NCIS: LA
NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on the CBS network on September 22, 2009. The series airs following NCIS on Tuesdays in the United States.
NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of the successful show NCIS, itself a spinoff of another CBS series, JAG. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season to 22 episodes. The season was extended again on November 4, 2009, when CBS announced its order for an additional two episodes.
The second season began airing on September 21, 2010. On May 18, 2011, CBS renewed the series for a third season. On August 18, 2011, CBS announced that the series would crossover by having Daniela Ruah guest star as Kensi Blye on Hawaii Five-0. On January 11, 2012, CBS announced that the series would do a second crossover with Hawaii Five-0 by having Daniel Dae Kim and Scott Caan guest star on an episode in May which occurred in May 2012 with the Hawaii Five-0 Season 2 episode, “Pa Make Loa” and the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 episode, “Touch of Death”.
On March 14, 2012, CBS renewed NCIS: Los Angeles for a fourth season On February 6, 2013 Miguel Ferrer was promoted to a series regular for the next season On March 27, 2013, CBS renewed NCIS: Los Angeles for a fifth season. The fifth season premiered on September 24, 2013.
Cast:
Actor |
Character |
Occupation |
Chris O’Donnell |
G. Callen |
Special Agent In Charge |
LL Cool J |
Sam Hanna |
Senior Special Agent |
Daniela Ruah |
Kensi Blye |
Special Agent |
Eric Christian Olsen |
Marty Deeks |
Liaison Detective |
Linda Hunt |
Hetty Lange |
Operations Manager |
Peter Cambor |
Nate Getz |
Operational Psychologist |
Barrett Foa |
Eric Beale |
Tech Operator |
Renée Felice Smith |
Nell Jones |
Intelligence Analyst |
Miguel Ferrer |
Owen Granger |
NCIS Assistant Director |
Adam Jamal Craig |
Dominic Vail |
Probationary Field Agent |
Seasons:
Season |
Timeslot (ET) |
No. of |
Premiered |
|
Date |
Premiere viewers |
|||
Tuesday 9:00pm/8c |
24 |
September 22, 2009 |
18.73 |
|
24 |
September 21, 2010 |
15.76 |
||
24 |
September 20, 2011 |
16.71 |
||
24 |
September 25, 2012 |
16.74 |
||
25 |
September 24, 2013 |
16.35 |
||
NA |
September 29, 2014 |
NA |