NCIS (franchise)
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NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is a media franchise of American television programs originally created by Donald P. Bellisario and currently broadcast on CBS, all of which deal with military related criminal investigations based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Department of the Navy, which includes the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
In 2003, NCIS was introduced via a backdoor pilot, from the TV show JAG with NCIS in turn spinning off NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans in 2009 and 2014, respectively. NCIS: Los Angeles had a proposed spin-off, but it was later not picked up by CBS.
As of November 17, 2016, 542 episodes of the NCIS franchise have aired. The main NCIS series is the longest-running show of the franchise which began its fourteenth season on September 20, 2016 and has been renewed for an additional season.
Overview
NCIS, voted America's favorite Television Series in 2011,[1] finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during 2012–13[2] and is broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide.[3] As of the end of the 2014–15 TV season, NCIS remains TV's most watched drama series.[4] Spin-off NCIS: New Orleans ended its first season as the second most watched drama on CBS,[4] 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.[5]
NCIS
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NCIS follows the work of the Major Case Response Team, stationed out of Washington, D.C. Supervised by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Gunnery Sergeant and a widower, the team specializes in crime scene examination, and the investigation of murders. The MCRT also includes Special Agent Caitlin Todd, who earned her stripes protecting the President as a member of the Secret Service; Anthony DiNozzo, a former Baltimore detective; Timothy McGee, a computer specialist and M.I.T. graduate; Ziva David, a former Mossad assassin; Ellie Bishop, an NSA Security Analyst turned rookie agent; and a former undercover agent. Primarily dealing with cases along the East Coast, and acting under the director supervision of successive NCIS Directors Jenny Shepard and Leon Vance, the team is supported by Abigail Sciuto, a forensic specialist; Jimmy Palmer, an Assistant Medical Examiner dubbed the "autopsy gremlin", and Ducky Mallard, a seasoned Chief Medical Examiner.
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Office of Special Projects is an elite counter-terrorist division of NCIS, and is responsible for threats pertaining to national security, as well as high profile murder cases, and cases with an undercover element. Working under the supervision of Assistant Director Owen Granger, OSP is headed by Operations Manager Hetty Lange, a master of disguise and prop-artisan, and G. Callen, a long time friend of Gibbs, and a street kid turned Special Agent with a desire to find out who he is. Callen works alongside Kensi Blye, a forensic specialist and the daughter of a marine; Dominic Vail, an M.I.T. graduate and a computer-whiz; Marty Deeks, an LAPD Detective recruited to liaise with OSP; Nell Jones, an Intelligence Analyst with the highest IQ at NCIS; Eric Beale, an awkward technician and one half of the technical dream-team; and Nate Getz, a deep-cover operative and Operational Psychologist seconded to Hetty's team. Callen's partner is former SEAL Sam Hanna, a family man who met his wife on the job.
NCIS: New Orleans
The New Orleans NCIS team is headed by Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, a seasoned Special Agent known as "King" to his friends. He's a former Sheriff's Deputy with the second highest arrest record in the history of JPSO. Tasked with heading a small satellite squad who handle Naval and Marine related cases in Pensacola, Fla., through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle, Pride supervises Chris LaSalle, an agent recruited from the New Orleans Police Department's Vice Division, who is well known for his volunteer work at the children's hospital; Meredith Brody, a senior career agent who earned her stripes afloat, and later became the youngest agent in the history of NCIS Midwest; Sonja Percy, a former undercover ATF agent who joined the team to come in from the dark. They work alongside Medical Examiner Loretta Wade, a Jefferson Parish Coroner; Special Agent Patton Plame, an NCIS Computer Specialist; and Sebastian Lund, a forensic scientist who works with Wade.
Series
All of the series were spun off with a two-part episode from another series used as a backdoor pilot.
Series | Television seasons | ||||||||||||||
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2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | |
NCIS | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
NCIS: Los Angeles | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
NCIS: New Orleans | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Proposed spin-off
NCIS: Red was a proposed spin-off of NCIS: Los Angeles. The series was to follow a group of elite agents, supervised by SSA Paris Summerskill (Kim Raver), as they travel from port to port investigating crimes within NCIS' jurisdiction when regular NCIS agents were not available to do so. CBS declined to pick up the series but stated they would not be opposed to reconsidering if it was reconfigured to feature a different cast. Other series regulars would have included John Corbett, Scott Grimes, Edwin Hodge, and Gillian Alexy. Grimes had previously guest starred on NCIS. Alexy later recurred as a separate character on NCIS: New Orleans.
Main cast
- Notes
- ^ "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.
- ^ NCIS
- ^ NCIS: Los Angeles
- ^ NCIS: New Orleans
- ^ JAG
- ^ Hawaii Five-0
Crossovers
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.
