"""NCIS: New Orleans"" was ordered to series by CBS. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> General NCIS: New Orleans (season 1) The first season of """" premiered on CBS on September 23, 2014, and concluded on May 12, 2015. The season aired following ""NCIS"", on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm (ET). The first season of ""NCIS: New Orleans"" follows the work of Special Agent Dwayne Pride, who leads a New Orleans-based investigative team tasked with solving crimes involving the US Navy and Marine Corps. Pride and Chris LaSalle work alongside new-transfer Meredith Brody, as they face the loss of friends (""Musician Heal Thyself""), battle a suspected"
"awards and nominations since it premiered on September 23, 2003, including the ALMA Awards, ASCAP Awards, BMI Film & TV Awards, Emmy Awards, and People's Choice Awards. NCIS (TV series) NCIS is an American action police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series ""JAG"" (season eight episodes 20 and 21: ""Ice Queen"" and ""Meltdown""). The show, a spin-off from ""JAG"", premiered on September 23, 2003, on"
"NCIS (TV series) NCIS is an American action police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series ""JAG"" (season eight episodes 20 and 21: ""Ice Queen"" and ""Meltdown""). The show, a spin-off from ""JAG"", premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date it has aired fifteen full seasons and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators"
"NCIS (franchise) 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 """" and """" in 2009 and 2014, respectively. ""NCIS: Los Angeles"" had a proposed spin-off, but it was"
"NCIS (season 3) The third season of the police procedural drama ""NCIS"" was originally broadcast between September 20, 2005 and May 16, 2006 on CBS. The third season opens in the aftermath of ""Twilight"", with the entire team in shock and Gibbs on a vendetta to seek revenge for Kate's murder. Matters are complicated by the intervention of Gibbs' former lover and new NCIS director Jenny Shepard, and Mossad officer Ziva David. This season begins to drop little hints about Gibbs' past, and is the first to reference his first wife, Shannon, and his daughter, Kelly. The season finale introduces"
"enforcement and counterintelligence arm of the United States Department of the Navy, which includes the United States Marine Corps. NCIS investigates all major criminal offenses (felonies)—for example, crimes punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by confinement of more than one year—within the Department of the Navy. Whenever a crime is committed involving Navy or Marine personnel, the Washington-based Major Case Response Team — an elite arm of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service — spearheads the investigation. The team, led by laconic investigator Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), has included Caitlin Todd (Sasha Alexander), Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), Timothy"
"Harmon) being severely injured in a ship bombing, his subsequent memory loss, and the team's struggle to find the perpetrator before another attack. The episodes also delve into Gibbs' past, culminating in the revelation of his wife and daughter's deaths 15 years prior. ""NCIS"" follows a team of government agents who work for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The main cast during the filming of the third season included Mark Harmon as team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Michael Weatherly as Senior Agent Anthony ""Tony"" DiNozzo, Cote de Pablo as Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David, Pauley Perrette as Forensic Specialist Abby"
"his former boss, Mike Franks (Muse Watson), who assists Gibbs in recovering from a near-fatal bomb blast. The season ends with Gibbs retiring, leaving DiNozzo in charge of the Major Case Response Team. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> NCIS (season 3) The third season of the police procedural drama ""NCIS"" was originally broadcast between September 20, 2005 and May 16, 2006 on CBS. The third season opens in the aftermath of ""Twilight"", with the entire team in shock and Gibbs on a vendetta to seek revenge for Kate's murder. Matters are complicated by the intervention of Gibbs' former lover and new NCIS director"
"September 11, 2001, led NCIS to transform the Anti-terrorist Alert Center into the Multiple Threat Alert Center (MTAC) in 2002. NCIS agents were the first U.S. law enforcement personnel on the scene at the USS ""Cole"" bombing, the Limburg bombing and the terrorist attack in Mombasa, Kenya. NCIS's Cold Case unit has solved 50 homicides since 1995—one of which was 33 years old. NCIS has conducted fraud investigations resulting in over half a billion dollars in recoveries and restitution to the U.S. government and the U.S. Navy since 1997. NCIS investigates any death occurring on a Navy vessel or Navy"
