NCIS (TV series)

This article is about the U.S. television show. For the federal agency, see Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

NCIS
The show's opening logo. Intertitle for seasons 1 - 2.
Genre	Police procedural Drama
Created by	Donald P. Bellisario Don McGill
Starring	Mark Harmon Sasha Alexander Michael Weatherly Cote de Pablo Pauley Perrette Sean Murray Lauren Holly Rocky Carroll David McCallum Brian Dietzen
Theme music composer	Numeriklab
Opening theme	NCIS Theme
Composer	Brian Kirk
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	172 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Shane Brennan Donald P. Bellisario Chas. Floyd Johnson
Producers	David Bellisario Avery C. Drewe Mark Harmon
Production location	Santa Clarita, California
Cinematography	Billy Webb
Running time	42–44 minutes
Production companies	Belisarius Productions Paramount Television (2003–06) CBS Paramount Television (2006–09) CBS Television Studios (2009–present)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) – present
Related
JAG NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

The concept and characters were initially introduced in a two-part episode of the CBS series JAG (JAG episodes 8.20 and 8.21). The show, a spin-off from JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003 on CBS and, to date, has aired seven full seasons and has gone into syndicated reruns on USA Network, Sleuth and Ion Television. Donald Bellisario, who created JAG as well as the well-known series Magnum, P.I. and Quantum Leap, is co-creator and executive producer of NCIS.

NCIS was originally referred to as Navy NCIS during Season 1; however, "Navy" was later dropped from the title as it was redundant. NCIS returned for a seventh season on September 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EDT and was followed by its spin-off series NCIS: Los Angeles starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. On May 19, 2010, CBS renewed NCIS for an eighth season, which began airing on September 21, 2010.

Premise

NCIS follows a fictional team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service Major Case Response Team (MCRT) special agents headquartered at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. It is described by the actors and producers (on special features on DVD releases in the United States) as being distinguished by its comic elements, ensemble acting and character-driven plots.

NCIS is the primary law enforcement and counter-intelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy, which includes the United States Marine Corps. NCIS investigates all major criminal offenses (felonies)—crimes punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by confinement of more than one year—within the Department of the Navy. The MCRT is frequently assigned to high profile cases such as the death of the U.S. president's military aide, a bomb situation on a U.S. Navy warship, the death of a celebrity on a reality show set on a USMC base, terrorist threats, and kidnappings.

The MCRT is led by Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon). Gibbs’s team is composed of Special Agent and Senior Field Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) and Probationary Special Agent (formerly Mossad liaison officer) Ziva David (Cote de Pablo), who replaced Caitlin "Kate" Todd (Sasha Alexander) when she was shot by Ari Haswari (Rudolf Martin) at the end of season two. Ari was then killed by his half-sister Ziva at the beginning of season three. The team is assisted in their investigations by Chief Medical Examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), Medical Assistant Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), who replaced Gerald Jackson (Pancho Demmings), and Forensic Specialist Abigail "Abby" Sciuto (Pauley Perrette).

It has been revealed through flashbacks that the 'original' head of the MCRT was Special Agent Mike Franks, who led the unit when it was part of the Naval Investigative Service (NIS), the predecessor agency of the NCIS. He recruited Gibbs shortly after Gibbs' retirement from the Marine Corps, eventually retiring himself some years later. After Franks' departure, Gibbs recruited DiNozzo from the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Section. The two were briefly joined by Vivian Blackadder, whom Gibbs recruited from the FBI. In the second part of the NCIS pilot, Blackadder allowed her emotions to nearly derail an anti-terror operation in Spain. Gibbs is noticeably disappointed; Blackadder is not present in the series' first regular episode, replaced by Caitlin Todd, a Secret Service agent who resigns to join Gibbs' team. McGee first appears as a Field Agent assigned to the Norfolk Field Office. He uses his computer skills to aid the MCRT in subsequent investigations through the rest of the first season, until he is officially promoted with his own desk at the Navy Yard in the beginning of the second season.

