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Following in the footsteps of Under the Dome, Extant and Zoo, CBS has given a 13 episode order to zombie comedy BrainDead for summer 2016.

The series follows an eager young Capitol Hill staffer starting her first job in Washington who discovers the federal government has stopped working – because alien spawn have eaten the brains of Congressmen and other Hill staffers. It was created by Robert and Michelle King who noted, “We wanted to do a show that was a mix of genre-pulp and high-brow politics – The Strain crossed with The West Wing. It seemed like the best way to address the news today – not straight, but as the opening act of a horror movie.”