Way back in the fall of 2003, CBS premiered a brand-new show starring actor Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Of course, we're talking about the beloved drama NCIS, which is not only still on TV today—and still starring Mark, by the way—but has also inspired spin-offs like NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans. Show
Clearly, the series is very popular, but even longtime fans might be (sheepishly) wondering: What does the term NCIS even mean? Don't feel bad if you fall into this category. After all, the show is known by its acronym, so it's completely understandable why many are unaware of what the four letters stand for. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.  We can’t wait to see more of Gibbs and McGee on season 17 Michael YarishNCIS is actually short for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Obviously that's quite a mouthful, so it makes sense why they shortened it! Although the characters and story lines are fictional, there is an NCIS in real life. It is, "the civilian federal law enforcement agency uniquely responsible for investigating felony crime, preventing terrorism, and protecting secrets for the Navy and Marine Corps," according to the website. The hit series follows a group of special agents from the Navy who are based in Washington D.C. Interestingly enough, NCIS wasn't actually the original name of the show. During season 1, it was called Navy NCIS, but "Navy" was eventually dropped and it took on the title it has today. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Of course, lifelong viewers are well aware the name isn't the only major change the series has seen in the past 16 seasons. Although a few of the original actors are still around, including Sean Murray who plays Timothy McGee, there was a huge cast shakeup after season 15. Fan-favorite Pauley Perrette, who played Abby Sciuto since the very beginning, said goodbye to the show. Although her departure was a bummer, the show hasn't missed a beat since Pauley left, as proven by its renewal for season 17 this fall. Catch Up on 'NCIS'Season 1 NCIS Season 8 NCIS Now 50% Off Season 13 NCIS Now 60% Off Season 16 NCIS This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
NCIS is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres. The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series JAG (season eight episodes 20 and 21: "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"). A spin-off from JAG, the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date it has entered into the twentieth full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS franchise. As of 2022, NCIS is the third-longest-running scripted, non-animated U.S. primetime TV series currently airing, surpassed only by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present) and Law & Order (1990–2010; 2022–present); it is the 7th-longest-running scripted U.S. primetime TV series overall. The series originally had the partly redundant title Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service; this was later shortened to NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service and then to NCIS. In season six, a two-part episode led to a spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles. A two-part episode during the eleventh season led to a second spin-off series, NCIS: New Orleans. Though initially slow in the ratings, barely cracking the Top 30 in the first two seasons, the third season showed progress, consistently ranking in the top 20, and by its sixth season, it became a top-five hit, having remained there since. In 2011, NCIS was voted America's favorite television show in an online Harris Poll. The series finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during the 2012–13 network television season. On April 15, 2021, NCIS was renewed for a nineteenth season, which premiered on September 20, 2021, with its next spin-off, NCIS: Hawaiʻi.[1][2] On March 31, 2022, NCIS was renewed for a twentieth season,[3] which premiered on September 19, 2022.[4] Premise[edit]NCIS is an American police procedural drama television series, revolving around a fictional team of Special Agents of the Major Case Response Team from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the primary federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy, which investigates criminal activities involving the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps and their families. Based at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., the NCIS team was led by Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Scout Sniper and a skilled investigator until late season 18. Cast and characters[edit]Mark Harmon stars as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (from left) Duane Henry, Brian Dietzen, Sean Murray; (right) Wilmer Valderrama
Episodes[edit]As of December 5, 2022, 444 episodes of NCIS have aired. Backdoor pilots[edit]JAG[edit]Two episodes of JAG season 8, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown", serve as the backdoor pilot of NCIS itself. These JAG episodes introduced the characters of Jethro Gibbs, Anthony DiNozzo, Vivian Blackadder, Abby Sciuto, and Donald "Ducky" Mallard. Patrick Labyorteaux appears on NCIS reprising his JAG role as Lt. Bud Roberts in the first-season episode "Hung Out to Dry", in the fourteenth-season episode "Rogue", and in the season fifteen episode "Dark Secrets"; Alicia Coppola returned as Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman in "UnSEALed", "Call of Silence", and "Hometown Hero", while Adam Baldwin returned as Cmdr. Michael Rainer in "A Weak Link", and John M. Jackson appeared as retired Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden in the season ten episode "Damned If You Do". NCIS: Los Angeles[edit]The two-part NCIS season 6 episode "Legend" serves as the backdoor pilot of NCIS: Los Angeles. "Legend" introduces Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen, LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, and Barrett Foa as Eric Beale. Rocky Carroll recurs on NCIS: Los