"or Marine Corps aircraft or installation (except when the cause of death is medically attributable to disease or natural causes). NCIS oversees the Master-at-Arms programs for the Navy, overseeing 8800 Masters-at-Arms and the Military Working Dog program. NCIS's three strategic priorities are to prevent terrorism, protect secrets, and reduce crime. Current missions for NCIS include criminal investigations, force protection, cross-border drug enforcement, anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism, major procurement fraud, computer crime and counter-intelligence. NCIS Special Agent Peter Garza conducted the first court-ordered Internet wiretap in the United States. Jonathan Jay Pollard was an NIS analyst who was convicted of spying for Israel"
"team during the two-part JAG backdoor pilot. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> NCIS (season 1) The first season of the American police procedural drama ""NCIS"" was originally broadcast between September 23, 2003 and May 25, 2004 on CBS. The first season dealt with introducing the characters and their strengths, skills, and weaknesses. Three recurring characters are also introduced: the main foe for the first two seasons, Ari Haswari; Special Agent Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer who replaces Gerald Jackson, Ducky's assistant, after he was shot. The season also introduces Sasha Alexander as Special Agent Caitlin Todd who serves as Special Agent Vivian Blackadder's"
"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. ""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 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"
"otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. The unit is also trained to process a crime scene in a hazardous environment, for example following a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. The CSU is the primary focus of the CBS TV drama """", and has been occasionally featured on both """" and """". CSU is also featured on ""Law & Order"", """", """", and """", though it is not the primary focus of these series. The Special Victims Division created in 2003 oversees all the borough Special Victims Squads. The Special Victims Division is part of the New York City Police"
"2003) and three episodes of NCIS (2004-2005). While several other actors who played major roles on ""JAG"" have also appeared on ""NCIS"", such as Scott Lawrence (Sturgis Turner on ""JAG""), Steven Culp (Clayton Webb on ""JAG""), Randy Vazquez (Victor Galindez on ""JAG""), and Michael Bellisario (Mikey Roberts on ""JAG""); they played completely different characters when appearing on ""NCIS"". First introduced in the NCIS back-door pilot, Alicia Coppola appeared as Navy judge advocate Lieutenant Commander Faith Coleman in several episodes of ""NCIS"". Adam Baldwin played the same guest role, Navy SEAL Commander Michael Rainer, in one episode of each show. ""First"
"former CIA Agent Trent Kort, and Tony learns that he and Ziva have a daughter, who she named after her sister, Tali. These events drive Tony to leave NCIS to care for their daughter. Michael Weatherly was cast for the role of Anthony ""Tony"" DiNozzo in 2003 and appeared in every episode of the show's first 13 seasons. The character is portrayed as ""complex"": he is a former Baltimore homicide detective with a ""heroic spirit"" as well as a ""total dinosaur in terms of sexual politics"". In the second season finale, ""NCIS"" series regular Caitlin Todd was killed off after"
"NCIS (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American police procedural drama ""NCIS"" premiered on September 22, 2015, in the same time slot as in the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm. ""NCIS"" revolves 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 series was renewed for a thirteenth season by CBS on Monday, May 11, 2015. Michael Weatherly, who stars as Anthony DiNozzo on the show, departed the series in the season finale. On February 29, 2016, ""NCIS"" was renewed for seasons fourteen"
"NCIS (season 1) The first season of the American police procedural drama ""NCIS"" was originally broadcast between September 23, 2003 and May 25, 2004 on CBS. The first season dealt with introducing the characters and their strengths, skills, and weaknesses. Three recurring characters are also introduced: the main foe for the first two seasons, Ari Haswari; Special Agent Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer who replaces Gerald Jackson, Ducky's assistant, after he was shot. The season also introduces Sasha Alexander as Special Agent Caitlin Todd who serves as Special Agent Vivian Blackadder's (Robyn Lively) replacement, who was a member of Gibbs'"
"civilian agency. Roy D. Nedrow, a former United States Secret Service (USSS) executive, was appointed as the first civilian director and the name changed from Naval Investigative Service to Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Nedrow oversaw the restructuring of NCIS into a Federal law enforcement agency with 14 field offices controlling field operations in 140 locations worldwide. In 1995, NCIS introduced the Cold Case Homicide Unit, the first dedicated federal-level cold case homicide unit. The unit has resolved 61 cases since 1995. In May 1997, David L. Brant was appointed Director of NCIS by Secretary of the Navy John Howard Dalton."
