Military fiction is a subgenre of science fiction or alternate history , focusing on military activities, such as war , battles , combat , fighting ; or military life.
82-592: NCIS is an American military police procedural television series and the first installment within the NCIS media franchise . The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The concept and characters were initially introduced with two episodes of the CBS series JAG ( season eight episodes 20 and 21: " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown "); as
164-518: A challenge coin to decide which one would give up his or her military career to be with the other. However, in keeping with JAG tradition, the outcome of the toss is never seen, as the screen fades to black, showing only the coin, which bears the inscription "1995 – 2005", the years the series spanned. The result of the coin toss was eventually revealed in the 2019 finale of the tenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles , " False Flag " , in which David James Elliott and Catherine Bell both appeared. Mac won
246-540: A freeze-frame shot was also used at the very end of most episodes as well. It was reported in May 2007 that Donald P. Bellisario would be stepping down from the show. Due to a disagreement with series star Mark Harmon, Bellisario's duties as showrunner / head writer were to be given to long-time show collaborators, including co-executive producer Chas. Floyd Johnson and Shane Brennan , with Bellisario retaining his title as executive producer. In fall 2009, Gary Glasberg joined
328-762: A sweeps episode " (meaning an episode with provocative subject manner and top appeal for television ratings). The premise for the episodes are, according to Glasberg, "all about this tiny little NCIS office that's down [in New Orleans], and the kind of cases that they come across". In May 2014, CBS picked up an NCIS second spin-off series with the title NCIS: New Orleans . The series stars Scott Bakula as Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride, Lucas Black as Special Agent Christopher LaSalle, Zoe McLellan as Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody, Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, and CCH Pounder as Dr. Loretta Wade. Daryl "Chill" Mitchell , Shalita Grant and Vanessa Ferlito joined
410-400: A 4:3 aspect ratio , while seasons 5 to 10 have a 16:9 aspect ratio. The region-2 and −4 editions do not have the bonus features (audio commentaries and retrospective interviews) included on the region-1 editions of seasons one and two. On December 11, 2012, CBS released JAG: The Complete Series – Collector's Edition on DVD in region 1. This collection contains, other than all 227 episodes of
492-439: A U.S. Navy theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario , and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television (now CBS Studios ). The series originally aired on NBC for one season from September 23, 1995, to May 22, 1996, and then on CBS for an additional nine seasons from January 3, 1997, to April 29, 2005. The first season was co-produced with NBC Productions (now Universal Television ) and
574-494: A civilian attorney in the private sector hired by Director Vance to provide legal representation for Special Agent Gibbs , in the season ten NCIS finale, " Damned If You Do ". Jackson has recurred as A.J. Chegwidden since the eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles . Chegwidden is a Vietnam-era compatriot of series regulars Hetty Lange ( Linda Hunt ) and Owen Granger ( Miguel Ferrer ). David James Elliot and Catherine Bell returned to their roles as Harmon Rabb and Sarah MacKenzie for
656-422: A further departure from the styles and themes of JAG . The two episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" were edited down to a one-hour pilot film, which was then used to sell the idea of NCIS as a new series to CBS; the pilot used the title, "NCIS – The Beginning". It was later also used to introduce the show to CBS affiliates and advertisers. It was only broadcast once and is not available on home video. Excluding
738-490: A one-off Ensign character in JAG season 4, and the recurring character of Danny Walden in season 6, he joined the core cast of NCIS during the first season as Tim McGee, and is still on the show as of 2024. 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
820-573: A pilot episode, as a reformat of the show aiming for a younger audience, CBS ultimately decided not to pursue a new series. Nevertheless, CBS canceled the show on April 4, 2005, after 10 seasons. The final episode, " Fair Winds and Following Seas ", aired on April 29, 2005, and in which Harm and Mac are assigned different stations : Harm in London , Mac in San Diego . They finally confront their feelings and decide to get married. The episode ends with Bud tossing
902-525: A recurring character on JAG as the new Secretary of the Navy , starting in season eight. The sitcom Yes, Dear did an episode called "Let's Get Jaggy With It" where Greg's father Tom ( Tim Conway ) wins a walk-on role on JAG . Catherine Bell guest-starred as herself while David James Elliott, Patrick Labyorteaux, and Scott Lawrence guest-starred as their respective JAG characters. The second episode of Bette Midler 's short-lived sitcom Bette , titled "And
