NCIS (TV series)

NCIS
Intertitle
Genre	Police procedural Drama
Created by	Donald P. Bellisario Don McGill
Starring	Mark Harmon Sasha Alexander Michael Weatherly Pauley Perrette David McCallum Sean Murray Cote de Pablo Lauren Holly Rocky Carroll Brian Dietzen
Theme music composer	Numeriklab
Opening theme	NCIS Theme
Ending theme	NCIS Theme
Composer(s)	Brian Kirk
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	198 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shane Brennan Donald P. Bellisario Chas. Floyd Johnson Gary Glasberg Mark Horowitz Mark Harmon Frank Cardea George Schenck
Producer(s)	David Bellisario Avery C. Drewe
Cinematography	Billy Webb
Running time	42–44 minutes
Production company(s)	Belisarius Productions Paramount Television (2003–06) CBS Paramount Television (2006–09) CBS Television Studios (2009–present)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) – present
Chronology
Related shows	JAG NCIS: Los Angeles
External links
Official website

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 eight full seasons and has gone into syndicated reruns on USA Network, Cloo (formerly Sleuth) and Ion Television. Donald Bellisario, who created JAG as well as the well-known series Airwolf, 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 was joined in its seventh season by a spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.

On February 3, 2011, NCIS was renewed by CBS for a ninth season after receiving series-high ratings the night before.^[1][2] That same year, NCIS was voted as America’s favorite television show.^[3] NCIS has been well received by critics and fans.

Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 3 Production 3.1 Name 3.2 Filming location 3.3 Crew changes 4 Episodes 4.1 Crossovers 5 Ratings 6 DVD releases 7 Other releases 8 Soundtrack 9 Spin-off 10 Awards and nominations 11 International distribution 12 References 13 External links

Premise

NCIS follows a fictional team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service Major Case Response Team (MCRT)^[4] 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 comedic 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)—i.e., 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 Special Agent (former Mossad liaison officer) Ziva David (Cote de Pablo), who replaced Caitlin "Kate" Todd (Sasha Alexander) when she was shot and killed by rogue Mossad agent Ari Haswari (Rudolf Martin) at the end of Season 2. The team is assisted in their investigations by Chief Medical Examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard (David McCallum), his assistant Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), who replaced Gerald Jackson (Pancho Demmings), and Forensic Specialist Abigail "Abby" Sciuto (Pauley Perrette).

It is revealed through flashbacks that the 'original' head of the MCRT was Special Agent Mike Franks (Muse Watson), who led the unit when it was part of the Naval Investigative Service (NIS), the predecessor agency of the NCIS. Franks 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 (Robyn Lively), 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 joins Gibbs' team after resigning from the Secret Service. 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 Season 1, until he is officially promoted with his own desk at the Navy Yard in the beginning of Season 2.

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 the Department of Homeland Security. Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) was appointed director after Morrow in the first episode of Season 3. After Shepard was killed in a shootout at the end of Season 5, Vance, who was Assistant Director of NCIS before her death, was seen as Acting Director after her death and was promoted to take her place.

Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Occupation	Seasons
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon	NCIS Special Agent in Charge	Main
Caitlin Todd	Sasha Alexander	NCIS Field Special Agent	Main		Guest					Voice
Tony DiNozzo	Michael Weatherly	NCIS Senior Field Special Agent	Main
Ziva David	Cote de Pablo	NCIS Field Special Agent			Main
Abby Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	NCIS Forensic Specialist	Main
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	NCIS Field Special Agent	Recurring	Main
Jenny Shepard	Lauren Holly	NCIS Agency Director			Main
Leon Vance	Rocky Carroll	NCIS Agency Director/ Former NCIS Agency Assistant Director					Recurring	Main
Donald "Ducky" Mallard	David McCallum	NCIS Chief Medical Examiner	Main
Jimmy Palmer	Brian Dietzen	NCIS Medical Examiner's Assistant	Recurring					Also Starring