Angeles as his NCIS character Director Leon Vance, while Pauley Perrette has appeared twice as Abby, and Michael Weatherly has appeared once as Anthony DiNozzo. NCIS guest stars reprising roles between series include David Dayan Fisher as CIA Officer Trent Kort, in the season finale of NCIS: Los Angeles; Kelly Hu as Lee Wuan Kai in NCIS: Los Angeles and later in an episode of NCIS. John M. Jackson has appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles as his JAG character Admiral A. J. Chegwidden, while this series has also crossed over with Hawaii Five-0 and Scorpion. NCIS: New Orleans[edit]The two-part NCIS season 11 episode "Crescent City" serves as the backdoor pilot of NCIS: New Orleans. "Crescent City" introduces Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride, Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody, and CCH Pounder as Loretta Wade. Rocky Carroll recurs as Director Leon Vance, while NCIS series regulars Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, David McCallum and Brian Dietzen have all appeared as their NCIS characters. NCIS recurring cast members Meredith Eaton, Joe Spano, Diane Neal, and Leslie Hope have all guest-starred on NCIS: New Orleans. Production[edit]A look at behind the scenes filming in 2009. Name[edit]Before the launch of the first season, advertisements on CBS identified the show as "Naval CIS". By the time of the launch of the first episode, NCIS was airing under the name Navy NCIS, the name it held for the entire first season. Since the "N" in NCIS stands for "Naval", the name "Navy NCIS" was redundant. The decision to use this name was reportedly made by CBS, over the objections of Bellisario,[5] who preferred the old title because he felt it would:
Development[edit]In 2011, NCIS was voted America's favorite television show in an online Harris Poll.[7] NCIS finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during the 2012–13 network television season.[8] Diona Reasonover joined the main cast in season sixteen,[9] following the departures of Duane Henry and Pauley Perrette.[10] NCIS was renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019,[11] which premiered on September 24, 2019,[12] and for an eighteenth season in May 2020. The season premiered on November 17, 2020.[13] Flair[edit]From the season two episode "Lt. Jane Doe" onwards, the series began showing two-second-long black-and-white clips. These clips (called "phoofs")[14] are shown at the beginning of every segment depicting the last two seconds of that segment, a segment being the five or six portions of the show meant to be separated by commercials. Additionally, starting with the season three premiere, "Kill Ari (Part I)," a freeze-frame shot was also used at the very end of most episodes as well. Crew changes[edit]It was reported in May 2007 that Donald P. Bellisario would be stepping down from the show.[15] Due to a disagreement with series star Mark Harmon, Bellisario's duties as showrunner/head writer were to be given to long-time show collaborators, including co-executive producer Chas. Floyd Johnson and Shane Brennan, with Bellisario retaining his title as executive producer.[16] In fall 2009,[clarification needed] Gary Glasberg joined the crew and became the new "day-to-day" runner of NCIS because Shane Brennan had to focus on his new show, the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.[17] On September 28, 2016, Glasberg died in his sleep at the age of 50.[18][19] Release[edit]Broadcast[edit]NCIS airs on Network Ten and TV Hits (formerly TV1)[20] in Australia,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Global (syndicated on sister channels Showcase and Lifetime) in Canada, TV3 and The Box in New Zealand, Seriale+ (premieres), TVN (free-TV premieres), TVN7 (reruns), AXN (reruns), (India) Fox Crime, Star World India (Pakistan) ARY Digital, ARY Zindagi, TVOne Pakistan and TV Puls (reruns) in Poland, Disney+ Hotstar and Rock Entertainment in Southeast Asia, CBS Justice, Channel 5 and 5USA in the United Kingdom, M6 in France, RTÉ2 in Ireland, Rai 2 in Italy, and ION Television in USA. Home media[edit]The first 17 seasons of NCIS have been released in Regions 1, 2, and 4. In Germany (Region 2), seasons 1–4 and 5–8 were released in two separate sets for each season. The first-season DVD omits the two introductory episodes from season eight of JAG, though they are featured on the JAG season eight DVD. Other releases[edit]In 2010, CBS Interactive and GameHouse released a mobile video game, NCIS: The Game for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and BREW/J2ME. The game features five different cases written by the show's writers.[28] On November 1, 2011, Ubisoft released a video game adaption of NCIS for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. A Nintendo 3DS version was released on March 6, 2012. The video game was deemed as a mockery of the show by reviewers and players alike, and received a 2/10 rating on GameSpot.[29] There is also a Facebook and mobile game called NCIS: Hidden Crimes.[30][31] TV movies[edit]In the UK, certain NCIS multi-part episodes were edited together to make a combined feature and shown on Channel 5, 5USA, CBS Action and Fox UK. These include: Soundtrack[edit]CBS Records released the show's first soundtrack on February 10, 2009.[46] The Official TV Soundtrack is a two-disc, 22-track set that includes brand new songs from top artists featured prominently in upcoming episodes of the series, as well as the show's original theme by Numeriklab[47] (available commercially for the first time) and a remix of the theme by Ministry. The set also includes songs performed by series regulars Pauley Perrette and Coté de Pablo. A sequel to the soundtrack was released on November 3, 2009. NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack; Vol. 2 is a single-disc, 12-track set that covers songs (many previously unreleased) featured throughout the seventh season of the show, including one recording titled "Bitter and Blue" by Weatherly, as well as two songs used in previous seasons. Reception[edit]In 2016, The New York Times reported that NCIS "is most popular in rural areas", especially in rural Maine and Pennsylvania.[48] Broadcast ratings[edit]Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of NCIS. Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
