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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
Revision as of 21:14, 12 November 2010
NCIS: Los Angeles | |
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![]() NCIS: Los Angeles logo | |
Genre | Police procedural Drama |
Created by | Shane Brennan |
Starring | Chris O'Donnell Peter Cambor Daniela Ruah Eric Christian Olsen Adam Jamal Craig Barrett Foa Linda Hunt LL Cool J |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Shane Brennan[1] |
Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
Production companies | Shane Brennan Productions CBS Television Studios[2] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 22, 2009 – present |
Related | |
NCIS JAG |
NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American police procedural television series which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009.[3] The series airs following NCIS on Tuesdays.[4]
NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of NCIS,[5][6][7][8][9] which itself was a spinoff of another CBS series, JAG. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season to 22 episodes.[10][11][12] The season was extended again on November 4, 2009, when CBS announced its order for an additional two episodes.[13]
The second season began airing on September 21, 2010, with Eric Christian Olsen (Marty Deeks) joining the cast as a series regular. Olsen appeared in two episodes of the first season as a guest star. Peter Cambor (Nate Getz) was not listed in the opening credits of the first episode, "Human Traffic", as part of the main cast but as a "special guest star", in the second episode he did not appear at all, nor was he listed as a regular, he departed in Season 2, Episode 3, telling Hetty he wants to return to the Middle East.
Production
The show was known as NCIS: Legend while in production (referring to the episode of NCIS in which the spin-off was introduced), and other names considered included NCIS: OSP (Office of Special Projects) and NCIS: Undercover.[9] Filming started in February 2009, with the characters being introduced in the two-part NCIS episode titled "Legend", the first part of which aired on April 28, 2009.[9][14] This episode served as a backdoor pilot for the series, in a manner similar to the introduction of NCIS, which was introduced by way of a two-part episode of JAG.
Chris O'Donnell plays the lead character, G. Callen, a lead agent whose natural talent for undercover work is legendary.[15] LL Cool J plays the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, an ex-Navy SEAL, who works in the undercover unit of NCIS in Los Angeles, and is also fluent in Arabic and an expert on Middle Eastern culture.[8] Peter Cambor and Daniela Ruah are cast as a psychologist named Nate and forensic investigator named Kensi, respectively; Louise Lombard, who had been confirmed to play the role of lead agent Lara Macy, was not a regular in the new series, and the character was killed off during an episode of NCIS.[16][17][18]
Rocky Carroll, who plays Director Leon Vance on NCIS, appeared in six of the first 13 episodes.[19][20] He made a seventh appearance in "Hunted".
Cast
Notable
Actor | Character | Rank | Seasons as Regular | Seasons as Guest |
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Chris O'Donnell | G. Callen | OSP Special Agent in Charge | 1, 2 | —* |
Daniela Ruah | Kensi Blye | OSP Junior Field Agent | 1, 2 | —* |
Peter Cambor | Nate 'Doc' Getz | OSP Psychologist | 1 | 2* |
Eric Christian Olsen | Marty Deeks | OSP / LAPD Liason Officer | 2 | 1 |
Barrett Foa | Eric Beal | OSP Technical Operator | 1, 2 | 1* |
Adam Jamal Craig | Dominic 'Dom' Vail | OSP Junior Field Agent | 1 | 1 |
Renée Felice Smith | Nell Jones | OSP Intelligence Analyst | 2 | 2 |
Linda Hunt | Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange | OSP Operations Manager | 1, 2 | — |
LL Cool J | Sam Hanna | OSP Senior Field Agent | 1, 2 | —* |
Rocky Carroll | Leon Vance | NCIS Director | —** | 1 |
Pauley Perrette | Abby Sciuto | NCIS Forensic Specialist | —** | 1 |
Brian Avers | Mike Renko | NCIS Field Agent | — | 1* |
David Dayan Fisher | Trent Kort | CIA Field Officer | — | 1 |
Louise Lombard | Lara Macy | OSP Special Agent in Charge | — | —* |
- * Guest Starred on the NCIS Los Angeles backdoor pilot "Legend"
- ** Appears as a Main Character on NCIS
Reception
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"Identity", the show's first episode, garnered 18.73 million viewers with a 4.4/11 share in the 18–49 year old demographic and therefore won its timeslot. It was the second most watched show of the week, behind only the original NCIS.[21]
This first episode was moderately well reviewed by critics. According to Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times, "The crime is intriguing and multifaceted, its resolution requiring a nice balance of street smarts and lots of gunfire. But as with the original "NCIS," the emphasis is on the characters of the team... Los Angeles, meanwhile, looks fabulous, a pleasing mixture of noir and gridlock, and there's an air of stability that's comforting in these uncertain times."[22] The New York Daily News reviewer, David Hinckley, was more critical of the show saying that although "It all adds up to an hour of decent entertainment, and there's room for enough character development to give "NCIS: Los Angeles" a personality of its own, ... a premiere episode shouldn't feel even a little like something we've already seen."[23]
Tom Shales of The Washington Post felt that "NCIS: Los Angeles gets the job done ... It's a procedural that follows strictly the established procedure, but it has likable characters, dislikable bad guys and the occasional flabbergasting shot of L.A."[24] Robert Bianco of USA Today summarized it as a "serviceable hour that takes the NCIS formula—a light tone and a lot of banter wrapped around a fairly rudimentary investigatory plot—and transfers it to a special, undercover NCIS division in Los Angeles. Nothing more, but also nothing less."[25] The Hollywood Reporter compared the show to The A-Team with "the same lighthearted approach to life-or-death situations. Maybe the biggest change is that "NCIS: L.A." achieves its inevitably favorable outcomes with a little more intellect and a little less testosterone."[26] IGN stated that although "NCIS: Los Angeles doesn't exactly reinvent the police procedural... it's another above-average entry, aided by the fact that the people behind the show know what they're doing" and ultimately gave the episode a 7.7/10.[27]
Ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS.
- Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
Season | Episodes | Timeslot (EST) | Original airing | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | ||
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Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | |||||
1st | 24 | Tuesday 9:00pm/8c | September 22, 2009 | May 25, 2010[28] | 2009–10 | #9 | 16.08[29] |
2nd | 24 | Tuesday 9:00pm/8c | September 21, 2010 | — | 2010–11 | — | 15.73 (to date) |
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Intro | 2 | April 28, 2009 | May 5, 2009 | |
1 | 24 | September 22, 2009 | May 25, 2010 | |
2 | 24 | September 21, 2010 | May 17, 2011 | |
3 | 24 | September 20, 2011 | May 15, 2012 | |
4 | 24 | September 25, 2012 | May 14, 2013 | |
5 | 24 | September 24, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | |
6 | 24 | September 29, 2014 | May 18, 2015 | |
7 | 24 | September 21, 2015 | May 2, 2016 | |
8 | 24 | September 25, 2016 | May 14, 2017 | |
9 | 24 | October 1, 2017 | May 20, 2018 | |
10 | 24 | September 30, 2018 | May 19, 2019 | |
11 | 22 | September 29, 2019 | April 26, 2020 | |
12 | 18 | November 8, 2020 | May 23, 2021 | |
13 | 22 | October 10, 2021 | May 22, 2022 | |
14 | 21 | October 9, 2022 | May 21, 2023 |
References
- ^ Keveney, Bill (September 21, 2009). "Shane Brennan of 'NCIS': The hardest-working man in TV biz". USAToday.com. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ Episode end credits.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt (June 24, 2009). "Fall TV: CBS Schedules Fall Premiere Dates". TVGuide.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ "Breaking News - CBS Announces 2009-2010 Primetime Schedule" (Press release). CBS via The Futon Critic. May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
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(help) - ^ Fixmer, Andy (May 20, 2009). "CBS Adds 'NCIS' Spinoff, Takes 'Medium' Away From NBC (Update2)". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
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- ^ Seidman, Robert (May 20, 2009). "CBS Announces 2009-2010 Schedule". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ a b Bierly, Mandi (February 25, 2009). "'NCIS' spinoff officially lands LL Cool J". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ^ a b c Sullivan, Brian Ford (March 19, 2009). "The Futon's first look: "NCIS: Legend"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
- ^ "CBS picks up 'NCIS: LA,' 'Good Wife'". Thrfeed.com. October 7, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ Natalie Abrams. "CBS Picks Up The Good Wife and NCIS: LA for Full Seasons". TVGuide.com.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Toni (October 8, 2009). "'NCIS: LA' and 'Wife' receive pick-ups". Media Life. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (November 4, 2009). "This just in: CBS trims 'Numb3rs,' orders more 'NCIS' and 'Mother'". EW.com. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
- ^ "CBS Press Release for NCIS episode "Legend"" (Press release). CBS via The Futon Critic. April 7, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
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(help) - ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 27, 2009). "O'Donnell nabs lead role in "NCIS" spin-off". Reuters. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ^ Staff (May 28, 2009). "Recasting hits CBS' 'Three Rivers,' ABC's 'Forgotten'". Hitfix.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt (May 28, 2009). "Fall TV: New NCIS, Other Shows Recast Lead Roles". TVGuide.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (August 12, 2009). "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'House,' 'Bones,' '24,' 'Big Bang Theory,' 'True Blood,' 'Smallville,' and more!". EW.com. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt (July 1, 2009). "NCIS Exclusive: Rocky Carroll to Pull Double Duty on Spin-Off". TVGuide.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ "Rocky Carroll Will Do 'NCIS' Twice Next Season". Buddytv.com. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^ "NCIS gains in 18-49 demo, goes over 20 million (20.60M) in broadcast finals - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.com. September 23, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ McNamara, Mary (September 22, 2009). "Noir meets Navy in 'NCIS: Los Angeles'". latimes.com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ "LL Cool J, Chris O'Donnell and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' solid, not super as CBS seeks a new 'CSI'". New York: Nydailynews.com. September 22, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
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- ^ Bianco, Robert (September 22, 2009). "'NCIS' popularity should keep spinoff in hunt". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ "NCIS: Los Angeles - TV Review". Hollywoodreporter.com. September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Chamberlin, James. "IGN: Identity Review". Au.tv.ign.com. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ "CBS Confirms Finale Dates, Upcoming Stunts". the Futon Critic. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "Final 2009-10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership". Tvbythenumbers.com. June 16, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
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