September 2024

THE EQUALIZER is a reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award® nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah (“Chicago,” “Bessie”) as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall presents to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is The Equalizer – an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who’s also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption. Robyn’s clandestine work and her personal life often collide when her smart and observant daughter, Delilah, and her aunt Vi, who lives with Robyn to help her balance life as a working mother, struggle to conceal her vigilante career. While Robyn worries about the mental and emotional toll her work exacts on her family, she is joined in her pursuit of justice by Melody “Mel” Bayani, an edgy bar owner and sniper from Robyn’s past who recently quit the Equalizer team to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder; and Harry Keshegian, a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker married to Mel. As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, she sometimes works with Marcus Dante, an NYPD detective and trusted friend who respects the need for Robyn’s type of justice even as he often questions her methods.

The fifth season premieres Sunday, Oct. 20 (8:30-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and is available live and on demand on the CBS app and Paramount+.

ON AIR:

Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT)

ORIGINATION:

New York

FORMAT:	Drama (Filmed in HD)

STARRING:	Queen Latifah	(Robyn McCall)
	Tory Kittles	(Detective Marcus Dante)
	Adam Goldberg	(Harry Keshegian)
	Liza Lapira	(Melody “Mel” Bayani)
	Laya DeLeon Hayes	(Delilah)
WITH:	Lorraine Toussaint	(Viola “Vi” Marsette)

PRODUCED BY:	Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with CBS Studios
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:	Joseph C. Wilson, Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), Debra Martin Chase, Shakim Compere, John Davis, John Fox, Loretha Jones and Rob Hanning
CREATED BY:	Developed for television by Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller, as based on the original series co-created by Richard Lindheim

X: @TheEqualizerCBS, @CBS, @CBSTweet

Instagram: @TheEqualizerCBS, @CBSTV

Facebook: @TheEqualizerCBS

TikTok: @CBS, @TheEqualizerCBS

X: @TheEqualizerCBS

Cast and crew on social:

	X	Instagram
Queen Latifah	@IAMQUEENLATIFAH	@queenlatifah
Tory Kittles	@ToryKittles	@torykittles
Adam Goldberg	@TheAdamGoldberg	@theadamgoldberg
Liza Lapira	@lizalapira	@lizalapira
Laya DeLeon Hayes	@layahayes	@layadeleonhayes
Lorraine Toussaint	@LPToussaint	@lorrainetoussaint
Joseph C. Wilson	@JoeyWilson57	@JoeyWilson57
Debra Martin Chase	@DebraMChase	@debramchase

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Press Contacts:

Noelle Llewellyn	noelle.llewellyn@cbs.com
Victoria Saavedra	Victoria.Saavedra@paramount.com

 

Photo Contact:

Mary Kouw

mary.kouw@cbs.com

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