New TV versions of Training Day and MacGyver are among the six new series ordered by CBS for the 2016-2017 TV season.

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The news comes via The Hollywood Reporter . Training Day is described as a reimagining of the 2001 film. It takes place 15 years after the original and follows a young police officer (Justin Cornwell) as he's promoted to an elite squad in the LAPD where he's partnered with a practiced detective, portrayed by Bill Paxton.Katrina Law, Drew Van Acker, Lex Scott Davis, and Julie Benz will all co-star in the series, which is being written by former LAPD detective Will Beall (Castle) and executive produced by the feature film's director, Antoine Fuqua, among others.MacGyver will be also be a reimagining of its source material. The reboot will follow a 20-something MacGyver, played by Lucas Till (X-Men: Apocalypse), as he solves problems in unique ways to prevent disasters. Henry Winkler, who executive produced the original series, will also serve as an executive producer for the reboot, along with Saw, The Conjuring and Furious 7 director James Wan.CBS' other new series orders include Pure Genius, described as a "Silicon Valley-set medical drama" from Friday Night Lights executive producer Jason Katims, starring Augustus Prew, Dermot Mulroney, Odette Annable, Brenda Song, Reshma Shetty, Ward Horton and Aaron Jennings.The last new drama, Bull, stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Phil McGraw -- yes, he's playing Dr. Phil! -- following "his early career as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time."The multicamera sitcom Man With a Plan stars LeBlanc as a "a contractor who learns that raising his kids is more challenging than expected when his wife goes back to work." The Office's Jenna Fischer was originally going to also star but has left the project.Another multicam comedy, The Great Indoors "centers on an adventure reporter (Joel McHale) who must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine."

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