NCIS (franchise)

American media franchise

For the first TV series in the franchise, see NCIS (TV series).

NCIS

Created by|

* NCIS
* Donald P. Bellisario
* Don McGill
* NCIS: Los Angeles
* Shane Brennan
* NCIS: New Orleans
* Gary Glasberg
* NCIS: Hawaiʻi
* Christopher Silber
* Jan Nash
* Matt Bosack
* NCIS: Sydney
* Morgan O'Neill

Original work| JAG
Owner| CBS Studios (Paramount)
Years| 2003–present
Films and television
Television series|

* NCIS
* NCIS: Los Angeles
* NCIS: New Orleans
* NCIS: Hawaiʻi
* NCIS: Sydney
* NCIS: Origins

Audio
Soundtrack(s)|

* NCIS Volumes 1–3
* NCIS: Benchmark
* NCIS: Los Angeles: The Original TV Soundtrack

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, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and NCIS: Sydney in 2009, 2014, 2021, and 2023 respectively. NCIS: Los Angeles had a proposed spin-off, but it was not picked up by CBS.

Five television series make up the NCIS franchise: NCIS, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawaiʻi, and Sydney. All series in total amount to 1,007 episodes across 46 seasons of television. The main NCIS series is the longest-running show of the franchise, which premiered its twenty-first season on February 12, 2024.

## Series[edit]

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.

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 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25
NCIS | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
NCIS: Los Angeles |  | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
NCIS: New Orleans |  | Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
NCIS: Hawaiʻi |  | 1 | 2 | 3 |
NCIS: Sydney |  | 1 | 2
NCIS: Origins |  | 1
NCIS: Tony & Ziva |  | 1

### NCIS (2003–present)[edit]

Main article: NCIS (TV series)

Mark Harmon starred in NCIS.

NCIS first aired September 23, 2003, and episodes continue to be produced, with the 20th season premiering September 19, 2022. The series follows the work of the Major Case Response Team, stationed in Washington, D.C. Supervised by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine Gunnery Sergeant, and a thrice-divorced widower. The team specializes in crime scene examination, and the investigation of murders. Gibbs' team has included 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; Jessica Knight, a former REACT agent recruited following the death of her team; Eleanor Bishop, a former NSA security analyst and threat assessment specialist; Nicholas Torres, an undercover operative; Alexandra Quinn, a training officer who supervised the recruitment of Bishop and Torres; Ziva David, a former Mossad assassin; and Dr Jack Sloane, a no-nonsense senior agent and trained operational psychologist. Primarily dealing with cases along the East Coast, and acting under the supervision of successive NCIS Directors Jenny Shepard and Leon Vance, the team is supported by Abigail Sciuto, a forensic specialist; Kasie Hines, a forensic scientist; Jimmy Palmer, an Assistant Medical Examiner turned Chief Medical Examiner; Donald "Ducky" Mallard, a seasoned Chief Medical Examiner and now NCIS Historian; Clayton Reeves, an MI-6 officer assigned to liaise with NCIS from the SIS; and Alden Parker, a wizened FBI special agent who upon being fired from the FBI joins NCIS and becomes the SSA of the NCIS Major Case Response Team, replacing Gibbs who had resigned.

### NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023)[edit]

Main article: NCIS: Los Angeles

The characters for NCIS: Los Angeles were introduced via backdoor pilot in the 2009 two-part NCIS episode "Legend". NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 22, 2009, and aired for fourteen seasons and 323 episodes until May 21, 2023. The series focuses on The Office of Special Projects, an elite counter-terrorist division of NCIS, and is responsible for threats pertaining to national security, as well as high-profile murders and cases that require undercover work. Under the supervision of Operations Manager Hetty Lange, a master of disguise and prop-artisan, OSP is led by G. Callen, 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, a former LAPD detective and lawyer recruited to serve as liaison to OSP and now a NCIS Special Agent; Nell Jones, an intelligence analyst with the highest IQ at NCIS; Eric Beale, an awkward technician and the second half of the technical dream-team; Nate Getz, a deep-cover operative and Operational Psychologist seconded to Hetty's team; Sam Hanna, a former SEAL and a family man who met his wife on the job; Fatima Namazi, a cryptologist technician, Devin Rountree, an ex–FBI agent recruited to NCIS by Sam and Callen, laconic Assistant Director Owen Granger, executive assistant director for Pacific operations (EAD-PAC) Shay Mosley, who serves as the team's operational supervisor, and Deputy Director Louis Ochoa, the team's temporary supervisor.

### NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)[edit]

Main article: NCIS: New Orleans

As with Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans was introduced via backdoor pilot in the 2014 two-part NCIS main-series episode "Crescent City," while the series itself premiered on September 23, 2014, and ended with its seventh and final season on May 23, 2021. The New Orleans NCIS team is headed by Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, a seasoned operative known as "King" to his friends. He's a former Sheriff's Deputy with the second highest arrest record in the history of Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office. Tasked with heading a small satellite squad who handle Naval and Marine related cases in New Orleans, through Mississippi and Alabama to the Texas panhandle, Pride supervises Christopher 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 and later departed to join the FBI; former FBI agent Tammy Gregorio, recruited to the team after heading an investigation into their ethics and operations following Agent Brody's controversial departure. Gregorio also a profiler and the team's sniper/sharpshooter; Sebastian Lund, a former lab technician who joined NCIS as a forensics agent before transitioning fully to the field; Hannah Khoury, a multilingual investigative specialist who serves as the team's Assistant Supervisory Special Agent and later becomes the team's second-in-command and Quentin Carter, a NCIS Special Agent assigned to the team to replace Agent LaSalle following his murder. Together, the team are assisted by Loretta Wade, a Jefferson Parish coroner and Patton Plame, an NCIS computer specialist.

### NCIS: Hawaiʻi (2021–2024)[edit]

Main article: NCIS: Hawaiʻi

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] The series centers on the work of the NCIS Pearl Harbor office led by Special Agent Jane Tennant, a hard-charging agent who is the first female Special Agent in Charge of the Pearl Harbor office. She leads an elite team of agents which includes Jesse Boone, her second in command and is an expert Interrogator; Lucy Tara, a junior but eager agent; Ernie Malik, the team's technical analyst and Kai Holman, a charming NCIS agent and native Hawaiian. Also with Kate Whistler, an ambitious DIA agent who later becomes an agent with the FBI. Together they handle crimes involving the Military and National security on the Island.

### NCIS: Sydney (2023–present)[edit]

Main article: NCIS: Sydney

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]

The cast is led by Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance, with Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes.[9]

### NCIS: Origins[edit]

Main article: NCIS: Origins

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[edit]

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]

## Main cast[edit]

Series  | Actor  | Character  | Duration  | Appearances

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NCIS[b] | L.A.[c] | N.O.[d] | HI[e] | SYD[f] | JAG[g] | H 5-0[h] | Scorpion
NCIS | Mark Harmon | Leroy Jethro Gibbs | 2003–21  | Main  |  | Guest  |  |  | Guest  |  |
Sasha Alexander | Caitlin "Kate" Todd | 2003–05; 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Michael Weatherly | Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo | 2003–16, 2024  | Guest  | Guest  |  |  | Guest  |  |
Pauley Perrette | Abby Sciuto | 2003–18  |  |  |  |
David McCallum†  | Donald "Ducky" Mallard | 2003–23  |  |  |  |  |
Sean Murray | Timothy McGee | 2003–  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cote de Pablo | Ziva David | 2005–13; 19–20  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lauren Holly | Jenny Shepard | 2005–08  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rocky Carroll | Leon Vance | 2008–  | Guest  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |
Brian Dietzen | Jimmy Palmer | 2004–  |  | Guest  |  |  |  |
Emily Wickersham | Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop | 2013–21  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wilmer Valderrama | Nicholas "Nick" Torres | 2016–  | Guest  | Guest  |  |  |  |
Jennifer Esposito | Alexandra "Alex" Quinn | 2016–17  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Duane Henry | Clayton Reeves | 2016–18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maria Bello | Jacqueline Sloane | 2017–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Diona Reasonover | Kasie Hines | 2018–  |  |  | Guest  |  |  |  |
Katrina Law | Jessica Knight | 2021–  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gary Cole | Alden Parker | 2021–  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |
NCIS: Los Angeles | Chris O'Donnell | G. Callen | 2009–23  | Guest  | Main  |  | Guest  |  |  | Guest  |
Peter Cambor | Nate "Doc" Getz | 2009–17; 2022–23  |  |  |  |  |  |
Daniela Ruah | Kensi Blye | 2009–24  |  |  |  |  | Guest  |
Adam Jamal Craig | Dominic Vail | 2009–10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LL Cool J | Sam Hanna | 2009–24  | Guest  |  | SGS  |  |  | Guest  |
Linda Hunt | Henrietta "Hetty" Lange | 2009–21; 2023  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Guest
Barrett Foa | Eric Beale | 2009–21  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |  |
Eric Christian Olsen | Marty Deeks | 2010–23  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Renée Felice Smith | Nell Jones | 2010–21; 2023  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Miguel Ferrer†  | Owen Granger | 2012–17  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nia Long | Shay Mosley | 2017–18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Medalion Rahimi | Fatima Namazi | 2019–23  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Caleb Castille | Devin Rountree | 2020–23  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gerald McRaney | Hollace Kilbride | 2014, 18–19, 21–23  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NCIS: New Orleans | Scott Bakula | Dwayne Cassius Pride | 2014–21  | Guest  |  | Main  |  |  |  |  |
Lucas Black | Christopher LaSalle | 2014–19  |  |  |  |  |  |
Zoe McLellan | Meredith Brody | 2014–16  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rob Kerkovich | Sebastian Lund | 2014–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C. C. H. Pounder | Loretta Wade | 2014–21  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |  |
Daryl Mitchell | Patton Plame | 2014–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shalita Grant | Sonja Percy | 2015–18  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vanessa Ferlito | Tammy Gregorio | 2016–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Necar Zadegan | Hannah Khoury | 2018–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charles Michael Davis | Quentin Carter | 2020–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Chelsea Field | Rita Devereaux | 2017–21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Vanessa Lachey | Jane Tennant | 2021–24  | Guest  | Guest  |  | Main  |  |  |  |
Alex Tarrant | Kai Holman | 2021–24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noah Mills | Jesse Boone | 2021–24  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |  |
Yasmine Al-Bustami | Lucy Tara | 2021–24  |  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |
Jason Antoon | Ernie Malik | 2021–24  | Guest  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tori Anderson | Kate Whistler | 2021–24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kian Talan | Alex Tennant | 2021–24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NCIS: Sydney | Olivia Swann | Michelle Mackey | 2023–  |  |  |  |  | Main  |  |  |
Todd Lasance | Jim "JD" Dempsey | 2023–  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sean Sagar | DeShawn Jackson | 2023–  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuuli Narkle | Evie Cooper | 2023–  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mavournee Hazel | Bluebird "Blue" Gleeson | 2023–  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
William McInnes | Roy "Rosie" Penrose | 2023–  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Notes

