Upfronts 2013: CBS Greenlights Legal Drama ‘Reckless,' Comedy ‘Friends With Better Lives'

Network adds third new drama, fifth comedy for next season

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/12/2013 2:41:53 PM

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CBS has added two more new series to its 2013-14 schedule, on Sunday ordering the legal drama Reckless and ensemble comedy Friends With Better Lives.

Set in Charleston, S.C., Reckless centers on a beautiful Yankee litigator and a southern city attorney struggling to hide their attraction to each other while arguing a police sex scandal. The series is from CBS Television Studios.

The multi-camera Friends With Better Lives, from 20^th Century Fox Television in association with Kapital Entertainment, is about a group of 30-something friends who each think to other has it better. The series is from executive producers Dana Klein and Aaron Kaplan and James Burrows directed the pilot.

Reckless joins new drama series Hostages and Intelligence on CBS' lineup. The network also on Friday ordered four comedy pilots to series.