Nobody loves going to the DMV — including many of the people working there. CBS is betting that truth will make for must-watch TV with its new workplace comedy DMV, premiering October 13.
The single-camera series stars Tim Meadows and Harriet Dyer as part of a rag-tag team of employees at a (fictional) East Hollywood DMV office. Meadows stars as Gregg, a misanthropic former English teacher who needles Colette while she pines after new hire Noa (Alex Tarrant). Dyer plays Colette, a driving examiner whose daily tests bring her closer to catastrophe than she’d like — at one point, she updates a whiteboard that reads: “It has been 0 tests since I nearly died.”
Also in the ensemble are Tony Cavalero as Vic, a bouncer-turned-DMV hardliner who relishes flunking drivers; Molly Kearney as Barbara, a newly promoted manager brimming with good intentions but lacking execution; and Gigi Zumbado as Ceci, a blunt photographer unafraid to speak her mind.
The trailer leans into all-too-familiar Los Angeles driving woes — endless traffic jams, questionable drivers, and of course, those dreaded DMV lines.
CBS is already showing strong confidence in the series, handing DMV a Back 7 order that expands its freshman run from 13 to 20 episodes. That move keeps production continuous and signals momentum for the comedy, which began as an off-cycle pilot and tested well enough to earn a straight-to-series order earlier this year.
Created by Dana Klein, the series comes from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV, and CBS Studios. Klein, Matt Kuhn, Kaplan, Trilling, Robyn Meisinger, and Trent O’Donnell (who directed the pilot) all serve as executive producers.
DMV premieres October 13 at 8:30 p.m. following the final season premiere of The Neighborhood and will stream live and on demand on Paramount+.