Surprise! CBS has a new NCIS spinoff series coming this fall.
NCIS: New York will welcome back LL Cool J as NCIS Agent Sam Hanna, as he returns to his hometown of New York City to their field office, partnering with a roguish agent (Scott Caan) and helping lead a new team as they are tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world.
The series will air on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m., in between the flagship series NCIS at 8 p.m. and NCIS: Origins at 10 p.m. NCIS: Sydney will join the lineup in midseason, replacing NCIS: Origins.
The pilot episode hails from The Pitt creator R. Scott Gemmill, in a reteaming with LL Cool J. Gemmill was the showrunner of NCIS: Los Angeles for seven seasons and wrote on all 14 seasons. NCIS: Los Angeles is the series on which the rapper and actor began his NCIS journey. Byron Balasco, creator, executive producer, and writer of the Audience Network series Kingdom, will showrun NCIS: New York.
NCIS: Los Angeles ran from 2009 to 2023, centered around the high-stakes world of a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals, who pose a threat to the nation’s security. It also starred Chris O’Donnell, Medalion Rahimi, Linda Hunt, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa, and Renée Felice Smith.
For anyone who can’t wait to see the new series in the fall, LL Cool J will appear on two upcoming NCIS episodes on April 21 and 28.