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#1732858561615984-414: A second spin-off series, NCIS: New Orleans . Though reception was initially tepid, with ratings barely cracking the top 30 during the first two seasons, the third season showed progress and consistently ranked in the top 20. In 2011, NCIS was voted "America's favorite television show" in an online Harris Poll . At the end of its 10th season, it was the most-watched television series in the U.S. during
1066-616: A spin-off from JAG , the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date, it has entered into the 21st full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network . Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS franchise . As of 2022, NCIS is the third-longest-running scripted, live-action U.S. prime-time TV series currently airing , surpassed only by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present) and Law & Order (1990–2010; 2022–present); it
1148-579: A spin-off or sequel; the lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in June 2012. However, discussions continued between CBS and Bellisario, and in January 2013 the dispute was settled outside of court a week before it was set to go to trial; the terms of the agreement were not disclosed but were described as being amicable. In September 2013, it was reported that a second spin-off series set in New Orleans would be introduced with
1230-462: A two-part backdoor pilot during the eleventh season of NCIS . The episode title " Crescent City (Part I) " and " Crescent City (Part II) ". The episodes were filmed in February 2014, and aired on March 25, 2014, and April 1, 2014. NCIS star Mark Harmon and showrunner Gary Glasberg are the executive producers of the series. Glasberg discussed the idea of the episode with Harmon, who said "That's more than
1312-556: 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. In 2016, The New York Times reported that NCIS "is most popular in rural areas", especially in rural Maine and Pennsylvania . Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of NCIS . Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with
1394-749: Is a spin-off of the series NCIS and the fourth series in the NCIS franchise. It stars Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant, the Special Agent in Charge of a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service based in Hawaiʻi. The series NCIS: Sydney is the first spin-off for the NCIS franchise outside the United States and features Australian actors and producers. NCIS: Origins
1476-463: 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 (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 Coté de Pablo. A sequel to the soundtrack was released on November 3, 2009. NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack; Vol. 2
1558-525: Is allowed to develop, JAG could become one of the season's highlights." Entertainment Weekly was less impressed by the first episodes of the first season and noted that there is, "...nothing new about JAG‘s plots; they’re the sort of good-guy-against-the-establishment stuff you’d expect, with the scripts (including a recent one cowritten by the mystery novelist Robert Crais ) a slight cut above most hour-long dramas." During its run, JAG and its two lead actors (Elliott as "Harm" and Bell as "Mac") featured on
1640-404: Is an upcoming American television series, and the sixth installment in the NCIS franchise. It is a prequel to the original series, starting in 1991, and focusing on the early investigative career of the show's original protagonist Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Before 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
1722-410: Is led by Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance , with Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle , Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes . On January 5, 2024, it was announced that a spin-off and prequel series based on Leroy Jethro Gibbs 's early days as an NCIS agent was in the works. Mark Harmon is set to reprise his role as Gibbs in a narrator role. The series is set to air during the 2024–2025 season. In March 2024, it
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#17328585616151804-421: Is the seventh-longest-running scripted U.S. prime-time TV series overall. The series originally had the partly redundant title Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service ; this was later shortened to NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service and then to NCIS . In season six, a two-part episode led to a spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles . Another two-part episode , during the 11th season, led to
1886-455: The 2012–13 network television season . NCIS also surpassed Gunsmoke ' s record for longest-running scripted primetime television series to air on CBS. On January 5, 2024, it was announced that the prequel, NCIS: Origins , will be aired during the 2024–25 season , as another spin-off series; a second spin-off, NCIS: Tony & Ziva , was announced on February 28, 2024, as a series exclusive to Paramount+ . On April 9, 2024, NCIS