Franchise[edit]NCIS has produced three spin-offs: NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–), NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021) and NCIS: Hawaiʻi (2021–). NCIS: Los Angeles[edit]In November 2008, it was reported that a first spin-off series set in Los Angeles would be introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during the sixth season of NCIS. The episode title "Legend (Part I)" and "Legend (Part II)", airing on April 28, 2009, and May 5, 2009.[76][77][78] In May 2009, CBS picked up an NCIS spin-off series with the title NCIS: Los Angeles.[79] The series stars Chris O'Donnell as Special Agent G. Callen,[80] LL Cool J as Special Agent Sam Hanna,[80][81] Louise Lombard as Special Agent Lara Macy, Peter Cambor as Operational Psychologist Nate Getz, and Daniela Ruah as Special Agent Kensi Blye.[82][83] Following the official pick-up by CBS, it was confirmed that Lombard would not continue her role as Special Agent Lara Macy.[84] Linda Hunt and Adam Jamal Craig were added the cast as OSP Manager Henrietta Lange and Special Agent Dom Vail respectively.[85] Craig, would not be returning for second season and was replaced by Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks promoted to series regular.[86] Characters from NCIS have appeared in the spin-off. Rocky Carroll portrayed Leon Vance in a recurring role,[87][88][89] and Pauley Perrette portrayed Abby Sciuto, with a guest appearance in the season 1 episodes "Killshot" and "Random on Purpose".[88][89][90] NCIS: Los Angeles was created by Shane Brennan. In April 2011, NCIS creator Donald Bellisario sued CBS over NCIS: Los Angeles because of his contract which gave him "first opportunity" to develop a spin-off or sequel;[91] the lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in June 2012. However, discussions continued between CBS and Bellisario, and in January 2013 the dispute was settled outside of court a week before it was set to go to trial; the terms of the agreement were not disclosed but were described as being amicable.[92][93][94] NCIS: New Orleans[edit]In September 2013, reported that a second spin-off series set in New Orleans would be introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during the eleventh season of NCIS. The episode title "Crescent City (Part I)" and "Crescent City (Part II)". The episodes were filmed in February 2014, and aired on March 25, 2014, and April 1, 2014. NCIS star Mark Harmon and showrunner Gary Glasberg are the executive producers of the series.[95] Glasberg discussed the idea of the episode with Harmon, who said "That's more than a sweeps episode"[96] (meaning an episode with provocative subject manner and top appeal for television ratings). The premise for the episodes are, according to Glasberg, "all about this tiny little NCIS office that's down [in New Orleans], and the kind of cases that they come across".[97] In May 2014, CBS picked up an NCIS second spin-off series with the title NCIS: New Orleans.[98] The series stars Scott Bakula as Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, Lucas Black as Special Agent Christopher LaSalle, Zoe McLellan as Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody, Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, and CCH Pounder as Dr. Loretta Wade.[99][100][101][102] Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Shalita Grant and Vanessa Ferlito joined the main cast later, portrayed as computer specialist Patton Plame, Special Agent Sonja Percy, and Special Agent Tammy Gregorio, respectively.[103][104] NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans have had two crossovers.
NCIS: Hawaiʻi[edit]On February 16, 2021, it was reported that a spin-off set in Hawaii was in the works from NCIS: New Orleans executive producers Christopher Silber and Jan Nash.[105] On April 23, 2021, it was announced that CBS had given the production a straight-to-series order to the spin-off, and intended to include the franchise's first female lead character.[106] The show debuted on CBS on September 20, 2021, with Vanessa Lachey in the leading role. NCIS: Sydney[edit]On February 16, 2022, it was reported that a spin-off set in Sydney, Australia, will be in the works. NCIS: Los Angeles producer Shane Brennan will be attached to the project. The series will be the first international spin-off for the NCIS franchise, and will feature local Australian actors and producers. It will air on Network 10 in Australia, and be available for streaming worldwide on Paramount+ in 2023.[107][108][109][110] Awards and nominations[edit]NCIS has received many awards and nominations since it premiered on September 23, 2003, including the ALMA Awards, ASCAP Awards, BMI Film & TV Awards, Emmy Awards, and People's Choice Awards. References[edit]
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External links[edit]What does the N mean in NCIS?NCIS is actually short for Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Why did NCIS change its name?The NCIS was formerly known as the Naval Investigative Service. The name was changed in December 1992 as part of a reorganization that also established a civilian director of the NCIS who reports to the Secretary of the Navy through the General Counsel of the Navy.
Is NCIS a spinCriminal Minds already has one CBS spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, which ran for one season in 2010-11. CBS has used the backdoor pilot system on many of its top performers, most notably launching NCIS, now officially the world's most successful scripted series, which started as an episode of JAG.
What show did NCIS spinA spin-off from JAG, the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date it has entered into the twentieth full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS franchise.
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