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ELSBETH
Air Date: Thursday, April 03, 2025
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#ELS216) "Hot Tub Crime Machine"
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ELSBETH MEETS A DECLUTTERING GURU WHILE INVESTIGATING HER HUSBAND'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN A HOT TUB, ON "ELSBETH," THURSDAY, APRIL 3

Mary-Louise Parker Guest Stars as Decluttering Guru Freya

"Hot Tub Crime Machine" - After a man's suspicious death in a hot tub, Elsbeth consults his wife, Freya (Mary-Louise Parker), a decluttering guru whose less-is-more philosophy and controlling personality appear at odds with her "throuple" relationship, on the CBS Original series ELSBETH, Thursday, April 3 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.

WRITTEN BY: Erica Larson and Jonelle Lightbourne

DIRECTED BY: James Whitmore Jr.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Robert King, Michelle King, Jonathan Tolins, Liz Glotzer, Erica Shelton Kodish, Bryan Goluboff and Gail Barringer with Tolins serving as showrunner







ELSBETH (CBS)
Returns in Fall 2026 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
2/29/24 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
thursdays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (??? episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Season 4 ordered on 1/22/26
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's web site, October 2025) Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni, a brilliant but unconventional attorney working with the NYPD to solve high-profile murders using her sharp intuition. Season 3 brings fresh cases, new faces, and unexpected challenges for Elsbeth and Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce). Elsbeth is based on the fan-favorite character from The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Carra Patterson as Kaya Blanke
· Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni
· Wendell Pierce as C.W. Wagner
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jonathan Tolins as EP
· Liz Glotzer as EP
· Michelle King as CRTR/EP
· Robert King as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· based on a tv series
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CBS Studios
· King Size Productions