1968-475: The ALMA Awards , ASCAP Awards , BMI Film & TV Awards , Emmy Awards , and People's Choice Awards . Military fiction Types of military fiction include: Subgenres of military fiction include: Works of military fiction: Elements of military fiction: JAG (TV series) JAG ( U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General ) is an American legal drama television series with
2050-661: The Department of the Navy's Office of the Judge Advocate General , based in the Washington metropolitan area . In the line of duty judge advocates can prosecute and defend criminal cases under the jurisdiction of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (arising from the global presence of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps ), conduct informal and formal investigations, and advise on military operational law . In
2132-486: The JAG season eight DVD. 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. On November 1, 2011, Ubisoft released a video game adaption of NCIS for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. A Nintendo 3DS version was released on March 6, 2012. The video game
2214-472: The U.S. Department of Defense entertainment media liaison offices , due to sensitivity in light of all the accumulative negative publicity that had been generated from the Tailhook scandal and its aftermath. However, the lack of co-operation from the military was not a show-stopper, as the JAG production team, by virtue of being a Paramount Pictures production, had access to the abundant stock footage from
2296-512: The U.S. Marine Corps , and after having worked his way up through advertising jobs, he landed his first network television job as a story editor for the World War II–era series Baa Baa Black Sheep , where he got a habit of promoting a consistent promilitary stance in a business where he got the perception that "antiwar" and "antisoldier" mentality were the commonplace. The stereotype in the post– Vietnam War era of " crazed Vietnam veterans "
2378-573: The United States Navy and Marine Corps (USMC), and their associated branches of government. In the series, the NCIS is based at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. , where it was led by Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs , a former USMC gunnery sergeant scout sniper (and a skilled investigator, until his suspension late in season 18). Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker (a former FBI special agent) now leads
2460-537: The United States Navy to render production assistance. A primetime network series about Navy lawyers bringing out controversial subjects in a very public arena was during the third season apparently no longer an issue in itself, but as noted by Commander Bob Anderson of the Navy Office of Information West in Los Angeles in a TV Guide interview: "We're fine with that as long as the bad guys are caught and punished, and
2542-459: The eleventh season premiere, Harm and Mac reunite in person, share an embrace, and later renew a discussion of their relationship, once again without reaching any conclusions. The pilot movie received a moderately positive review in Variety , which noted that it "borrows from recent features Crimson Tide and Apollo 13 in being jargon -heavy to help generate atmosphere but as Rabb's character
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2624-493: The sixth season of NCIS . The episode title " Legend (Part I) " and " Legend (Part II) ", airing on April 28, 2009, and May 5, 2009. In May 2009, CBS picked up an NCIS spin-off series with the title NCIS: Los Angeles . The series stars Chris O'Donnell as Special Agent G. Callen , LL Cool J as Special Agent Sam Hanna , Louise Lombard as Special Agent Lara Macy, Peter Cambor as Operational Psychologist Nate Getz, and Daniela Ruah as Special Agent Kensi Blye. Following
2706-549: The Breech "), and the Kelly Flinn incident (" The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert "). While not part of the mission of its real-world counterpart, some of the main characters are at times also involved, directly and indirectly, in various CIA intelligence operations, often revolving around the recurring character CIA officer Clayton Webb (played by Steven Culp ). "Dramatic, action adventure programming has all but disappeared from
2788-620: 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, NCIS: Los Angeles , NCIS: New Orleans , NCIS: Hawaiʻi , and NCIS: Sydney , which shows
2870-854: The United Kingdom, M6 in France, RTÉ2 in Ireland, Rai 2 in Italy, and Ion Television in USA. It also airs on Disney+ in the UK. NCIS aired in Russia on FOX. [1] The first 20 seasons of NCIS have been released in Regions 1, 2, and 4. In Germany (Region 2), seasons 1–4 and 5–8 were released in two separate sets for each season. The first-season DVD omits the two introductory episodes from season eight of JAG , though they are featured on
2952-465: The Winner Is", had a storyline where her title character wins an award for guest starring in an episode of JAG . The award-winning scene shows Bette playing a character who interrogates Harmon Rabb after comedically checking out his posterior. David James Elliott guest stars in this episode-within-an-episode. The episode aired on CBS on October 18, 2000. On September 1, 1998, the pilot episode of JAG