Within the NCIS franchise
Series A | Series A episode title | Air date | Written by | Series B | Actors from series B appearing on series A | Crossover type |
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NCIS | "Legend (Part I)" | April 28, 2009 | Shane Brennan | NCIS: Los Angeles | Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Peter Cambor, LL Cool J, Barrett Foa, Brian Avers | Backdoor pilot |
"Legend (Part II)" | May 5, 2009 | |||||
"Endgame" | November 10, 2009 | Gary Glasberg | Kelly Hu | Character appearance | ||
"Crescent City (Part I)" | March 25, 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, C. C. H. Pounder | Backdoor pilot | ||
"Crescent City (Part II)" | April 1, 2014 | |||||
"Sister City: Part One" | January 5, 2016 | Christopher J. Waild | Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Shalita Grant | Two-part episode | ||
NCIS: Los Angeles | "Identity" | September 22, 2009 | Shane Brennan | NCIS | Rocky Carroll | Character appearance |
"Search and Destroy" | October 13, 2009 | Gil Grant | ||||
"Killshot" | October 20, 2009 | Shane Brennan | Rocky Carroll, Pauley Perrette | |||
"Pushback" | November 10, 2009 | Rocky Carroll | ||||
"Ambush" | November 17, 2009 | Lindsay Sturman | ||||
"Random on Purpose" | November 24, 2009 | Speed Weed | Rocky Carroll, Pauley Perrette | |||
"Hunted" | May 11, 2010 | Corey Miller | Rocky Carroll | |||
"Callen, G." | May 25, 2010 | Shane Brennan | David Dayan Fisher | |||
"Familia" | May 17, 2011 | Rocky Carroll | ||||
"Lange, H." | September 25, 2011 | |||||
"Praesidium" | October 13, 2014 | Erin Broadhurst, R. Scott Gemmill | ||||
"Blame it on Rio" | October 19, 2015 | R. Scott Gemmill[7] | Michael Weatherly | |||
NCIS: New Orleans | "Musician Heal Thyself" | September 23, 2014 | Jeffrey Lieber | David McCallum | ||
"Carrier" | September 30, 2014 | Gary Glasberg | Rocky Carroll, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Meredith Eaton | |||
"Breaking Brig" | October 7, 2014 | Laurie Arent | Rocky Carroll, Mark Harmon | |||
"It Happened Last Night" | October 21, 2014 | Jack Bernstein | Rocky Carroll, Joe Spano | |||
"The Abyss" | January 13, 2015 | Sam Humphrey | Diane Neal | |||
"The Walking Dead" | February 3, 2015 | David Appelbaum | ||||
"Rock-A-Bye Baby" | April 14, 2015 | Jonathan I. Kidd, Sonya Winton | ||||
"Touched by the Sun" | October 6, 2015 | Tony Wharmby | Leslie Hope | |||
"Sister City: Part Two" | January 5, 2016 | Christopher Silber | Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Emily Wickersham, Brian Dietzen | Two-part episode |
Outside the NCIS franchise
Series A | Series A episode title | Air date | Written by | Series B | Actors from series B appearing on series A | Crossover type |
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JAG | "Ice Queen" | April 22, 2003 | Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill | NCIS | Mark Harmon, David McCallum, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Alan Dale | Backdoor pilot |
"Meltdown" | April 29, 2003 | |||||
NCIS | "Hung Out to Dry" | September 30, 2003 | Don McGill | JAG | Patrick Labyorteaux | Character appearance |
"UnSEALeD" | April 6, 2004 | Thomas L. Moran | Alicia Coppola | |||
"A Weak Link | May 18, 2004 | Jack Bernstein | Adam Baldwin | |||
"Call of Silence" | November 23, 2004 | Roger Director | Alicia Coppola | |||
"Hometown Hero" | May 3, 2005 | George Schenck, Frank Cardea | ||||
"Damned If You Do" | May 14, 2013 | Gary Glasberg | John M. Jackson | |||
"Rogue" | September 20, 2016 | Gary Glasberg & Jennifer Corbett | Patrick Labyorteaux | |||
Hawaii Five-0 | "Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi"[i] | October 24, 2011 | Kyle Harimoto | NCIS: Los Angeles | Daniela Ruah | |
"Pa Make Loa"[ii] | April 30, 2012 | Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, R. Scott Gemmill | Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J | Two-night event | ||
NCIS: Los Angeles | "Touch of Death" | May 1, 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim | ||
Scorpion | "True Colors" | October 27, 2014 | Elizabeth Beall | NCIS: Los Angeles | Linda Hunt | Character appearance |
- Notes
Theme songs
Series | Theme song |
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NCIS | "NCIS Theme" |
NCIS: Los Angeles | "No Crew Is Superior" |
NCIS: New Orleans | "Boom Boom" |
Games
NCIS: Hidden Crimes
On September 15, 2016, Ubisoft launch a hidden-object mobile game titled NCIS: Hidden Crimes. Developed by Ubisoft in conjunction with CBS Interactive, the game was released for Android & iOS device.
