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NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles logo
GenrePolice procedural
Drama
Created byShane Brennan
StarringChris O'Donnell
Peter Cambor
Daniela Ruah
Eric Christian Olsen
Adam Jamal Craig
Barrett Foa
Linda Hunt
LL Cool J
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes32 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerShane Brennan[1]
Production locationsLos Angeles, California
Production companiesShane Brennan Productions
CBS Television Studios[2]
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 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

Main article: List of NCIS: Los Angeles characters

Regular

Actor Character Rank Seasons as Regular Seasons as Guest
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
* Guest Starred on the NCIS Los Angeles backdoor pilot "Legend"
** Appears as a Main Character on NCIS

Other

Actor Role Occupation Status Notes
Louise Lombard Lara Macy OSP Special Agent In Charge — Only appeared in the series back-door pilot (character transferred before series start; found dead in NCIS episode "Patriot Down")

Reception

Filming the pilot episode in 2009.

"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)
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

Main article: List of NCIS: Los Angeles episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Intro2April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)May 5, 2009 (2009-05-05)
124September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
224September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
324September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)
424September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
524September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)
624September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29)May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
724September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
824September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)
924October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)
1024September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30)May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)
1122September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)
1218November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)
1322October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)
1421October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21)

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