Main

• Leroy Jethro Gibbs (portrayed by Mark Harmon) is a special agent in charge of the Major Case Response Team. He was a sniper in the United States Marine Corps, achieving the rank of gunnery sergeant, until 1991 when his first wife Shannon and daughter Kelly were killed by a Mexican drug dealer after Shannon had witnessed a murder by the drug dealer.^[5] Gibbs killed the drug dealer in Mexico, after being told by Special Agent Mike Franks where to find him, and joined NIS, later renamed NCIS, initially training under Franks.^[6] After Franks retirement, Gibbs became the agent in charge of the MCRT. He has been married four times but is currently single, which is often referred to on the show. He also has a difficult relationship with his father. Gibbs and Director Shepard had a romantic relationship in the past, shown through the use of flashbacks. He has a somewhat father-daughter-like relationship with Forensic Specialist Abby Sciuto
• Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (portrayed by Michael Weatherly) 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.^[7] Gibbs considers DiNozzo to be a younger version of himself, using his "gut" to solve cases (e.g., in the episode "Collateral Damage").^[8] Considered a notorious womanizer, his behavior even irritates the females he works with.
• Ziva David (portrayed by Cote de Pablo) is possibly the most dangerous member of the team. She has been a special 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. David replaced Special Agent Kate Todd, who was shot and killed by David's half-brother in the season two finale, "Twilight". In the season seven premiere, "Truth or Consequences", David is rescued from North Africa by Gibbs, DiNozzo, and McGee, where she had been held prisoner by terrorists for several months after being captured on a mission she was working on for the Mossad. David eventually returned to the US and resigned from the Mossad, becoming a probationary NCIS agent and a US citizen.
• Abigail "Abby" Sciuto (portrayed by Pauley Perrette) is a forensics specialist assigned to the NCIS Major Case Response Team. She has an affinity for goth fashion and is addicted to the fictional Caf-Pow, a caffeinated beverage. Abby's character has gained enormous popularity nationally and internationally. Gibbs is a father figure to Abby, who sometimes kisses her on the cheek, and says, "Good job, Abbs!"
• Timothy McGee (portrayed by Sean Murray) is a special agent and junior field agent of the Major Case Response Team. He has a degree in computer forensics from MIT and a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and, along with Abby Sciuto, acts as the team's technology specialist. McGee was originally assigned to the Norfolk Naval Base but became a permanent team member at the end of the season two opening episode, "See No Evil". Often called "Probie" by DiNozzo, despite no longer being a probationary. Under a pseudonym, the author of a best-selling book using characters based on members of the team, much to their irritation. Particularly close to Abby.
• Leon Vance (portrayed by Rocky Carroll) was formerly the NCIS assistant director and right hand to Jenny Shepard; he became the Director of NCIS following her death at the end of the season five.
• Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (portrayed by David McCallum) 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) 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) worked as a secret service agent until the beginning of season one, and was tasked with the presidential protection detail. She almost failed at her job, only being bailed out by NCIS, so she resigned from the Secret Service and was offered a job at NCIS by Gibbs who became something of a mentor to her. Her two-year career came to a tragic and abrupt end when at the end of the season two finale, "Twilight", she died after being shot in the head by double agent Ari Haswari (Ziva David's half-brother). Todd's 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 until she was replaced by Ziva David (Ari Haswari's half-sister).