3034-514: The World Turns star Chris Beetem , and Jordana Spiro from The Huntress . The producers also considered relocating the fictional setting of the show, from Falls Church to Naval Base San Diego . An episode of the final season, " JAG: San Diego " had the main cast, excluding Harm, going to the San Diego naval base and working with the local JAG office there. Though it was reportedly considered as
3116-566: The airwaves. I don't do sitcoms ; I don't do urban neurotic dramas. I created JAG because it's the kind of television I like to watch. Besides that, I served four years in the Marine Corps and remain fascinated by the military's code of ethics—God, duty, honor, country—and how, in these rapidly changing times, it still survives. That's what Harm and Mac, and JAG as a whole, represent." Donald P. Bellisario on creating JAG The creator of JAG , Donald P. Bellisario, served for four years in
3198-505: The backdoor pilot of NCIS: Los Angeles . "Legend" introduces Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen , LL Cool J as Sam Hanna , Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, and Barrett Foa as Eric Beale . Rocky Carroll recurs on NCIS: Los Angeles as his NCIS character Director Leon Vance, while Pauley Perrette has appeared twice as Abby, and Michael Weatherly has appeared once as Anthony DiNozzo. NCIS guest stars reprising roles between series include David Dayan Fisher as CIA Officer Trent Kort, in
3280-413: The backdoor pilot, few major characters from JAG have appeared in the NCIS series. Patrick Labyorteaux appeared briefly as Lieutenant Bud Roberts in the NCIS first-season episode " Hung Out to Dry " and again – now with the rank of captain – in the season fourteen episode "Rogue", advising the NCIS team on a legal issue. John M. Jackson returned in May 2013 as retired Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, now
3362-428: The barking radio of G. Gordon Liddy : It pounds home its message at deafening volume, razing nuance and stranding viewers with nothing else to think." Furthermore, that in many episodes it "...typically opens with the suggestion that the military has done something terrible—and the officers in question do show signs of guilt (reticence). But in the end they reveal their absolute innocence and their higher purpose—and both
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3444-634: The coin toss and Harm resigned his commission and moved with her to San Diego, but later they mutually ended their relationship and Harm rejoined the Navy and is currently serving as the XO of the (fictional) aircraft carrier, USS Allegiance . Mac left the Marines to serve as the USMC liaison to the secretary of state , a civilian position at the U.S. Department of State . Harm and Mac had not seen each other in 9 years until video conferencing with each other in their new roles. In
3526-402: The completion of May sweeps . NCIS has produced six spin-offs: NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2023), NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021), NCIS: Hawaiʻi (2021–2024), NCIS: Sydney (2023–), NCIS: Origins (2024–) and NCIS: Tony & Ziva (2024–). In November 2008, it was reported that a first spin-off series set in Los Angeles would be introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during
3608-407: The cover of TV Guide on two occasions: July 6, 2002 ("ON THE WINGS OF AMERICAN PRIDE, THE NAVY DRAMA FLIES HIGH"), and on May 3, 2003 ("JAG SOARS! Tough Timely Stories And a Likely Spin-off"). Virginia Heffernan wrote a scathing critique of JAG in the liberal progressive online magazine Slate that "As right-wing military propaganda JAG operates like socialist realist novels and
3690-1024: The crew and became the new "day-to-day" runner of NCIS because Shane Brennan had to focus on his new show, the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles . On September 28, 2016, Glasberg died in his sleep at the age of 50. NCIS airs on Network 10 , 10 Bold , Fox Crime (formerly TV Hits and TV1 ) and Paramount+ in Australia, Global (syndicated on sister channels Showcase and Lifetime ) in Canada, TV3 and The Box in New Zealand, Seriale+ (premieres), TVN (free-TV premieres), TVN7 (reruns), AXN (reruns), (India) Fox Crime , Star World India (Pakistan) ARY Digital , ARY Zindagi , TVOne Pakistan and TV Puls (reruns) in Poland, Disney+ Hotstar and Rock Entertainment in Southeast Asia , CBS Justice , Channel 5 and 5USA in
3772-459: The dawn of millennium two location managers for this task alternating between episodes, Paul F. Brinkman, Jr and Marvin Bernstein. A few examples of buildings acting as stand-in on location shooting are: The advance of computer-generated imagery (CGI) made the process of removing palm trees and California license plates simpler still. As to how effectively the deception worked according to
3854-509: The first international spin-off for the NCIS franchise, and will feature local Australian actors and producers. It was released in Australia on Paramount+ from November 10, 2023, and is set to also air on Network 10 in mid 2024. It also aired on CBS in the United States from November 14, 2023, as a result of the suspension of other NCIS productions due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes , and will be available for streaming in selected territories internationally on Paramount+ . The cast