NCIS is currently led by Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll). The first director seen in the series, Thomas Morrow (Alan Dale), left after being promoted to Deputy Director of DHS. Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) was appointed director after Morrow; she was killed in a shootout at the end of the fifth season, thus making Vance the director of the whole organization.

Cast

Main article: List of NCIS characters

Main

• Leroy Jethro Gibbs, portrayed by Mark Harmon, (Seasons 1–present) is a Special Agent in charge of the Major Case Response Team and former Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps until 1991 when his first wife Shannon and daughter Kelly were killed while in the protection of NIS. After Gibbs had taken revenge on the drug dealer who killed his wife and daughter, he came back to Mike Franks and asked to be an agent for NIS.
• Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo, portrayed by Michael Weatherly, (Seasons 1–present) is a Special Agent and Senior Field Agent of the Major Case Response Team and former Peoria, Philadelphia, and Baltimore police officer before joining NCIS in 2001. Gibbs considers DiNozzo to be a younger version of himself, using his "gut" to solve cases (e.g., in the episode "Collateral Damage").
• Ziva David, portrayed by Cote de Pablo, (Recurring season 3, main cast seasons 3–present) is a Special Agent and Probationary Field Agent of the Major Case Response Team since season seven. For her first four years in the show, she was a part of the NCIS team as a Mossad Liaison Officer. Before joining NCIS, David was in the Israeli Army for two years. She replaced Special Agent Kate Todd, who was shot and killed in season two.
• Abigail "Abby" Sciuto, portrayed by Pauley Perrette, (Seasons 1–present) is a forensics specialist assigned to the NCIS Major Case Response Team. She has an affinity for Gothic fashion and the fictional brand "Caf-Pow", a caffeinated beverage.
• Timothy McGee, portrayed by Sean Murray, (Recurring season 1, main cast seasons 2–present) is a Special Agent and Junior Field Agent of the Major Case Response Team. He has a degree in Computer Forensics from MIT and, along with Abby Sciuto, acts as the team's technology specialist.
• Leon Vance, portrayed by Rocky Carroll, (Recurring season 5, main cast seasons 6–present) who was formerly the NCIS Deputy Director and right hand to Jenny Shepard; he became the Director of NCIS following her death at the end of the fifth season.
• Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, portrayed by David McCallum, (Seasons 1–present) is the Chief Medical Examiner assigned to NCIS; he spent some time as a Medical Examiner in Vietnam, Bosnia, and Afghanistan before working for NCIS. He was close friends with Jenny Shepard and is best friends with Gibbs.
• Jenny Shepard, portrayed by Lauren Holly, (Recurring season 3, main cast seasons 3–5) was the second director of NCIS; she formerly worked under Gibbs in Europe and was his lover at the time. She was killed in "Judgment Day, Part 1" after a former NCIS target, Natasha, hired assassins to kill her. Shepard managed to kill all of the assassins with the help of Mike Franks but died from her wounds.
• Caitlin "Kate" Todd, portrayed by Sasha Alexander, (Main cast seasons 1–2, recurring season 3) worked as a Secret Service Agent until the beginning of Season 1 and was tasked with presidential protection detail. She resigned from the Secret Service and was offered a job at NCIS by Gibbs. She was killed by double agent Ari Haswari at the end of season two. Her death hit the NCIS team hard, with Gibbs leaving flowers on the roof where she was shot and, following her death, not letting anybody touch her desk or locker at NCIS.
• Jimmy Palmer, portrayed by Brian Dietzen, (recurring seasons 1–present, credited as "Also starring" seasons 6–present) is the assistant Medical Examiner to Dr. Mallard since late season one. Although normally credited in a recurring role, Dietzen has been credited as "Also starring" since season six.

