Quantico (TV series)

Quantico is an American drama thriller series that premiered on ABC on September 27, 2015. The series was created by Joshua Safran and was produced by ABC Studios. Mark Gordon and Safran serve as executive producers.

Priyanka Chopra stars as Alex Parrish, a bright FBI recruit, who after graduating from the FBI Academy, joins the agency and later becomes a prime suspect of a terrorist attack on Grand Central Terminal. The cast includes Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington, Graham Rogers, Anabelle Acosta as her fellow recruits, and Josh Hopkins and Aunjanue Ellis as their trainers at the FBI academy, Quantico, Virginia. In season two, Russell Tovey, Pearl Thusi, Aarón Díaz and Blair Underwood were added to the main cast following the CIA plot elements.

ABC originally ordered 13 episodes for the first season, and picked up the show for a full season with subsequent orders in October and November to a total of 22 episodes. On March 3, 2016, ABC renewed Quantico for a second season, which premiered on September 25, 2016. The series has received positive reviews from critics and was watched by 8.05 million viewers in Nielsen ratings the first season.