CBS’s Elsbeth returns for season four with Tony winner Nicole Scherzinger guest starring as a marriage counselor and Gloria Reubens back as Claudia Payne. Season four, episode one – “Crazy in Love” – will air on October 8, 2026. New episodes of season four arrive on Thursdays at 9pm ET/PT.
Carrie Preston is back in the titular role, and Wendell Pierce returns as Captain C.W. Wagner. Sarah Beckett wrote the season four premiere and Nancy Hower directs.
Season 4, Episode 1 “Crazy in Love” Plot – Elsbeth crosses paths with renowned marriage counselor Serena Collyer (Scherzinger), whose cool demeanor hides a murderous and messy passion. Also, Teddy sets a wedding date.
Elsbeth Season 4 Details, Courtesy of CBS:
“Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston returns as Elsbeth Tascioni, the brilliant yet unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to track down New York’s most entitled murderers utilizing her unique, intuitive point of view. The critically acclaimed series enters its fourth season with fresh cases, family drama and new pressures on Elsbeth and the 11th Precinct, led by her boss, Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce).”
Jonathan Tolins serves as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Robert King, Michelle King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Bryan Goluboff, Gail Barringer, and Leah Nanako Winkler.
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