Recurring

• Tobias Fornell, portrayed by Joe Spano, (Seasons 1–present) is a senior FBI Special Agent. He and Gibbs share an ex-wife, who wiped out each of their bank accounts when she left. Gibbs and Fornell have a spiky camaraderie.
• Mike Franks, portrayed by Muse Watson, (Seasons 3–present) is a retired Special Agent with NIS and long-time mentor to Gibbs. He is also close friends with DiNozzo and was close friends with Jenny Shepard up until her death. He lost his trigger finger in "Rule Fifty-one", but claims that "he can still pull the trigger with his thumb."
• Trent Kort, portrayed by David Dayan Fisher, (Seasons 4–present) is an undercover CIA Special Agent who always seems to have his own devious goals to pursue. Gibbs regards him as potentially very dangerous and does not trust him.
• M. Allison Hart, portrayed by Rena Sofer, (Season 7-present) is an attorney at law and potential love interest for Gibbs.
• Thomas Morrow, portrayed by Alan Dale, (Seasons 1–3) is the first Director of NCIS seen in the series. He resigns as Director of NCIS in "Kill Ari, Part 1" after being offered a job at the Department of Homeland Security and is succeeded by Jenny Shepard.
• Gerald Jackson, portrayed by Pancho Demmings, (Seasons 1 & 3) is the Assistant Medical Examiner to Dr. Mallard during the first season until he is shot by Ari Haswari in "Bête Noire". He was Dr. Mallard's assistant two years prior to this and went into rehab after the incident.
• Paula Cassidy, portrayed by Jessica Steen, (Seasons 1–4) is a Special Agent with NCIS and is temporarily assigned to Gibbs' team following the death of Kate Todd, before getting her own team based in the Pentagon. She is killed by a suicide bomber in "Grace Period".
• Michelle Lee, portrayed by Liza Lapira, (Seasons 4–6) is a Special Agent with NCIS who is assigned to Special Agent DiNozzo's team at the start of season four even though she is foremost a lawyer, not a field agent. She is reassigned back to the Legal Department after Gibbs returns and has recurring appearances throughout the fourth season. She then returns to Gibbs' team at the end of season five in "Judgment Day, Part 2" after being suspected as a mole and is shot by Gibbs in "Dagger" (to hit her captor behind her) after it is revealed that her sister was captured and used to blackmail her into being a mole at NCIS.
• Hollis Mann, portrayed by Susanna Thompson, (Seasons 4–5) is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army assigned to the CID. She later retires but remains a love interest of Gibbs throughout seasons four and five.
• Jeanne Benoit, portrayed by Scottie Thompson, (Seasons 4–5) is a doctor at Monroe University Hospital and daughter of arms dealer René Benoit (also known as La Grenouille). She is used as part of an undercover operation and is the love interest of Special Agent DiNozzo in seasons four and five; her last appearance is in "Internal Affairs".

Production

The filming crew in 2009.

Name

Prior to 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 technically redundant. The decision to use this name was reportedly made by CBS, over the objections of Bellisario, in order to:

• Attract new viewers (particularly those of JAG), who might not know the NCIS abbreviation.
• Disambiguate between NCIS and the similarly-themed and similarly-spelled CBS series CSI and its spinoffs. (The original title, for instance, was often misquoted and parodied as "Navy CSI", something the show itself referenced in the first episode).

After its successful first season, the name of the series was shortened to NCIS.

Filming location

NCIS is set in the Washington, D.C., area but is filmed in Santa Clarita, California. The sound stages are in Santa Clarita. The series is shot throughout southern California.

Crew changes

It was reported in May 2007 that Donald Bellisario would be stepping down from the show. Due to a disagreement with series star Mark Harmon, Bellisario's duties as show runner/head writer were to be tasked to long-time show collaborators, including co-executive producer Chas. Floyd Johnson and Shane Brennan, with Bellisario retaining his title as executive producer.

Episodes

Main article: List of NCIS episodes

Seven complete seasons of NCIS have been aired, with the seventh season ending on May 25, 2010. The eighth season premiered on September 21, 2010. As of December 14, 2010, a total of 172 episodes have aired.

As of May 6, 2024, 172 episodes of NCIS have aired, concluding the twenty-first season.

