Rush Hour (U.S. TV series continuation)

Rush Hour is an American police procedural comedy television series developed by Blake McCormick and Bill Lawrence that is based on the popular film franchise of the same name created by Ross LaManna. Similar to the films, the series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership. CBS placed a series order on May 8, 2015. The show premiered on March 31, 2016. On May 16, 2016, CBS canceled the show after one season. On May 26, 2016, CBS removed the show from its schedule. However, they later announced the show will return on July 23 to burn off the remaining episodes.

On September 5th, 2016, Netflix picked up the show for a second season, slated to premiere in summer 2017.

Main

 * Justin Hires as Detective James Steven Carter, a reckless LAPD detective who is partnered with a serious detective from Hong Kong, Detective Lee. He is based on the character that Chris Tucker portrayed in the Rush Hour film series.
 * Jon Foo as Detective Jonathan Lee, a strict detective from Hong Kong who is partnered with a brash detective from the LAPD, Detective Carter. He is based on the character that Jackie Chan portrayed in the Rush Hour film series. Unlike in the films, Lee does not carry a firearm on the job, due to being haunted by having to kill someone with one in Hong Kong sometime before the series.
 * Aimee Garcia as Sergeant Didi Diaz, Carter's former partner. After her son Derrick was born, she decided to work from her desk instead of on the streets. To avoid her from being humiliated from the other cops, Carter took the heat and let them believe that he dumped her as a partner.
 * Page Kennedy as Gerald Page, a low life criminal and Carter's cousin who is secretly his and Lee's informant to help them solve cases. When he was 16, he and Carter robbed a man outside a liquor store with a unloaded BB gun. When the cops arrived, he told Carter to run, believing that his cousin had more potential in life than he ever would.
 * Wendie Malick as Captain Lindsay Cole, Carter's and Lee's no nonsense captain. She gets annoyed with Carter's wild behavior when he's on a case, but also recognizes that he's a great detective. She finds Detective Lee extremely attractive.
 * Jessika Van as MSS Agent/Officer Kim Lee (season 2-present; season 1, recurring), a former Hong Kong police officer and Lee's younger sister. When she first arrived in Los Angeles, she joined the Quantou, a dangerous Chinese crime organization, believing that her big brother wasn't letting her live up to her full potential as a cop. In "Assault on Precinct 7", she is revealed to be an MSS agent undercover in the organization, but opts to keep this hidden from Lee to protect him.
 * Kirk Fox as Detective Don "Donovan" Ovan (season 2-present; season 1, recurring), a detective who works with Carter and Lee. He and Carter have a strong dislike for each other.
 * Ben Rosenfield as Officer Ronnie Bryant (season 2-present), a young rookie officer who joins the squad. A young genius prodigy, and licensed doctor, Ronnie left the medical practice to pursue police work.
 * Kristin Kreuk as A.D.A. Isabelle Yang (season 2-present), an Assisant District Attorney who is assigned to work with the squad and Lee's love interest

Recurring

 * Steele Gagnon as Derrick Diaz, Didi's young son.
 * Annasophia Robb as Cassie Wilbourne (season 2-), Ronnie's ex-girlfriend, tech analyst and reserve LAPD officer. She and Ronnie have a young son Lucas, which Ronnie finds out about later on (season 2-)
 * Brock Brenner as Lucas Bryant (season 2-), Ronnie and Cassie's precocious son.
 * Zac Efron as Detective Logan Bryant (season 2-), Ronnie's older brother
 * Tequan Richmond as Officer Roger Ellison (season 2-), Ronnie's best friend
 * Nicole Beharie as Agent Kendra Patrick (season 3-), an ATF Agent and Carter's love interest.
 * Jerry Ferrara as Hector Amonte (season 4-), Cassie replacement
 * Jim Caviezel as Lieutenant Harmon Grey (season 5-), Captain Cole's replacement when she is reassigned in the fourth season

Guest Stars

 * Robyn Lively as FBI Agent Myers
 * Byron Mann as Fong
 * Diedrich Bader as CIA Agent Westhusing
 * Lyman Chen as MSS agent Joseph Yun
 * James Hong as Dragon
 * Lewis Tan as Cheng
 * Rich Ting as Zhou Tu
 * Doug Savant as D.A. Ginardi
 * George Cheung as Captain Chen
 * Vernee Watson as "Grandma", Carter's and Gerald's foster mother.
 * Janel Parrish as Nina
 * Bobby Lashley as Bar Thug

Broadcast
The series premiered on CBS in the United States on March 31, 2016. It aired on E4 in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2016 and in Australia on June 9, 2016.

Filming locations
Among the locations used for filming the new series were three places in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California: Roscoe Boulevard in Canoga Park, and two locations in Studio City: Universal Inn on Ventura Boulevard, and Vista Pointe II Apartments on Aqua Vista Street.

Reception
Rush Hour has been met with generally mixed to negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 24% "rotten" rating. Its critical consensus states: "Lackluster chemistry and uninspired plotting prevent Rush Hour from living up to its namesake."