It has been an interesting few months for the NCIS franchise. First, CBS canceled NCIS: NoLa. Then they were able to convince Mark Harmon to come back to do another season of the mothership.
Today, they announced that NCIS: LA will be back for lucky 13. If that is not enough good news for the fans, then they will be happy to know that they are getting another NCIS. This one will be based in Hawaii.
As we know from Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., the backdrop is stunning. To me, that is the only reason to watch those shows. Well, back when Five-0 was on the air.
Back to CBS, this means next season they will have three NCISes, Three FBIs, at least two Chuck Lorre comedies, and one CSI. Who says Hollywood can’t come up with original ideas any more?
On March 21st, Pam Dawber and Mark Harmon are going to celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary. Then on April 6th, their marriage will experience another milestone. That is because the actress is going to guest star on her husband’s show NCIS for four episodes. This is the first time they will be working together on the series.
According to Entertainment Weekly, she will play Marcie Warren, “a seasoned investigative journalist who uses her savvy wit and down-to-earth people skills to aid in her tireless pursuit of truth.”
The actress retired from acting when she had their two kids and has only made a few TV appearances since then. Once to work with Robin Williams again on The Crazy Ones, and another time to honor Garry Marshall, who created Mork & Mindy, on The Odd Couple.
CBS has had a busy day. First, they picked up The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishela. Then they cancelled Mom. Now, Deadline is reporting that NCIS: New Orleans will end its 7-season run on May 16th.
“Sad to end our love affair with this phenomenal city but so grateful for all the friends we made along the way,” Scott Bakula said. “I will miss the music. Big thank you to CBS for seven years.”
That means Bakula is freed up to do a Quantum Leap revival, so I am good with this. Not that there is one in the works, but there can be now.
Back to NoLA, the cancellation probably means that NCIS: Hawaii will be a go. What that means for NCIS: Mothership and Mark Harmon’s future with the drama, we will find out soon enough.
Mark Harmon is going to celebrate the big 7-0 in September, and there is a report that he is ready to leave NCIS. The actor has been playing Agent Gibbs since 2003, so you can understand the rumor.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, if he decides not to renew his contract, then he will stay on to do a few episodes for the show’s 19th season. If he leaves, then the trade says that the show will end with him.
CBS is preparing for the worst, and they are working on NCIS: Hawaii to join NCIS: LA and NCIS: NoLA. Neither of the latter shows have been picked up for another season. However, CBS has not renewed any of their series yet.
Not only is CBS working on the third spinoff from NCIS, but they are also working on bringing back CSI with William Petersen and Jorga Fox.
I am rooting for the latter to come back. It would be nice to have CSI back on the airwaves.
CBS is slowly filling up their schedule for next season and today they picked up two more of their shows for another year. NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans will join NCIS in the fall. The only surprising thing would have been had they not renewed any of these three shows. Since they are all coming back there is nothing surprising here.
The three NCISes join Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, FBI, Gd Friended Me, Magnum P.I., Mom The Neighborhood and Young Sheldon on the 2019-2020 lineup.