"gather and analyze forensic evidence, question witnesses, and apprehend suspects. The show's popularity led to three spin-offs: """", which debuted in 2002, """", first aired in 2004, and """", which premiered in 2015. The ""CSI"" franchise's success resulted in the production of many similar shows. The ""CSI effect"" has been associated with drama and true crime television series that preceded ""CSI"", such as ""American Justice"", ""Cold Case Files"", ""Cold Squad"", """", ""Forensic Files"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Waking the Dead""; and others that followed, including ""Bones"", ""Cold Case"", ""Criminal Minds"", ""Crossing Jordan"", ""NCIS"", ""Numb3rs"", ""Wire in the Blood"", and ""Without a Trace""."
"cracking the Top 30 in the first two seasons, the third season showed progress, consistently ranking in the top 20, and by its sixth season, it became a top five hit, having remained there since. In 2011, ""NCIS"" was voted America's favorite television show in an online Harris Poll. The series finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during the 2012–13 TV season. On April 13, 2018, ""NCIS"" was renewed for a sixteenth season, that premiered on September 25, 2018. Diona Reasonover joined the main cast in Season 16, following the departures of Duane Henry"
"focused on the NCIS team, with most of the JAG regulars as supporting characters. Whereas the episodes of ""JAG"" are primarily oriented on a mixture of courtroom drama and military activities in the field, ""NCIS"" episodes are more focused, as the meaning of the acronym suggests, on criminal investigations. ""NCIS"" also follows a different storytelling format from ""JAG"", emphasizing character humor to a larger extent than its parent program. ""NCIS"" later produced its own spin-offs, """" and """", which shows a further departure from the styles and themes of ""JAG"". The two episodes ""Ice Queen"" and ""Meltdown"" were edited down"
"eras for mankind. Since 2003 McCallum has starred in the CBS television series ""NCIS"" as Dr. Donald ""Ducky"" Mallard, the team's chief medical examiner and one of the show's most popular characters. In Season 2 Episode 13 ""The Meat Puzzle"", NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd (Sasha Alexander) asked Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), ""What did Ducky look like when he was younger?"" Gibbs replies, ""Illya Kuryakin"". According to the behind-the-scenes feature on the 2006 DVD of NCIS season 1, McCallum became an expert in forensics to play Mallard, including appearing at medical examiner conventions. In the feature, Donald"
"focusing on the ongoing trials of Angel in Los Angeles. His character is tormented by guilt following the return of his soul, punishment for more than a century of murder and torture. During the first four seasons of the show, he works as a private detective in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, California, where he and his associates work to ""help the helpless"" and to restore the faith and ""save the souls"" of those who have lost their way. Typically, this mission involves doing battle with evil demons or demonically allied humans (primarily the law firm Wolfram & Hart),"
"and Pauley Perrette. ""NCIS"" follows a fictional team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service Major Case Response Team (MCRT) special agents based at the Washington, D.C. field office in Washington Navy Yard. In real life, the field office is based at the nearby Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling while the Navy Yard is home to the museum and several military commands within the Department of the Navy. 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. The NCIS is the primary law"
"death was a murder and not an accident. She wants to crack the case. But at the same time, she’s extremely emotionally attached to this case, which can cloud your judgment sometimes"". The premise for the two-part arc is set up in Kensi's appearance on Hawaii Five-0 back in October 2011. ""Something happened while she was there. That’s when the fuse was lit"", say executive producer Shane Brennan. In connection with this, it's shown why Kensi joined NCIS. ""It’s a very surprising reason, and it’s a very dangerous reason"". Miguel Ferrer is recurring as NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger. ""Blye,"