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:
Title | Episodes edited together | Air date | Runtime | Source |
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The NCIS Movie: Enemies | "Enemies Foreign" / "Enemies Domestic" | May 20, 2013 | 1 hr, 20 mins | [8][9] |
The NCIS Movie: Judgement Day | "Judgment Day (Part I)" / "Judgment Day (Part II)" | June 10, 2013 | 1 hr, 40 mins | [10] |
The NCIS Movie: Legend (Legend Compilation) |
"Legend (Part I)" / "Legend (Part II)" | June 10, 2013 | 1 hr, 45 mins | [11][12] |
The NCIS Movie: Kill Ari | "Kill Ari (Part I)" / "Kill Ari (Part II)" | August 22, 2013 | 2 hrs | [13][14] |
The NCIS Movie: War on Terror | "Engaged (Part I)" / "Engaged (Part II)" | February 1, 2014 | 1 hr, 20 mins | [15] |
The NCIS Movie: Payback | "Borderland" / "Patriot Down" / "Rule Fifty-One" | March 1, 2014 | 2 hrs, 35 mins | [16] |
The NCIS Movie: Shell Shock | "Shell Shock (Part I)" / "Shell Shock (Part II)" | April 11, 2014 | 1 hr, 30 mins | [17] |
Death Wish (Part I & II) | "Shabbat Shalom" / "Shiva" | April 16, 2014 (1) April 18, 2014 (2) |
1 hr, 40 mins | [18][19] |
The NCIS Movie: Race Against Terror: Hiatus |
"Hiatus (Part I)" / "Hiatus (Part II)" |
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1 hr, 50 mins | [20][21] |
References
- ^ Seidman, Robert (May 5, 2011). "'NCIS' Voted America's All-Time Favorite TV Show; 'Two and a Half Men,' 'Bones,' 'House,' Several Current Shows Rank". TV by the Numbers. Chicago: Tribune Digital Ventures. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (May 23, 2013). "Full 2012–2013 TV Season Series Rankings". Deadline.com. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Guider, Elizabeth (October 9, 2012). "Mipcom 2012: 10th Season of CBS's 'NCIS' Has Promise". The Hollywood Reporter. New York City: Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "These Are the 50 Most-Watched TV Shows of the 2014-15 Season". TV Insider. Radnor Township, Pennsylvania: NTVB Media (magazine) CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation) (digital assets).
- ^ Rice, Lynette (May 23, 2016). "Top 50 most-watched shows of 2013-14". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Time Inc. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Moody, Darrell (July 23, 2016). "The Natural: NCIS: New Orleans star Black has been in the business since 10 years old, making fifth ACC appearance". Tahoe Daily Tribune. South Lake Tahoe, California: Swift Communications. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Listings - NCIS: LOS ANGELES on CBS - TheFutonCritic.com". The Futon Critic. United States: Futon Media.
- ^ "NCIS: The Movie | NCIS". Channel 5. United Kingdom: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Viacom International Media Networks Europe). Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS | The NCIS Movie: Enemies". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS Movie: Judgement Day (Judgement Day – Parts One and Two) on Channel 5 +1, Sat 15 Feb 9:30pm – Your UK TV Listings at". TVGuide.co.uk. London. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Legend Compilation | NCIS". Channel 5. United Kingdom: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Viacom International Media Networks Europe). Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS | The NCIS Movie: Legend". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "The NCIS Movie: Kill Ari". TVGuide.co.uk. London. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS | The NCIS Movie: War on Terror: Engaged – Parts One and Two". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "The NCIS Movie: Payback on Channel 5 +1, Sat 1 Mar 7:30pm – Your UK TV Listings at". TVGuide.co.uk. London. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "The NCIS Movie: Shell Shock | NCIS". Channel 5. United Kingdom: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Viacom International Media Networks Europe). Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Season 10 - Episode 11: Death Wish (Part I)". Channel 5. United Kingdom: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Viacom International Media Networks Europe). Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "Season 10 - Episode 12: Death Wish (Part II)". Channel 5. United Kingdom: Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Viacom International Media Networks Europe). Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "NCIS Movie: Race Against Terror". TVGuide.co.uk. London. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ "NCIS Movie: Race Against Terror: Hiatus". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. Retrieved September 9, 2016.