Six television series make up the NCIS franchise: NCIS, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawaiʻi, Sydney, and Origins. All series in total amount to 1,024 episodes across 48 seasons of television. The main NCIS series is the longest-running show of the franchise, which premiered its twenty-second season on October 14, 2024.
Series
The first three series (as well as the intended NCIS: Red), were spun off via a two-part episode from an established series, serving in effect as a backdoor pilot.
On February 16, 2021, it was reported that a potential spin-off set in Hawaii is in the works from NCIS: New Orleans executive producers Christopher Silber and Jan Nash.[1] On April 23, 2021, it was announced that CBS had given the production a straight-to-series order to the spin-off, and reportedly intended to include the franchise's first female lead character.[2]
On February 16, 2022, Paramount announced that a spin-off set in Sydney, Australia had been ordered by Network 10 and Paramount+; Shane Brennan has been announced as the showrunner for the spin-off, which will be the first set outside of the United States.[3][4] The series premiered in Australia on Paramount+ on November 10, 2023, and will air on Network 10 in mid 2024.[5][6] It was also announced that in the United States, amid the suspension of other NCIS productions due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, the series would also begin airing on a delayed basis on CBS from November 14.[7] The series will be available for streaming in selected territories internationally on Paramount+.[8]
On January 5, 2024, it was announced that a spin-off and prequel series based on Leroy Jethro Gibbs's early days as an NCIS agent was in the works. Mark Harmon is set to reprise his role as Gibbs in a narrator role.[10] The series is set to air during the 2024–2025 season.[11]
NCIS: Tony & Ziva
On February 28, 2024, it was announced that Paramount+ had ordered another spin-off of NCIS focusing on Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo's characters Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David.[12]
On May 7, 2024, the official Instagram for the NCIS Universe presented a call between Weatherly and de Pablo where the spin-off title was confirmed to be NCIS: Tony & Ziva.[13]
Production began in June 2024 in Budapest.[14][15]
CBS Studios produces Tony and Ziva. John McNamara (The Magicians) is the showrunner and executive produces with Weatherly, de Pablo, Laurie Lieser, Christina Strain, Shelley Meals and Mairzee Almas.[16]
^"Universe" is used to refer to television series outside of the franchise in which franchise characters have appeared, or from which characters have "crossed over" to appear in a franchise series.
This is a complete list of all crossovers, both within the franchise and out of it. All characters, main, recurring, and shared guest stars, are credited.
The NCIS franchise, born of JAG, shares a television universe with Scorpion (via a direct crossover with Los Angeles), First Monday (via an indirect crossover with JAG), Hawaii Five-0 (via a direct crossover with Los Angeles), MacGyver and Magnum P.I. (via crossovers with Hawaii Five-0), and JAG itself (via crossovers with NCIS and Los Angeles).
NCIS, voted America's favorite television series in 2011,[18] finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during 2012–13 U.S. network television season;[19] and is broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide.[20] As of the end of the 2014–15 U.S. network television season, NCIS remains TV's most watched drama series.[21] Spin-off NCIS: New Orleans ended its first season as the second most watched drama on CBS,[21] and the fifth most watched series on TV. NCIS: Los Angeles ended its fifth season as the fourth most watched series on TV, and the second most watched drama.[22]
Games
NCIS (2010)
NCIS is a video game released in 2010 for iOS, published by GameHouse. It's a mix between a hidden object game and a mini-game collection.[23]Gamezebo said that "NCIS is about exactly what you would expect from a licensed game on a mobile phone. It's quick, easy, and simple."[23]AppSpy summarized: "Fans of the TV series may feel like they can get something out of this game, but from the corny lines to the poorly gathered evidence, NCIS: The Game from the TV Show is a game that's hard to recommend at all."[24]
On September 15, 2016, Ubisoft launched a hidden-object mobile game titled NCIS: Hidden Crimes. Developed by Ubisoft Abu Dhabi (who also worked on CSI: Hidden Crimes) in conjunction with CBS Interactive, the game was released for Android & iOS devices.[25]
NCIS TV movies
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:
In November 2012, CBS commissioned a pilot episode for a potential NCIS: Los Angeles spinoff titled NCIS: Red.[40] Written and produced by Shane Brennan, the series would follow "a mobile team of agents who live and work together as they go across the country to solve crimes".[40] On February 6, 2013, John Corbett was cast as retired special agent Roy, the series male lead.[41] Earlier, Miguel Ferrer would join the cast as a series regular, and reprising his NCIS: Los Angeles role,[42]Edwin Hodge had been cast as Kai, an intelligence analyst,[43]Scott Grimes was cast as Dave,[44]Gillian Alexy was cast as Claire,[45] and Kim Raver was cast in the pilot, playing the lead role of Paris.[46] The pilot episode, titled "Red" and "Red-2", aired on March 19 and 26, 2013, during the fourth season of NCIS: Los Angeles. On May 15, 2013, CBS announced that the pilot would not be taken to series.[47] On May 21, 2013, CBS President Nina Tassler stated that "sometimes [spinoffs] work and sometimes they don't. Protecting [the franchise] was really important."[48] CBS was reportedly "open to redeveloping the pilot with a new cast attached",[48] though a second franchise appearance by Scott Grimes in 2017 remains the only continuation of Red to date.
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