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ NCIS
3. ^ NCIS: Los Angeles
4. ^ NCIS: New Orleans
5. ^ NCIS: Hawai'i
6. ^ NCIS: Sydney
7. ^ JAG
8. ^ Hawaii Five-0

## Crossovers[edit]

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[edit]

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 I)"  | January 5, 2016 | Christopher J. Waild | Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Shalita Grant  | Two-part episode
"Pandora's Box (Part I)"  | February 14, 2017 | Christopher J. Waild  | Scott Bakula, Lucas Black
"Starting Over"  | March 28, 2022 | Margaret Rose Lester & Scott Williams  | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Vanessa Lachey
"The Brat Pack"  | May 2, 2022 | Katherine Beattie & Kimberly-Rose Wolter | Jason Antoon | Character appearance
"A Family Matter"  | September 19, 2022 | Scott Williams  | Vanessa Lachey, Jason Antoon  | Two-part episode
"Too Many Cooks"[14] | January 9, 2023 | Christopher J. Walid  | NCIS: Los Angeles | Chris O' Donnell, LL Cool J  | Three-part episode
NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Vanessa Lachey, Noah Mills
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  | Michael Weatherly
"A Long Time Coming"[14] | January 9, 2023 | Gary Cole, Wilmer Valderrama | Three-part episode
NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Vanessa Lachey, Yasmine Al-Bustami
NCIS: New Orleans | "Musician Heal Thyself"  | September 23, 2014 | Jeffrey Lieber | NCIS | David McCallum | Character appearance
"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 | Laurie Arent  | Leslie Hope
"Sister City, Part II"  | January 5, 2016 | Christopher Silber  | Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum, Emily Wickersham, Brian Dietzen | Two-part episode
"Pandora's Box, Part II"  | February 14, 2017 | Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama
"See You Soon"  | September 25, 2018 | Mark Harmon  | Character appearance
NCIS: Hawaiʻi | "T'N'T"  | March 28, 2022 | Christopher Silber & Megan Bacharach  | Wilmer Valderrama, Gary Cole, Diona Reasonover, Katrina Law | Two-part episode
"Prisoners' Dilemma"  | September 19, 2022 | Jan Nash & Christopher Silber  | Wilmer Valderrama, Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Katrina Law
"Deep Fake"[14] | January 9, 2023 | Christopher Silber  | Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen  | Three-part episode
NCIS: Los Angeles | Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J