3936-643: The first season, the in-universe JAG headquarters was set in Washington, D.C. , while in later seasons, it is located in Falls Church, Virginia . The exterior shot for the latter was of the Cravens Estate in Pasadena , which at the time was owned by the American Red Cross . The real-life Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG) was and is based at the Washington Navy Yard . Akin to Law & Order ,
4018-519: The first time since JAG ended in the last two episodes of the tenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles . 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 . Similarly, after Sean Murray (Donald Bellisario's stepson) played
4100-497: The first-season episode " Hung Out to Dry ", in the 14th-season episode "Rogue", and in the season-15 episode "Dark Secrets"; 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 ", and John M. Jackson appeared as retired Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden in the season-10 episode " Damned If You Do ". The two-part NCIS season-six episode "Legend" serves as
4182-436: The hit series NCIS , which in turn led to spin-offs NCIS: Los Angeles , NCIS: New Orleans , NCIS: Hawaiʻi , NCIS: Sydney and NCIS: Origins . In total, 227 episodes were produced over 10 seasons. At the time of the original airing of its fifth season in the United States, JAG was seen in over 90 countries worldwide. The series follows the exploits of the " judge advocates " (i.e. uniformed lawyers ) in
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#17328585616154264-592: The immediate pick-up by CBS, showrunner Donald P. Bellisario was allowed greater creative freedom in terms in story and casting. While over on NBC, its West Coast president Don Ohlmeyer wanted more action rather than legal drama and imposed a new female lead, Tracey Needham , rather than continuing with Andrea Parker as in the pilot movie. The move over to CBS, with its older skewing audience and its president Les Moonves giving freer reins, allowed Bellisario to retool JAG from an emphasis on action stories to character driven stories and building an ensemble cast. At
4346-434: The institution of the Navy is not the bad guy". The Headquarters Marine Corps Entertainment Liaison Office lists JAG on their website in its portfolio of collaborations. The production filmed on regular basis at nearby installations, primarily at Naval Base Ventura County and its two component parts: Naval Air Station Point Mugu and Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme . Between 12–14 July 1999, three of
4428-465: The lead actors (Elliott, Bell, and Labyorteaux) and crew filmed aboard the nuclear-powered Nimitz -class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) off the coast of southern California for scenes for the first 3 episodes of the 5th season. David James Elliott left the show at the end of the 10th season; the show was subsequently not renewed for an 11th season by the network. The show also introduced new younger characters, including former As
4510-471: The main cast later, portrayed as computer specialist Patton Plame, Special Agent Sonja Percy, and Special Agent Tammy Gregorio, respectively. NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans have had two crossovers. On February 16, 2021, it was reported that a spin-off set in Hawaii was in the works from NCIS: New Orleans executive producers Christopher Silber and Jan Nash. On April 23, 2021, it was announced that CBS had given
4592-404: The military and its reticence are exonerated." The August 2009 issue of ABA Journal ranked the "25 greatest legal TV shows of all time" and JAG came in at number 13. JAG was on spot 10 out of 20 on a 2018 Wonderwall.com list over "Best TV shows about the military" Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of JAG on NBC (first season) and CBS (other seasons). It
4674-409: The most-watched television series in the U.S. during the 2012–13 network television season . Diona Reasonover joined the main cast in season 16 , following the departures of Duane Henry and Pauley Perrette . NCIS was renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019, which premiered on September 24, 2019, and for an eighteenth season in May 2020. The season premiered on November 17, 2020. From
4756-474: The ninth and tenth season of the latter and the first and second season of the former. While the scope of the in-universe settings of JAG were global, the show was, with only a few exceptions, entirely filmed on location in southern California and mostly within Greater Los Angeles and the studio zone in which unionized film crews can commute without receiving additional remuneration. JAG had around
4838-420: The official pick-up by CBS , it was confirmed that Lombard would not continue her role as Special Agent Lara Macy. Linda Hunt and Adam Jamal Craig were added the cast as OSP Manager Henrietta Lange and Special Agent Dom Vail respectively. Craig, would not be returning for second season and was replaced by Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks promoted to series regular. Characters from NCIS have appeared in
