct. 13 — but CBS has liked the episodes it has seen thus far. DMV landed a series order in April and is nearing the end of production on its initial set of 13 episodes.
The series, from creator Dana Klein (Friends, 9JKL) and CBS Studios, follows the underpaid workers at the East Hollywood DMV office as they navigate workplace politics and relationships and interact with customers who would rather be anywhere else. The cast includes Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Molly Kearney, Alex Tarrant and Gigi Zumbado.
Klein wrote the pilot episode of DMV and serves as showrunner. She executive produces Matt Kuhn, Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling of TrillTV and Robyn Meisinger. Trent O’Donnell executive produced and directed the pilot.
DMV is one of four new series CBS will debut in the fall, along with dramas Boston Blue and Sheriff Country and music competition The Road.
Deadline first reported the full-season order.