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Rating
			First aired	Last aired
Intro	2		April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)	April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)	—	—
1	23		September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)	23	7.8
2	23		September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)	22	8.8
3	24		September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)	12	9.8
4	24		September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)	15	9.0
5	19		September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)	11	9.2
6	25		September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)	5	10.9
7	24		September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)	May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)	4	11.5
8	24		September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)	May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)	5	11.8
9	24		September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)	May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)	2	12.3
10	24		September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)	May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)	1	13.5
11	24		September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	1	12.6
12	24		September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)	2	11.6
13	24		September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)	May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)	1	12.8
14	24		September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)	May 16, 2017 (2017-05-16)	2	11.4
15	24		September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)	May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)	2	10.3
16	24		September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)	May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)	3	9.6
17	20		September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	3	10.1
18	16		November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17)	May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25)	4	10.3
19	21		September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)	May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)	4	11.9
20	22		September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)	May 22, 2023 (2023-05-22)	3	12.7
21	10		February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)	May 6, 2024 (2024-05-06)	TBA	TBA

Crossovers

NCIS has had crossovers with two other CBS shows:

• JAG: The pilot of NCIS was made up of two episodes of JAG, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" from JAG's eighth season. These JAG episodes introduced Mark Harmon as Gibbs, Michael Weatherly as Tony, Pauley Perrette as Abby, and David McCallum as Ducky. Patrick Labyorteaux reprised his role as Lt. Bud Roberts in the first season episode "Hung Out to Dry", while Alicia Coppola and Adam Baldwin reprised their JAG roles in "Hometown Hero" and "A Weak Link" respectively.
• NCIS: Los Angeles: Rocky Carroll appears on NCIS: Los Angeles as his NCIS character Director Leon Vance, while Pauley Perrette has appeared twice as Abby. Also, on the season finale of NCIS: Los Angeles, David Dayan Fisher reprises his role as CIA Officer Trent Kort. Additionally, Kelly Hu appears as Lee Wuan Kai in NCIS: Los Angeles and later appears in an episode of NCIS. Also, many of the characters working at the Office of Special Operations in NCIS: Los Angeles are introduced near the end of Season 6 of NCIS. In the Season 7 finale of NCIS, Vance mentions he has spent a lot of time getting the new Los Angeles branch up and running the past year, and tells Gibbs that Hetty took him on a tour of Warner Bros Studios.

Ratings

American ratings

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.

Season	Episodes	Timeslot (EST)	Original Airing			Rank	Viewers (in millions)
			Season premiere	Season finale	TV season
1st	23	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 23, 2003	May 25, 2004	2003–04	#26	11.84
2nd	23	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 28, 2004	May 24, 2005	2004–05	#22	13.63
3rd	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 20, 2005	May 16, 2006	2005–06	#16	15.30
4th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 19, 2006	May 22, 2007	2006–07	#18	14.50
5th	19	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 25, 2007	May 20, 2008	2007–08	#10	15.65
6th	25	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 23, 2008	May 19, 2009	2008–09	#5	17.89
7th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 22, 2009	May 25, 2010	2009–10	#4	19.33
8th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 21, 2010	—	2010–11	—	—

• NCIS became a top 10 program in its fifth season, averaging 15.65 million viewers, despite a WGA strike. The show is one of the few that has actually increased in viewership as it progresses, as opposed to most shows which decrease in popularity as they fade, and has even been able to finish second to Fox's American Idol, a time slot seen by many as a "death slot" for most series.
• NCIS delivered its largest audience to date in the Season 7 episode "Reunion", averaging 21.37 million viewers. It won its time slot on September 29, 2009 in households (12.9/21), viewers (21.37m), adults 25–54 (6.4/17), and adults 18–49 (4.8/14).

Other ratings

DVR ratings:

• The show ranked number four in DVR playback (2.714 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from January 5–11, 2009.
• The show ranked number thirteen in DVR playback (2.743 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from February 9–15, 2009.
• The show ranked number nine in DVR playback (3.007 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from April 6–12, 2009.