4920-559: The plots from many episodes were often "ripped from the headlines" with portions of the plot either resembling or referencing recognizable aspects of actual cases or incidents, such as the USS Cole bombing (" Act of Terror " and " Valor "), the rescue of downed pilot Scott O'Grady (" Defensive Action "), the Cavalese cable car disaster (" Clipped Wings "), the USS Iowa turret explosion (" Into
5002-426: The police role, and the uniformed lawyers, in the Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps, could alternate between the role of defense attorney , prosecutor , and field investigator. Bellisario chose to go ahead with the lawyers and remarked the unique advantages it brought from a story-telling point of view: "Unlike most law shows , I've got a detective, a prosecutor, and a defender." With the cancellation on NBC and
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#17328585616155084-468: The production a straight-to-series order to the spin-off, and intended to include the franchise's first female lead character. The show debuted on CBS on September 20, 2021, with Vanessa Lachey in the leading role. On February 16, 2022, it was reported that a spin-off set in Sydney , Australia , was in the works. NCIS: Los Angeles producer Shane Brennan will be attached to the project. The series will be
5166-431: The same guest role, Navy SEAL Commander Michael Rainer, in one episode of each show. First Monday was a short-lived series co-created by Bellisario and Paul Levine about fictional U.S. Supreme Court justices and their clerks, which aired in 2002 and starred James Garner and Joe Mantegna . The character of U.S. Senator Edward Sheffield ( Dean Stockwell ), who appeared in three episodes of that show, later became
5248-1083: The season finale of NCIS: Los Angeles , and Kelly Hu as Lee Wuan Kai in NCIS: Los Angeles and later in an episode of NCIS . John M. Jackson has appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles as his JAG character Admiral A. J. Chegwidden, while this series has also crossed over with Hawaii Five-0 and Scorpion . The two-part NCIS season-11 episode "Crescent City" serves as the backdoor pilot of NCIS: New Orleans . "Crescent City" introduces Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride , Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle , Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody , and CCH Pounder as Loretta Wade . Rocky Carroll recurs as Director Leon Vance, while NCIS series regulars Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Emily Wickersham, Wilmer Valderrama, David McCallum, and Brian Dietzen have all appeared as their NCIS characters. NCIS recurring cast members Meredith Eaton , Joe Spano , Diane Neal , and Leslie Hope have all guest-starred on NCIS: New Orleans . The show NCIS: Hawaiʻi
5330-401: The season two episode "Lt. Jane Doe" onwards, the series began showing two-second-long black-and-white clips. These clips (called "phoofs") are shown at the beginning of every segment depicting the last two seconds of that segment, a segment being the five or six portions of the show meant to be separated by commercials . Additionally, starting with the season three premiere, "Kill Ari (Part I),"
5412-508: The series and the bonus features of the previously released individual season packs, one disc with new bonus features and a booklet with production notes. On April 14, 2015, CBS Home Entertainment released a repackaged version of the complete series set, at a lower price, in Region 1. It does not include the bonus disc that was part of the original complete series set. On April 26, 2010, Intrada released an album of music on compact disc from
5494-409: The series, featuring Bruce Broughton 's theme and his pilot movie score (tracks 1–15) and weekly composer Steven Bramson's score from the second-season episode " Cowboys & Cossacks ", including Broughton's format music (the main and end title theme and commercial bumper .) All tracks are written by Bruce Broughton (track 1–15 and 18, including the leitmotif "Theme from JAG" used in many of
5576-498: The showrunner when JAG started to air overseas, "we started to get letters from England, from Germany, from the Middle Eastern companies. A lot of these viewers wanted to know: When were we going to shoot in their city?" It was reported by Variety in February 2002 that the average production cost per episode of JAG at that time was around $ 2.6 million. Initially, the producers of JAG did not receive any co-operation from
5658-413: The spin-off. Rocky Carroll portrayed Leon Vance in a recurring role, and Pauley Perrette portrayed Abby Sciuto , with a guest appearance in the season 1 episodes " Killshot " and " Random on Purpose ". NCIS: Los Angeles was created by Shane Brennan. In April 2011, NCIS creator Donald Bellisario sued CBS over NCIS: Los Angeles because of his contract which gave him "first opportunity" to develop
5740-567: The start of the third season, JAG moved its production base from the Paramount lot at Melrose Avenue in Hollywood out to Valencia Studios in Santa Clarita in order to save costs and putting more of the budget on screen rather than spending on soundstage rentals. The spin-off series NCIS has remained on the same studio facility for its entire duration and was filmed side-by-side with JAG for
