NCIS (franchise)

NCIS franchise
Creator	NCIS Donald P. Bellisario Don McGill NCIS: Los Angeles Shane Brennan NCIS: New Orleans Gary Glasberg
Original work	JAG
Films and television
Television series	NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: New Orleans
Audio
Soundtracks	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 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

Mark Harmon stars in NCIS

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
	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

Series	Actor	Character	Duration	Appearances
				Franchise			Universe[lower-alpha 1]
				NCIS[lower-alpha 2]	L.A.[lower-alpha 3]	N.O.[lower-alpha 4]	JAG[lower-alpha 5]	H 5-0[lower-alpha 6]	Scorpion
NCIS	Harmon, MarkMark Harmon	Gibbs, Leroy JethroLeroy Jethro Gibbs	2003–	Main		Guest	Guest
	Alexander, SashaSasha Alexander	Todd, Caitlin "Kate"Caitlin "Kate" Todd	2003–05; 2011
	Weatherly, MichaelMichael Weatherly	DiNozzo, Anthony "Tony"Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo	2003–16		Guest	Guest	Guest
	Perrette, PauleyPauley Perrette	Sciuto, AbbyAbby Sciuto	2003–
	McCallum, DavidDavid McCallum	Mallard, Donald "Ducky"Donald "Ducky" Mallard	2003–
	Murray, SeanSean Murray	McGee, TimothyTimothy McGee	2003–
	de Pablo, CoteCote de Pablo	David, ZivaZiva David	2005–13
	Holly, LaurenLauren Holly	Shepard, JennyJenny Shepard	2005–08
	Carroll, RockyRocky Carroll	Vance, LeonLeon Vance	2008–		Guest	Guest
	Dietzen, BrianBrian Dietzen	Palmer, JimmyJimmy Palmer	2003–
	Wickersham, EmilyEmily Wickersham	Bishop, Eleanor "Ellie"Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop	2013–
	Valderrama, WilmerWilmer Valderrama	Torres, Nicholas "Nick"Nicholas "Nick" Torres	2016–
	Esposito, JenniferJennifer Esposito	Quinn, Alexandra "Alex"Alexandra "Alex" Quinn	2016–
NCIS: Los Angeles	O'Donnell, ChrisChris O'Donnell	Callen, G.G. Callen	2009–	Guest	Main			Guest
	Cambor, PeterPeter Cambor	Getz, Nate "Doc"Nate "Doc" Getz	2009–
	Ruah, DanielaDaniela Ruah	Blye, KensiKensi Blye	2009–					Guest
	Craig, Adam JamalAdam Jamal Craig	Vail, DominicDominic Vail	2009–10
	J, LL CoolLL Cool J	Hanna, SamSam Hanna	2009–	Guest				Guest
	Hunt, LindaLinda Hunt	Lange, Henrietta "Hetty"Henrietta "Hetty" Lange	2009–						Guest
	Foa, BarrettBarrett Foa	Beale, EricEric Beale	2009–	Guest
	Olsen, Eric ChristianEric Christian Olsen	Deeks, MartyMarty Deeks	2010–
	Smith, Renée FeliceRenée Felice Smith	Jones, NellNell Jones	2010–
	Ferrer, MiguelMiguel Ferrer	Granger, OwenOwen Granger	2012–
NCIS: New Orleans	Bakula, ScottScott Bakula	Pride, Dwayne CassiusDwayne Cassius Pride	2014–	Guest		Main
	Black, LucasLucas Black	LaSalle, ChristopherChristopher LaSalle	2014–
	McLellan, ZoeZoe McLellan	Brody, MeredithMeredith Brody	2014–16[6]
	Kerkovich, RobRob Kerkovich	Lund, SebastianSebastian Lund	2014–
	Pounder, C. C. H.C. C. H. Pounder	Wade, LorettaLoretta Wade	2014–	Guest
	Mitchell, DarylDaryl Mitchell	Patton Plame	2014–
	Grant, ShalitaShalita Grant	Sonja Percy	2015–	Guest
	Ferlito, VanessaVanessa Ferlito	Tammy Gregorio	2016–

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. JAG
6. 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
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
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"[lower-roman 1]	October 24, 2011	Kyle Harimoto	NCIS: Los Angeles	Daniela Ruah
	"Pa Make Loa"[lower-roman 2]	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

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

Theme songs

Series	Theme song
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
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)"	August 20, 2016 September 17, 2016	1 hr, 50 mins	[20][21]

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