NCIS (TV series)

NCIS (also called NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is a crime-drama television series on CBS. It is about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Washington, D.C. Their job is to investigate crimes involving the US Navy and Marine Corps. The series is a spin-off from JAG and has the spin-offs called NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans.

NCIS
Genre	Action Drama Police procedural
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 Wilmer Valderrama Jennifer Esposito Maria Bello Rocky Carroll Brian Dietzen Emily Wickersham Duane Henry Diona Reasonover Katrina Law Gary Cole
Theme music composer	Numeriklab
Opening theme	"NCIS Theme"
Ending theme	"NCIS Theme"
Composers	Joseph Conlan Brian Kirk
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	22
No. of episodes	481 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Donald P. Bellisario Steven D. Binder Shane Brennan (2007–15) Frank Cardea Gary Glasberg (2009–16) Chas. Floyd Johnson George Schenck (2011–18) Mark Harmon Mark Horowitz
Producers	David Bellisario Avery C. Drewe
Cinematography	Billy Webb
Running time	39–44 minutes
Production companies	Belisarius Productions Paramount Network Television (2003–06) CBS Paramount Network Television (2006–09) CBS Television Studios (2009–present)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) – present
Related
JAG NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: New Orleans

Cast and characters

Main articles: List of NCIS cast members and List of NCIS characters

Mark Harmon stars as Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

From left: Duane Henry, Brian Dietzen, Sean Murray (in purple), Wilmer Valderrama (at right), pictured with active duty airman, in uniform.

• Mark Harmon as NCIS Supervisory Special Agent and Special Agent in Charge Leroy Jethro Gibbs (seasons 1–19)
• Sasha Alexander as NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd (main role: seasons 1–2; guest: seasons 3 and 9)
• Michael Weatherly as NCIS Senior Field Agent Anthony DiNozzo (main: seasons 1–13; guest: season 21)
• Pauley Perrette as NCIS Forensic Specialist Abby Sciuto (seasons 1–15)
• David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard (seasons 1–20; credit only: season 21)
• Sean Murray as NCIS Senior Field Agent Timothy McGee (recurring role: season 1, main: season 2–present)
• Cote de Pablo as NCIS Special Agent Ziva David (main: seasons 3–11; guest: seasons 3 & 16; recurring: season 17)
• Lauren Holly as NCIS Director Jenny Shepard (recurring: season 3; main: seasons 3–5)
• Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance (recurring: season 5; main: season 6–present)
• Brian Dietzen as Dr. Jimmy Palmer (recurring: seasons 1–5, also starring: seasons 6–9, main: season 10–present)
• Emily Wickersham as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop (guest: season 11; main: seasons 11–18)
• Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas Torres (season 14–present)
• Jennifer Esposito as NCIS Special Agent Alexandra Quinn (season 14)
• Duane Henry as NCIS International Desk Agent Clayton Reeves (guest: season 13; main: seasons 14–15)
• Maria Bello as NCIS Special Agent and Psychologist Dr. Jacqueline Sloane (seasons 15–18)
• Diona Reasonover as NCIS Forensic Specialist Kasie Hines (recurring: season 15; main: season 16–present)
• Katrina Law as NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight (guest: season 18; main: season 19–present)
• Gary Cole as NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker (guest: season 19; season 19–present)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Rating
			First aired	Last aired
Intro	2		April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)	April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)	—	—
1	23		September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)	23	7.8
2	23		September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)	May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)	22	8.8
3	24		September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)	12	9.8
4	24		September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)	15	9.0
5	19		September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)	11	9.2
6	25		September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)	5	10.9
7	24		September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)	May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)	4	11.5
8	24		September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)	May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)	5	11.8
9	24		September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)	May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)	2	12.3
10	24		September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)	May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)	1	13.5
11	24		September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	1	12.6
12	24		September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)	2	11.6
13	24		September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)	May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)	1	12.8
14	24		September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)	May 16, 2017 (2017-05-16)	2	11.4
15	24		September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)	May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)	2	10.3
16	24		September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)	May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)	3	9.6
17	20		September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)	April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)	3	10.1
18	16		November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17)	May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25)	4	10.3
19	21		September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)	May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)	4	11.9
20	22		September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)	May 22, 2023 (2023-05-22)	3	12.7
21	10		February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)	May 6, 2024 (2024-05-06)	TBA	TBA
22	TBA		October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14)	TBA	TBA	TBA

Other websites

• Official NCIS homepage at CBS
• NCIS on IMDb
• Website - NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
• NCIS Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine at Yahoo! TV
• NCIS at AllMovie
• NCIS at TV.com