5822-486: The studio's motion pictures, which included many films with military content, such as Top Gun , The Final Countdown , and The Hunt for Red October (and the two other Tom Clancy movie adaptations). In 1997, though, the naval services had begun to change their minds, and began to render support to the production team on a script-by-script basis with the United States Marine Corps more eager than
5904-520: The team, following his appointment early in season 19. As of November 25, 2024, 473 episodes of NCIS have aired, currently in its twenty-second season. Two episodes of JAG season eight, " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown ", serve as the backdoor pilot of NCIS itself. These JAG episodes introduced the characters of Jethro Gibbs, Anthony DiNozzo, Vivian Blackadder , Abby Sciuto, and Donald "Ducky" Mallard. Patrick Labyorteaux appears on NCIS reprising his JAG role as Lt. Bud Roberts in
5986-424: The victim was a woman and naval aviator , inspired by the then-current introduction of female fighter pilots onboard aircraft carriers and in the wake of fallout of the Tailhook scandal . While doing research on which organizational entities would partake in investigative efforts of crimes committed aboard Naval vessels, Bellisario learned that the special agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service filled
6068-533: Was 58 years, the second highest median in primetime network television, with only CBS 60 Minutes higher up. In January 2003, Donald P. Bellisario was developing a JAG spin-off , around the work of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service . It was aired in April 2003 in a two-part backdoor pilot in which Commander Rabb is arrested, but later vindicated as innocent, for the murder of Lieutenant Singer. The two episodes, titled " Ice Queen" and "Meltdown ", focused on
6150-433: 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 redundant. The decision to use this name was reportedly made by CBS, over the objections of Bellisario, who preferred the old title because he felt it would: In 2011, NCIS was voted America's favorite television show in an online Harris poll. NCIS finished its 10th season as
6232-502: Was announced that Austin Stowell will be cast in the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. On February 28, 2024, it was announced that Paramount+ had ordered another spin-off of NCIS of 10 episodes focusing on Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo's characters Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David. On May 7, 2024, the title was confirmed as NCIS: Tony & Ziva . NCIS has received many awards and nominations since it premiered on September 23, 2003, including
6314-457: Was deemed as a mockery of the show by reviewers and players alike, and received a 2/10 rating on GameSpot. There is also a Facebook and mobile game called NCIS: Hidden Crimes . 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: CBS Records released the show's first soundtrack on February 10, 2009. The Official TV Soundtrack
6396-475: Was notably subverted, by not just one, but three of the main characters, in Magnum P.I. , of which Bellisario was the co-creator. Following the cancellation of his series Quantum Leap , Bellisario moved his production deal from Universal to Paramount (headed by former Universal executive Kerry McCluggage ), and began working on a one-shot screenplay of a murder mystery aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier , where
6478-435: Was noted in 1998 that the largest segment of the audience was those over the age of 55. JAG had its highest ever ratings in the fall of 2001 (season 7), beating episodes of The Practice airing on ABC in the same timeslot and in symbiosis with the other CBS law dramas on Tuesdays, Judging Amy and The Guardian . In 2003, the median age audience for JAG (along with the other CBS series' The Guardian and Becker )
6560-462: Was originally perceived as a Top Gun meets A Few Good Men hybrid series. In the spring of 1996, NBC cancelled the series after it finished 79th in the ratings, leaving one episode unaired. In December 1996, the rival network CBS picked up the series as a midseason replacement and aired 15 new episodes as its second season. For several seasons, JAG climbed in the ratings and ultimately ran for nine additional seasons. JAG furthermore spawned
6642-441: Was released on VHS cassette in the U.S. by Paramount Home Entertainment . However, no other episodes of the series proper was released on any home entertainment media while show was still in production, allegedly due to syndication deals made with several broadcasters. Beginning in 2006, CBS Home Entertainment (distributed by Paramount ) has released all 10 seasons on DVD in regions 1, 2 and 4. Seasons 1 to 4 are released with
6724-625: Was renewed for a 22nd season, which premiered on October 14, 2024. NCIS details the experiences and stories of a team of special agents who work for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The team, called the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) primarily responds to high-visibility crimes; NCIS is the main federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy , investigating criminal activities (e.g. deaths, force protection, treason, etc.) related to
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