Recurring

• Jimmy Palmer, portrayed by Brian Dietzen (Seasons 1–present), replaced Gerald Jackson as the assistant to Medical Examiner Dr. Mallard. Although originally credited in a recurring role, Dietzen has been credited as "Also starring" since season six.
• Tobias Fornell, portrayed by Joe Spano (Seasons 1–present), is a senior FBI special agent. He has a daughter with his ex-wife, who was previously married to Gibbs. Gibbs and Fornell have a spiky camaraderie and frequently have meetings in a stalled elevator while pretending to their respective staffs that they are arguing furiously.
• 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 very dangerous and does not trust him. While trying to clean up the agency's mess involving the "Port-to-Port Killer ", Lt. Jonas Cobb, he loses his left eye in a fight with Cobb, which Cobb later puts in a drink he secretly ordered for DiNozzo at a bar.
• Eli David, portrayed by Michael Nouri (Seasons 6–present), is the director of the national intelligence agency of Israel, the Mossad. He is also father of both NCIS (and ex-Mossad) Agent Ziva David and rogue Mossad double agent Ari Haswari. Even though David does not support his daughter working at NCIS, he claims he nevertheless loves her. David is close friends with, and mentor to, Director Vance, during Vance's first assignment for NCIS.
• E. J. Barrett, portrayed by Sarah Jane Morris (Season 8–present), is an NCIS team leader temporarily assigned, with her team, to Washington from Rota, Spain, to find the Port-to-Port Killer. Her job in Spain was first offered to DiNozzo, who declined.
• Mike Franks, portrayed by Muse Watson (Seasons 3–8), is a retired special agent with NIS and long-time mentor to Gibbs, whom he still calls Probie. He is also close friends with DiNozzo and Jenny Shepard. He loses his trigger finger in "Rule Fifty-one" but claims that he "can still pull the trigger with [his] thumb." In the season-eight episode "Swan Song," he is murdered with a scalpel by Lt. Jonas Cobb, the "Port to Port Killer." He had predicted his own death, telling himself moments before, that he'd die fighting.
• M. Allison Hart, portrayed by Rena Sofer (Season 7), is a hard-charging defense attorney and potential love interest for Gibbs.
• 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. She is reassigned back to the Legal Department after Gibbs returns, and has recurring appearances throughout the season four. 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. Because she would have been tried for two murders, she chose to "die a hero".
• Hollis Mann, portrayed by Susanna Thompson (Seasons 4–5), is a Lt. 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".
• 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".
• 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 season one, 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. He was replaced by Jimmy Palmer.

Production

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).^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

Episodes

Eight complete seasons of NCIS have aired, with the eighth season ending on May 17, 2011. The ninth season of NCIS premiered on September 20, 2011. As of January 3, 2012 (2012 -01-03)^[update], 198 original episodes of NCIS have aired.

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
		Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
Introductory	2	April 22, 2003	April 29, 2003	March 17, 2009 included on JAG season 8 DVD	June 21, 2010 included on JAG season 8 DVD	August 5, 2010 included on JAG season 8 DVD
1	23	September 23, 2003	May 25, 2004	June 6, 2006	July 24, 2006	August 10, 2006
2	23	September 28, 2004	May 24, 2005	November 14, 2006	October 2, 2006	October 12, 2006
3	24	September 20, 2005	May 16, 2006	April 24, 2007	June 25, 2007	March 15, 2007
4	24	September 19, 2006	May 22, 2007	October 23, 2007	May 19, 2008	July 10, 2008
5	19	September 25, 2007	May 20, 2008	August 26, 2008	June 22, 2009	May 7, 2009
6	25	September 23, 2008	May 19, 2009	August 25, 2009	August 2, 2010	June 3, 2010
7	24	September 22, 2009	May 25, 2010	August 24, 2010	June 13, 2011[13]	July 7, 2011[14]
8	24	September 21, 2010	May 17, 2011[15]	August 23, 2011[16]	N/A	September 1, 2011[17]
9	N/A	September 20, 2011[18]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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"; Alicia Coppola returned as Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman in "UnSEALed", "Call of Silence" and "Hometown Hero" while Adam Baldwin returned as Cmdr. Michael Rainer in "A Weak Link".
• 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 Projects 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 (director of the Los Angeles branch) took him on a tour of Warner Bros. Studios.

