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March 4, 2011 / 3:45 AM

CBS sets April debut date for 'Chaos'

Cast member Freddy Rodriguez attends the premiere of the film "Nothing Like the Holidays" in Los Angeles on December 3, 2008. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten)

Cast member Freddy Rodriguez attends the premiere of the film "Nothing Like the Holidays" in Los Angeles on December 3, 2008. (UPI Photo/ Phil McCarten) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (UPI) -- CBS says it has scheduled an April premier date for its new U.S. comedic drama series, "Chaos."

The show -- starring Freddy Rodriguez, Eric Close, Christina Cole, Kurtwood Smith, James Murray, Tim Blake Nelson and Carmen Ejogo -- is to premiere April 1, the network said Thursday.

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The series focuses on a group of rogue CIA spies in the Office of Disruptive Services who combat threats to national security amid bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting, CBS said in a synopsis.

Tom Spezialy and Brett Ratner are the executive producers of the show for 20th Century Fox Television.

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