• by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, Yesterday

If only there was a third upcoming show to add to this twosome. But sadly, there is not.

As a result, we are left with just two upcoming shows with titles that are rhyming acronyms -- “CIA” and “M.I.A.” The latter officially has periods in the title; the former does not. 

“CIA” premieres on Monday, February 23 on CBS. “M.I.A.” just announced a spring premiere date -- May 7 -- on Peacock.

CIA is the Central Intelligence Agency, the Langley, Virginia-based center of American spycraft and analysis.

In the Peacock show, “M.I.A” is not a reference to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen who have gone missing in the fog of war -- those who are “missing in action.”

Instead, it is said to have two meanings. One of them is Miami International Airport. In the show, a young woman living in the quiet Florida Keys (played by Shannon Gisela, above photo) has dreams of living in what she perceives as the glitz and glamor of Miami. 

But the woman, Etta Tiger Jonze, just happens to be a member of a family that runs drugs through the airport. 

According to Peacock, a tragedy strikes her family and she is then compelled to “embark on a dangerous journey through Miami’s neon-lit underbelly that will define who she is and what she is ultimately capable of.” 

“M.I.A.” may also refer to her sudden, covert absence from her home -- i.e., missing in action. The show is from “Ozark” co-creator Bill Dubuque. 

The new CBS series “CIA” is more straightforward. It is a drama series centered on two government agents, one a CIA agent (Tom Ellis) and the other an FBI agent (Nick Gehlfuss) who is “on loan” to the CIA.

Together, they take on “international plots, terrorist cells and geopolitical secrets,” says CBS. “Their work keeps American safe.” 

“CIA” is from producer Dick Wolf, producer of the “FBI” shows on CBS, the three Chicago dramas on NBC -- “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.” and “Chicago Med,” and all of the “Law & Order” shows.

If “CIA” succeeds, expect an expansion into a universe of “CIA” spinoffs. “CIA: Moscow,” anyone?

Meanwhile, the TV Blog knows of no other TV drama series in the works that are built around an “-I.A.” acronym or any other acronym for an airport or government agency.