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11 | [[caption-width-right:350: The current cast as of Season 19 (from left to right): Knight, Parker, [=McGee=], and Torres]] |
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13 | ''NCIS'' is an American [[LongRunners long-running]] primetime television series created by Creator/DonaldPBellisario and Don [=McGill=] for Creator/{{CBS}} about Navy criminal investigators. The show is a spinoff of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' (1995-2005), which in addition to the parent series’ military theme and occasional SpyDrama also leaped on the ForensicDrama bandwagon started by ''Series/{{CSI}}''. NCIS stands for "Naval Criminal Investigative Service"; like ''JAG'', it is based on a real organization within the Department of the Navy, and also much less action-packed in real life than the Hollywood-style fictionalized version the show depicts. The organization is the criminal investigative arm of the Navy and Marines, though it is a civilian law enforcement agency, unlike the Army's CID. |
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15 | ''NCIS'' (''Navy NCIS'' for its first season) depicts a team of investigators assigned to deal with criminal activity involving Navy personnel and Marines. That means that the entire gamut of crime--from {{Serial Killer}}s to fraud to international espionage to unauthorized absences--can turn up. This Major Cases Response Team was led by Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Creator/MarkHarmon), a retired Marine gunnery sergeant who AlwaysGetsHisMan, for eighteen years, and later, former FBI agent Alden Parker (played by Creator/GaryCole) and contains a rather colorful collection of detectives and lab workers. |
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17 | A classic example of a SleeperHit, the show was largely ignored at the beginning of its run, but has considerably gained viewers since then (although it is now on a downwards trend in the U.S.). In 2015, ratings-wise it was the number one scripted show on U.S. network television and the most watched show ''in the world''. |
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19 | ''NCIS'' has been [[LongRunners on the air since September 2003]] and, as of February 2024, is in its 21st season, thus [[MorePopularSpinOff far surpassing the already long run of its parent show]] and making it the 7th longest-running scripted American primetime television series in U.S. TV history. ''NCIS'' was renewed for season 22 on April 29, 2024. |
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21 | Recent episodes can be viewed free on [=CBS=]'s site [[http://www.cbs.com/shows/ncis here]]. |
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23 | It has six spinoff series of its own: |
24 | * ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', which starred Creator/ChrisODonnell and Music/LLCoolJ and [[LongRunner ran from 2009 to 2023]]. |
25 | * ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', which ran from 2014 to 2021 and starred Creator/ScottBakula of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' and ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' fame. |
26 | * ''Series/NCISHawaii'', which starred Creator/VanessaLachey and ran from 2021 to 2024. Shortest run for a NCIS series. |
27 | * ''Series/NCISSydney'', premiered throughout Australia on October 10, 2023. For North American viewers, it premiered via CBS/Global on November 14, 2023. |
28 | * ''Series/NCISOrigins'' was ordered by CBS on January 2024. A {{Prequel}} series, it will depict a younger Gibbs (played by Austin Stowell) becoming an NIS (later NCIS) agent under Mike Franks. |
29 | * ''Series/NCISTonyAndZiva'' was ordered by Paramount+ in February 2024. It follows Tony, Ziva, and their daughter as they go on the run across Europe after the former's security company is attacked. |
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31 | Although neither ''Los Angeles'' or ''New Orleans'' have reached the heights of the parent program, they have both become successes in their own right.[[note]]''NCIS: Los Angeles'' and ''NCIS: New Orleans'' were the most watched new shows for the 2009-10 and 2014-15 seasons, respectively.[[/note]] ''Hawaiʻi'' pulled in respectable ratings, but it was canceled after its third season. |
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33 | Please contribute to the [[Characters/{{NCIS}} character]] and [[Recap/{{NCIS}} recap]] pages. |
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35 | !! Season-specific trope subpages: |
36 | [[index]] |
37 | * NCIS/SeasonOne |
38 | * NCIS/SeasonTwo |
39 | * NCIS/SeasonThree |
40 | * NCIS/SeasonFour |
41 | * NCIS/SeasonFive |
42 | * NCIS/SeasonSix |
43 | * NCIS/SeasonSeven |
44 | * NCIS/SeasonEight |
45 | * NCIS/SeasonNine |
46 | * NCIS/SeasonTen |
47 | * NCIS/SeasonEleven |
48 | * NCIS/SeasonTwelve |
49 | * NCIS/SeasonThirteen |
50 | * NCIS/SeasonFourteen |
51 | * NCIS/SeasonFifteen |
52 | [[/index]] |
53 | !!This show contains examples of: |
54 | [[index]] |
55 | * [[NCIS/TropesAToM Tropes A-M]] |
56 | * [[NCIS/TropesNToZ Tropes N-Z]] |
57 | |
58 | [[/index]] |
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