Cable ratings:

• The show ranked number eighteen (4.793 million viewers) in the list of Nielsen ratings top twenty most-watched cable shows for the week ending January 25, 2009.
• The show ranked number ten (4.535 million viewers), twelve (4.264 million viewers), thirteen (4.221 million viewers), fifteen (4,161 million viewers), seventeen (4.132 million viewers), and twenty (4.081 million viewers) in the list of Nielsen ratings top twenty most-watched cable shows for the week ending March 1, 2009.
• The show ranked sixteen (4.091 million viewers), seventeen (4.084 million viewers), eighteen (4.072 million viewers), and twenty (4.006 million viewers) in the list of Nielsen ratings top twenty most-watched cable shows for the week ending March 29, 2009.
• The show ranked number five (4.492 million viewers), six (4.467 million viewers), eight (4.394 million viewers), nine (4.214 million viewers), fifteen (3.962 million viewers), and seventeen (3.8.58 million viewers) in the list of Nielsen ratings top twenty most-watched cable shows for the week ending May 3, 2009.
• The show ranked number three (4.82 million viewers), six (4.38 million viewers), ten (3.82 million viewers), eleven (3.88 million viewers), and fourteen (3.87 million viewers) in the list of Nielsen ratings top fifteen most-watched cable shows for the week ending November 1, 2009.

DVD releases

Main article: NCIS DVD releases

The first six seasons of NCIS have been released as full-season boxed sets in Regions 1, 2 and 4. In Germany (which belongs to Region 2), each of season 1 – 4 was released in two DVD-boxes. The first season DVD release omits the two part introductory episode that aired as part of the eighth season of JAG.

DVD Name	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
Season 1	June 6, 2006	July 24, 2006	August 10, 2006
Season 2	November 14, 2006	October 16, 2006	October 12, 2006
Season 3	April 24, 2007	June 25, 2007	March 15, 2007
Season 4	October 23, 2007	May 19, 2008	July 10, 2008
Season 5	August 26, 2008	June 22, 2009	May 7, 2009
Season 6	August 25, 2009	June 23, 2010	June 3, 2010
Season 7	August 24, 2010	TBA	TBA

Soundtrack

Main article: NCIS (soundtrack)

CBS Records released the show's first soundtrack on February 10, 2009. 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 (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 Cote 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.

Spin-off

Main article: NCIS: Los Angeles

CBS has picked up an NCIS spin-off series with the title NCIS: Los Angeles. Filming began in February 2009, with the characters introduced in a two-part NCIS episode entitled "Legend" which aired on April 28, 2009 and May 5, 2009. The characters listed were: G. Callen, Lara Macy, Nate "Doc" Getz, Kensi Blye, and Sam Hanna. Crew members will include Michael B. Kaplan, Lev L. Spiro, Jerry London, Sheldon Epps and Mark Saraceni.

Chris O'Donnell plays the lead character, G. Callen. LL Cool J, plays the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, a former 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." Peter Cambor and Daniela Ruah were confirmed to be cast as leads of the new spin-off, playing a psychologist (called "Nate") and forensic investigator (called "Kensi") respectively.

Following the shows official pick up Louise Lombard was not signed for the role of Special Agent Lara Macy, that she had played in the pilot, Linda Hunt and Adam Jamal Craig were confirmed to replace her, playing OSP Manager Henrietta Lange and Special Agent Dom Vail, both starring roles. Craig left the series in episode 21 of Season 1, and has been replaced by Eric Christian Olsen playing Marty Deeks, the LAPD/NCIS Liaison. The series started its second season with a 2 hour premier on September 21, 2010.

Characters from NCIS have appeared in the spin-off; Leon Vance has a recurring role and Abby Sciuto appeared in the episodes "Random on Purpose" and "Killshot".

