Shemar Moore left Criminal Minds at the end of Season 11 then was back in primetime CBS the next year as star of S.W.A.T. His show was just renewed as well.
If Broke is a hit for Pauley Perrette, she’ll be the latest in a line of actors who left long-running CBS procedurals to anchor a new CBS show.
Michael Weatherly left NCIS at the end of Season 13, then returned in the fall as star of Bull, which was just renewed for a fourth season.