"Sonja Percy, respectively. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> General NCIS (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American police procedural drama ""NCIS"" premiered on September 22, 2015, in the same time slot as in the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm. ""NCIS"" revolves 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 series was renewed for a thirteenth season by CBS on Monday, May 11, 2015. Michael Weatherly, who stars as Anthony DiNozzo on the show, departed the series in the season finale. On February 29, 2016,"
"Tailhook scandal, which involved allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment by Naval and Marine Corps officers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Subsequent to this investigation, and at the direction of the chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Sam Nunn, the Naval Investigative Service was restructured into the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The restructuring occurred as a result of perceived lapses in proper investigative technique over the Tailhook scandal, as well as chain of command issues and a lack of civilian oversight in previous investigations. At the time, Senator Nunn stated, ""The Navy's whole investigative technique should be"
"later not picked up by CBS. , 696 episodes of the ""NCIS"" franchise have aired. The main ""NCIS"" series is the longest-running show of the franchise which began its sixteenth season on September 25, 2018. ""NCIS"", voted America's favorite Television Series in 2011, finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during 2012–13 and is broadcast in over 200 territories worldwide. As of the end of the 2014–15 TV season, ""NCIS"" remains TV's most watched drama series. Spin-off ""NCIS: New Orleans"" ended its first season as the second most watched drama on CBS, and the fifth"
"and romantic matters. The police, district attorneys, and medical examiners of fictional Monticello, USA, dealt with a steady onslaught of gangsters, drug dealers, blackmailers, cultists, international spies, corrupt politicians, psychopaths, and murderous debutantes, while at the same time coping with more usual soap opera problems like courtship, marriage, divorce, child custody battles, and amnesia. The show's particular focus on crime was recognized in 1980, when, in honor of its 25 years on the air, ""The Edge of Night"" was given a special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. ""The Edge of Night"" had more prominent male characters than"
"NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles is an American action television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009, and stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments. ""NCIS: Los Angeles"" is the first spin-off of the successful series ""NCIS"". On March 23, 2017, CBS renewed the series for a ninth season which premiered on October 1, 2017. Nia Long joined the"
"and ""Los Angeles""). On September 15, 2016, Ubisoft launched 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. <onlyinclude>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: </onlyinclude> NCIS (franchise) 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"
"on several other TV shows including A&E's ""American Justice"", ""Cold Case Files"", ""City Confidential"", CBS's ""48 Hours"", FOX's ""America's Most Wanted"", and TruTV's ""Forensic Files"". Nine years passed with few new leads in the case, until a random DNA check conducted by the Seattle PD's Cold Case Unit and the Washington State Crime Lab led to the arrest of Cuban-American fisherman Jesus Mezquia. Mezquia, who briefly lived in Seattle during the time of Zapata's murder, was linked to the crime in 2003 when a DNA profile was extracted from a saliva sample left on Zapata's body; Mezquia had bitten her"
"explores the human condition, touching on individual faiths, traditional religious influences in the lives and communities of contemporary society, and the breakdown and dysfunction of family systems, work teaming, and government responsibility. The first season began with Brenda Leigh Johnson arriving at the LAPD to lead the Priority Murder Squad (PMS), quickly renamed Priority Homicide Division (PHD), a team that originally dealt solely with high-profile murder cases (seasons one to four). During season four, an embarrassing tangle with the press, over just what were the criteria making a homicide a priority, allowed Brenda to manipulate circumstances so that the division"