EVIL TV PILOT PLUS

The Kings assembled the “Evil” writers’ room over Zoom in spring 2020, after production on “The Good Fight” shut down because of COVID.

EVIL TV PILOT PLUS

Moving to Paramount Plus means that the show’s sexual undercurrents can be less subtextual, they can swear, and they’re not, as Robert King puts it, “bound into that 42-minute straitjacket.” They assess potentially demonic possessions, with a will-they-or-won’t-they twist - and Kristen herself may be, uh, possessed.

“Evil” revolves around Catholic Church investigator David Acosta (Mike Colter), a soon-to-be-priest who’s a true believer, and forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers), who’s a skeptic. “We were an expensive show for CBS,” according to Robert King. That was true budgetwise too, because of the show’s visual effects, the creators say. Isn’t that peculiar?’” Michelle King says. “Everybody, including us, had been saying, ‘Well, we’re sort of doing a streaming show on the network. The switch to Paramount Plus certainly makes sense to the Kings, given “Evil’s” sensibilities - and considering that when the show went to Netflix in October, there was an explosion of excitement on social media.

Now, their two shows will premiere within days of each other, with “Evil” Season 2 coming June 20 and the fifth season of “The Good Fight” premiering on June 24.

“We’re just the silly creatives that are like, ‘OK, guide us along - tell us why this is a good idea!’” Robert King says.

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