Ratings

Broadcast

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[19]
2nd	23	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 28, 2004	May 24, 2005	2004–05	#22	13.57[20]
3rd	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 20, 2005	May 16, 2006	2005–06	#16	15.27[21]
4th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 19, 2006	May 22, 2007	2006–07	#20	14.54[22]
5th	19	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 25, 2007	May 20, 2008	2007–08	#14	14.41[23]
6th	25	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 23, 2008	May 19, 2009	2008–09	#5	17.77[24]
7th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 22, 2009	May 25, 2010	2009–10	#4	19.33[25]
8th	24	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 21, 2010	May 17, 2011	2010–11	#5	19.46[26]
9th	TBA	Tuesday 8:00 PM	September 20, 2011[27]	Spring 2012	2011–12	#2[28]	20.46[28]

• NCIS is the most watched scripted TV series in the United States, followed by CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Both shows are from CBS.
• In season 8 episode "Freedom" NCIS set another series ratings record by attracting an audience of 22.85 million viewers and a 18-49 rating of 4.6. (Live+SD) ^[29][30]

DVR

• The show ranked number four in DVR playback (2.714 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from January 5–11, 2009.^[31]
• The show ranked number thirteen in DVR playback (2.743 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from February 9–15, 2009.^[32]
• The show ranked number nine in DVR playback (3.007 million viewers), according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data from April 6–12, 2009.^[33]

Cable

• 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.^[34]
• 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.^[35]
• 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.^[36]
• 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.^[37]
• 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.^[38]

DVD releases

The first eight 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[39]	July 24, 2006[40]	August 10, 2006[41]
Season 2	November 14, 2006[42]	October 16, 2006[43]	October 12, 2006[44]
Season 3	April 24, 2007[45]	June 25, 2007[46]	March 15, 2007[47]
Season 4	October 23, 2007[48]	May 19, 2008[49]	July 10, 2008[47]
Season 5	August 26, 2008[50]	June 22, 2009[51]	May 7, 2009[52]
Season 6	August 25, 2009[53]	June 23, 2010[54]	June 3, 2010[55]
Season 7	August 24, 2010[56]	June 13, 2011 [57]	July 7, 2011
Season 8	August 23, 2011	October 6, 2011	September 1, 2011 [58]

Other releases

In 2010, CBS Interactive and GameHouse released a mobile video game, NCIS: The Game for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and BREW/J2ME. The game features five different cases written by the show's writers.^[59]

On November 1st, 2011, Ubisoft released NCIS, a video game for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. A Nintendo 3DS version is scheduled to be released on March 6, 2012. The video game was deemed as a mockery to the show by reviewers and players alike, and received a 2/10 rating on GameSpot.^[60]

Soundtrack

CBS Records released the show's first soundtrack on February 10, 2009.^[61] 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^[62] (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

CBS has picked up an NCIS spin-off series with the title NCIS: Los Angeles.^{[63][64][65][66]} 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.^[64] The characters listed were: G. Callen, Lara Macy, Nate "Doc" Getz, Kensi Blye, and Sam Hanna.^[67] Crew members will include Michael B. Kaplan, Lev L. Spiro, Jerry London, Sheldon Epps and Mark Saraceni.^[68]

Chris O'Donnell plays the lead character, G. Callen.^[69] 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."^[65] 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.^[67]

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,^[70] the LAPD/NCIS Liaison. The series started its second season with a 2-hour premiere on September 21, 2010.

The third season started on September 20, 2011 at 9PM ET/PT.

