Who was NCIS: LA dedicated to?

Q: Who was NCIS: Los Angeles dedicated to?

NCIS Los Angeles pays tribute to Michele Poulik. Michele Poulik was a longtime crew member on the CBS crime drama. She started working on the show as a set decorator in 2009 and continued on up until her death on August 2, 2021.

Q: Why is Linda Hunt not on NCIS: LA anymore?

Back in October 2020, Gemmill told TVLine that Hunts absence was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Were doing everything we can to keep everyone safe, and Linda is a little extra special in terms of how we have to look out for her, he said at the time.

Q: Who was NCIS dedicated to tonight?

NCIS paid tribute Monday night to the CBS shows longtime audience liaison Harriet Margulies, who died October 30 in Northridge after suffering a stroke. She was 94. The show honored Margulies with an In Memoriam” tribute card at the end of Monday nights episode.

Learn more about Michele Poulik, the subject of the ending title card to Sunday's episode.

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Who is Michele Poulik?
Why did NCIS: Los Angeles pay tribute to her?
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Who was NCIS: Los Angeles dedicated to?
Why is Linda Hunt not on NCIS: LA anymore?
What does NCIS: Los Angeles stand for?
Who was NCIS dedicated to tonight?

NCIS: Los Angeles returned on Sunday night with its season 13 premiere and also a tribute to one of its own.

At the end of Sunday's episode, "Subject 17," a title card popped up that read: "In loving memory of Michele Poulik whose smile, presence, and laughter, lit up every day."

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'NCIS Los Angeles' pays tribute to Michele Poulik.

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Michele Poulik was a longtime crew member on the CBS crime drama. She started working on the show as a set decorator in 2009 and continued on up until her death on August 2, 2021. Poulik endured a long battle with cancer, but died surrounded by her sister, Janet, friends, and her two dogs, Daisy and LuLa.

After flirting with acting in the last 1980s, Poulik began working in set designing in 1990. She was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for her work on HBO's From the Earth to the Moon. Other TV credits include The Cleaner and Eli Stone. Poulik's designs were featured on more than 280 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles. Her final credit was the season 12 finale, "A Tale of Two Igors," which aired on May 23, 2021.

NCIS: Los Angeles airs Sundays at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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NCIS: Los Angeles October 11, 2021

Who is Michele Poulik? At the end of tonight’s NCIS: Los Angeles season 13 premiere, there was a dedication to her before the credits. This is a title card tribute, which are used in the world of TV to honor someone whose contributions to the show were invaluable prior to their unfortunate passing.

When it comes to Poulik, we are speaking about someone who was extremely important to the world of the CBS crime drama for over a decade. She was a set decorate for well over 200 episodes and made sure that every location looked true-to-life and as though Sam, Callen, and the rest of the cast would inhabit it. This is a job that never receives the sort of praise and recognition that it deserves, but we’re more than happy to see that NCIS: LA paid her proper tribute at the end of tonight. When you work together for so many years you become a family; you look out for one another through the incredibly long days and nights. We’ve heard many of the cast and crew even speak on that; they film as many as 24 episodes a season! That’s a lot of time to get to know your colleagues.

Poulik passed away over the course of the summer, following the end of season 12 and leading up to the season 13 premiere. This was the first opportunity that NCIS: LA had to honor her and they made sure to waste no time in doing so. They also made it clear in the title card that Michele’s “smile, presence, and laughter, lit up every day.” That added bit of attention made the card stand out further and give viewers that extra window into who she was as a person beyond just the work.

In addition to being a set decorator on NCIS: Los Angeles, some of Poulik’s other credits included Eli Stone, The Shield, and The Comeback. She had decades’ worth of experience in the field, and that shows just how much she was cared for and respected within the industry.

Our thoughts go out to Michele Poulik’s friends and loved ones during what must remain an incredibly difficult time for all of them. (Photo: CBS.)

FANS of hit crime show NCIS: Los Angeles were left emotional after a heart wrenching tribute appeared in the first episode of season 13.

The premiere honoured Michele Poulik, a set designer for the show who tragically passed away on August 2, 2021.

NCIS: Los Angeles returned for its 13th series on October 10, 2021

Who is Michele Poulik?

Michele Poulik was a longtime crew member on NCIS: Los Angeles and worked on the show from 2009 up until her death following a lengthy battle with cancer on August 2, 2021.

She died surrounded by her sister, Janet, friends, and her two dogs, Daisy and LuLa.

Michele began her career in set design in 1990 after briefly pursuing acting in the late 1980s.

Her reputation for creating beautiful and realistic sets gained widespread acclaim and she was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for her work on HBO's From The Earth To The Moon.

Ultimately, Michele's designs were featured on more than 280 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, with her final credit being for the series 12 finale, A Tale Of Two Igors, which aired on May 23, 2021.

Why did NCIS: Los Angeles pay tribute to her?

The cast and crew paid tribute to the late Michele during the premiere episode of series 13.

Subject 17's title card honored Michele's life, as well as her work on the long running show, and added that her "smile, presence and laughter, lit up every day".

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Michele Poulik worked on the hit crime show for more than a decade

The show's newest series, which kicked off on Sunday, October 10, 2021, is the first in more than ten years not to feature Michele's work.

After the tribute, fans took to Twitter to share their sympathies with the cast, crew and their fellow viewers.

One fan wrote: "She did phenomenal work. May she rest in peace."

Another added: "What an awesome lady. NCISLA thanks for the dedication to such an awesome person. She will be missed."

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Who was NCIS: Los Angeles dedicated to?

'NCIS Los Angeles' pays tribute to Michele Poulik. Michele Poulik was a longtime crew member on the CBS crime drama. She started working on the show as a set decorator in 2009 and continued on up until her death on August 2, 2021.

Why is Linda Hunt not on NCIS: LA anymore?

Back in October 2020, Gemmill told TVLine that Hunt's absence was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're doing everything we can to keep everyone safe, and Linda is a little extra special in terms of how we have to look out for her," he said at the time.

What does NCIS: Los Angeles stand for?

Premise. NCIS: Los Angeles follows Special Agents Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) and G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell), undercover agents assigned to the Office of Special Projects, a special branch of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

Who was NCIS dedicated to tonight?

NCIS paid tribute Monday night to the CBS show's longtime audience liaison Harriet Margulies, who died October 30 in Northridge after suffering a stroke. She was 94. The show honored Margulies with an “In Memoriam” tribute card at the end of Monday night's episode.