--- description: CBS announced that it ordered a reboot of The Odd Couple, more than four decades after the classic sitcom first aired, Entertainment Weekly reports. title: The Odd Couple Is Coming Back to Television on CBS image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Odd Couple_ Is Coming Back to TV  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 10:48 PM CUT  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 10:48 PM CUT CBS announced that it [ordered a reboot of _The Odd Couple_,](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/09/cbs-orders-ncis-spinoff-odd-couple/ "undefined") more than four decades after the classic sitcom first aired. The half-hour show, which will be shot with multiple cameras like most seasons of its predecessor, will star Matthew Perry as Oscar and Thomas Lennon as Felix, Entertainment Weekly reports. CBS [picked up the pilot](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/matthew-perrys-odd-couple-reboot-683437 "undefined") in February. The much-loved series, which first aired in 1970 on ABC, followed two divorced men sharing a New York City apartment and was based on a play by Neil Simon. Announcing more of its 2014-2015 lineup, CBS said it had ordered another _NCIS_ spinoff: _NCIS: New Orleans_ with Scott Bakula. Also on the lineup: _Madam Secretary_, about a female Secretary of State (Tea Leoni), and _Battle Creek_, which follows a team of two detectives with different world views. \[[_Entertainment Weekly_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/09/cbs-orders-ncis-spinoff-odd-couple/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/94819/the-odd-couple-cbs-matthew-perry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/94819/the-odd-couple-cbs-matthew-perry/"},"headline":"The Odd Couple Is Coming Back to TV","datePublished":"2014-05-09T22:48:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:45:59.035Z","description":"The television classic first aired in 1970.","url":"https://time.com/94819/the-odd-couple-cbs-matthew-perry/","keywords":["Television","abc","CBS"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/94819/the-odd-couple-cbs-matthew-perry/","name":"The Odd Couple Is Coming Back to TV"}}]}] ```