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)
• Won – Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series – Cote de Pablo (2011)

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)

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

Argentina: AXN  Australia: Network Ten and TV1  Austria: ORF 1 and Puls 4  Belgium: RTL-TVI and VT4  Brazil: AXN and Rede Bandeirantes  Bulgaria: GTV, Diema, AXN and BTV Cinema  Canada: Global Television Network (in English) and Historia (in French)  China: Fox HD Asia  Chile: La Red and AXN  Colombia: AXN  Costa Rica: Repretel 11  Croatia: Nova TV and AXN  Czech Republic: TV Nova and AXN  Denmark: TV3 and TV3Puls  Estonia: TV3 and TV6  Finland: Nelonen and TV Viisi  France: M6 (currently airing season 8)  Germany: Sat.1, Kabel1 and 13th Street  Greece: Star Channel (currently showing season 6) and Nova Cinema (currently showing season 7)  Hungary: TV2 and AXN  Hong Kong: Now TV (Fox Asia)  Iceland: Stöð 2  India: Big CBS Prime (currently showing season 8)  Indonesia: Fox Asia  Ireland: RTÉ3e  Italy: Rai Due (currently airing season 8[71]) and Fox Crime  Japan: FOX JAPAN (currently airing season 6)[72] and Fox Crime (Asia) and TV Tokyo  Macedonia: Sitel (TV channel) (currently showing season 6)  Malaysia: 8TV, Fox Asia

Mexico: AXN and Azteca 7  Morocco: 2M TV  Netherlands: SBS 6 & Veronica  New Zealand: TV3 and The Box  Norway: TV3 and Viasat4  Peru: ATV, AXN  Philippines: Fox Asia  Poland: TVN, TVN HD, TVN7 and AXN  Portugal: AXN and SIC  Puerto Rico: WAPA-TV  Russia: NTV and DTV  Romania: Prima TV, AXN  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 (currently airing Season 8), Orion Cinema Network (OCN) and FOX (Korea)  Spain: AXN and La Sexta[73]  Sweden: TV3 and TV8 (Currently airing season 8)  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, Channel 5 and 5USA (with FX airing Season 9 from January 2012[74])  Vietnam: Fox HD Asia  Latvia: TV3 Latvia, TV6 Latvia (Currently airing season 6)

References

External links

• Official website
• NCIS at the Internet Movie Database
• NCIS at TV Guide
• NCIS at AllRovi
• NCIS at TV.com

NCIS NCIS Characters Leroy Jethro Gibbs • Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo • Ziva David • Timothy McGee • Abigail "Abby" Sciuto • Donald "Ducky" Mallard • Jimmy Palmer • Leon Vance • Caitlin "Kate" Todd • Jenny Shepard Episodes Introductory episodes • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • Season 9 Notable episodes "Ice Queen"  · "Requiem" Other media DVD releases • Soundtrack NCIS: Los Angeles Characters G. Callen • Nate "Doc" Getz • Kensi Blye • Marty Deeks • Dominic "Dom" Vail • Eric Beale • Nell Jones • Henrietta "Hetty" Lange • Sam Hanna Episodes Introductory episodes • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 Related Naval Criminal Investigative Service • JAG

JAG JAG Characters Harmon Rabb · Sarah MacKenzie · Caitlin Pike · Bud Roberts · A. J. Chegwidden · Jennifer Coates · Harriet Sims · Sturgis Turner · Gordon Cresswell · Meg Austin Episodes Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 · Season 6 · Season 7 · Season 8 · Season 9 · Season 10 Showrunner Donald P. Bellisario Other media Home video releases Related shows First Monday (common character) · NCIS (Spin-off) · NCIS: Los Angeles (Spin-off of NCIS) Related real-life concepts depicted in JAG Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy · United States Naval Aviator · Uniform Code of Military Justice · Manual for Courts-Martial · Federal Rules of Evidence · Law of the Sea · Geneva Conventions · United States Disciplinary Barracks · United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces · Physical Evaluation Board · International Criminal Court · Guantanamo Bay detention camp Related real-life conflicts depicted in JAG World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War · Yugoslav Wars · Iraqi no-fly zones · Kosovo War · War in Afghanistan · Iraq War Related real-life officials depicted in JAG Secretary of the Navy · Judge Advocate General of the Navy JAG website

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