### Outside the NCIS franchise[edit]

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
"Dark Secrets"  | January 9, 2018 | George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Hawaii Five-0 | "Ka Hakaka Maika'i"[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
"Payback"  | February 19, 2017 | Jordana Lewis Jaffe  | JAG | John M. Jackson | Character appearance
"Battle Scars"  | April 23, 2017 | Andrew Bartels, Jordana Lewis Jaffe
"Golden Days"  | April 30, 2017 | Joseph C. Wilson, Lee A. Carlisle
"This Is What We Do"  | November 19, 2017 | R. Scott Gemmill
"Các Tù Nhân"  | January 14, 2018
"Goodbye Vietnam"  | March 11, 2018
"The Guardian"  | May 12, 2019 | David James Elliott
"False Flag"  | May 19, 2019 | Frank Military  | David James Elliott, Catherine Bell
"Let Fate Decide"  | September 29, 2019 | Kyle Harimoto
"Code of Conduct"  | April 26, 2020 | Frank Military  | Catherine Bell
Scorpion | "True Colors"  | October 27, 2014 | Elizabeth Beall | NCIS: Los Angeles | Linda Hunt

Notes

1. ^ In Hawaiian, the title means "The Good Fight".
2. ^ In Hawaiian, the title means "Touch of Death".

## Universe[edit]

See also: Lenkov-verse

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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).

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## Theme songs[edit]

Series  | Theme song

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NCIS | "NCIS Theme"
NCIS: Los Angeles | "No Crew Is Superior"
NCIS: New Orleans | "Boom Boom"
NCIS: Sydney | "NCIS Theme"

## Reception[edit]

NCIS, voted America's favorite television series in 2011,[15] finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during 2012–13 U.S. network television season;[16] and is broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide.[17] As of the end of the 2014–15 U.S. network television season, NCIS remains TV's most watched drama series.[18] Spin-off NCIS: New Orleans ended its first season as the second most watched drama on CBS,[18] 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.[19]

## Games[edit]

### NCIS (2010)[edit]

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.[20] 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."[20] 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."[21]

### NCIS (2011)[edit]

Main article: NCIS (video game)

NCIS is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Shanghai and published by Ubisoft for Nintendo 3DS (as NCIS 3D), PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2011. It is based on the original NCIS TV series.

### NCIS: Hidden Crimes[edit]

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.[22]

## NCIS TV movies[edit]

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  | [23][24]
The NCIS Movie: Judgement Day  | "Judgment Day (Part I)" / "Judgment Day (Part II)"  | June 10, 2013  | 1 hr, 40 mins  | [25]
The NCIS Movie: Legend
(Legend Compilation)  | "Legend (Part I)" / "Legend (Part II)"  | June 10, 2013  | 1 hr, 45 mins  | [26][27]
The NCIS Movie: Kill Ari  | "Kill Ari (Part I)" / "Kill Ari (Part II)"  | August 22, 2013  | 2 hrs  | [28][29]
The NCIS Movie: War on Terror  | "Engaged (Part I)" / "Engaged (Part II)"  | February 1, 2014  | 1 hr, 20 mins  | [30]
The NCIS Movie: Payback  | "Borderland" / "Patriot Down" / "Rule Fifty-One"  | March 1, 2014  | 2 hrs, 35 mins  | [31]
The NCIS Movie: Shell Shock  | "Shell Shock (Part I)" / "Shell Shock (Part II)"  | April 11, 2014  | 1 hr, 30 mins  | [32]
Death Wish (Part I & II)  | "Shabbat Shalom" / "Shiva"  | April 16, 2014 (1)
April 18, 2014 (2)  | 1 hr, 40 mins  | [33][34]
The NCIS Movie:
Race Against Terror: Hiatus  | "Hiatus (Part I)" / "Hiatus (Part II)"  |

* August 20, 2016
* September 17, 2016

| 1 hr, 50 mins  | [35][36]

## Abandoned spinoff[edit]

### NCIS: Red[edit]

Main article: NCIS: Los Angeles § Potential spin-off

In November 2012, CBS commissioned a pilot episode for a potential NCIS: Los Angeles spinoff titled NCIS: Red.[37] 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".[37] On February 6, 2013, John Corbett was cast as retired special agent Roy, the series male lead.[38] Earlier, Miguel Ferrer would join the cast as a series regular, and reprising his NCIS: Los Angeles role,[39] Edwin Hodge had been cast as Kai, an intelligence analyst,[40] Scott Grimes was cast as Dave,[41] Gillian Alexy was cast as Claire,[42] and Kim Raver was cast in the pilot, playing the lead role of Paris.[43] 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.[44] On May 21, 2013, CBS President Nina Tassler stated that "sometimes [spinoffs] work and sometimes they don't. Protecting [the franchise] was really important."[45] CBS was reportedly "open to redeveloping the pilot with a new cast attached",[45] though a second franchise appearance by Scott Grimes in 2017 remains the only continuation of Red to date.

## See also[edit]

* CSI (franchise)
* Criminal Minds (franchise)

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