Awards and nominations

ALMA Award

• Nominated – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series – Cote de Pablo (2008)

ASCAP Award

• Won – Top TV Series – Matt Hawkins, Maurice Jackson, Neil Martin (2009)
• Won – Top TV Series – Matt Hawkins, Maurice Jackson, Neil Martin (2008)
• Won – Top TV Series – Matt Hawkins, Maurice Jackson, Neil Martin (2007)
• Won – Top TV Series – Matt Hawkins, Maurice Jackson, Neil Martin (2006)
• Won – Top TV Series – Matt Hawkins, Maurice Jackson, Neil Martin (2004)
• Won – Top TV Series – Steven Bramson (2004)

BMI Film & TV Awards

• Won – BMI TV Music Award – Brian Kirk (2009)
• Won – BMI TV Music Award – Brian Kirk (2008)
• Won – BMI TV Music Award – Joseph Conlan (2005)

California on Location Awards

• Won – Location Team of the Year (Episodic Television) – Emily Kirylo, Jim McClafferty, Joel Sinderman, Michael Soleau (2008)

Emmy Awards

• Nominated – Outstanding Stunt Coordination – Diamond Farnsworth, "Requiem" (2008)
• Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Charles Durning (2005)

Ewwy Award

• Nominated – Outstanding Drama Series (2010)

NAACP Image Awards

• Nominated – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Rocky Carroll (2010)

People's Choice Awards

• Nominated – Favorite TV Drama (2009)
• Nominated – Favorite TV Drama Actor – Mark Harmon (2009)

Imagen Foundation Awards

• Nominated – Best Supporting Actress/Television – Cote de Pablo (2009)
• Won – Best Supporting Actress/Television – Cote de Pablo (2006)

Young Artist Awards

• Nominated – Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor – Dominic Scott Kay, "Lost & Found" (2008)

International distribution

• Australia — Network Ten and TV1
• Austria — ORF 1
• Belgium — RTL-TVI and VT4
• Brazil — AXN
• Canada — Global TV (in English) and Historia (in French)
• Chile — Red-TV and AXN
• Costa Rica — Repretel 11
• Croatia - Nova TV and AXN
• Czech Republic — TV Nova and AXN
• Denmark — TV3 and TV3+
• Estonia — TV3 and TV6
• Finland — Nelonen
• France — M6 (currently airing season 7)
• Germany — Sat.1 & 13th Street
• Greece — Star Channel (currently showing season 5) and Nova Cinema (currently showing season 6)
• Hungary — TV2 and AXN
• Hong Kong — Now TV (Fox Asia)
• Iceland — Stöð 2
• Indonesia — Fox Asia
• Ireland — RTÉ
• Italy — Rai Due (currently airing season 7)and Fox Crime (Italy)
• Japan - FOX JAPAN (currently airing season 6) and Fox Crime (Asia) and TV Tokyo
• North Macedonia — Sitel (TV channel) (currently showing season 5)
• Malaysia — 8TV, Fox Asia
• Mexico — AXN
• Morocco — 2M TV

• Netherlands — Veronica and SBS 6
• New Zealand — TV3 and The Box
• Norway — TV3 and Viasat4
• Peru — ATV
• Philippines — Solar TV, Fox Asia
• Poland — TVN, TVN HD, TVN7 and AXN
• Portugal — AXN and SIC
• Puerto Rico — WAPA-TV
• Russia — NTV and DTV
• Singapore — Fox Asia, Fox HD Asia
• Serbia — TV Avala and AXN
• Slovakia — TV Markíza
• Slovenia — TV3
• South Africa — SABC 2 & DSTV
• South Korea — CJ CGV, Orion Cinema Network (OCN) and FOX (Korea)
• Spain — AXN and La Sexta
• Sweden — TV3
• Switzerland — TSR1 and 3+
• Thailand — True series, Fox Asia
• Republic of China — PTS, Fox HD Asia, PTS HiHD and Fox Crime (Asia)
• Turkey — Dizimax
• Ukraine - NTN
• United Kingdom — FX, CBS Action, Five and Five USA (with FX airing Season 8 from October 22, 2010)
• Vietnam - Fox HD Asia

External links

• Official website
• NCIS at IMDb
• NCIS at TV Guide
• NCIS at AllMovie
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