New NCIS Spinoffs on CBS/Paramount+

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Paramount Plus announced a new NCIS spinoff featuring Michael Weatherly and Cote di Pablo as their NCIS characters Tony and Ziva. Weatherly recently made a surprise cameo appearance on the NCIS episode that paid tribute to David McCallum. The new series will stream on Paramount Plus and the storyline will have Tony and Ziva raising their daughter and on the run across Europe as some shadowy group is chasing them.

Earlier, CBS picked up a prequel series, titled NCIS: Origins, that will air on the network next season and will feature Mark Harmon's character Jethro Gibbs as a younger man in the early 90s starting out his NCIS career. The young Gibbs will be under the tutelage of Mike Franks (played on NCIS by Muse Watson). No word on casting yet, although Harmon's son, Sean Harmon, played his character as a young man in a couple of flashback episodes. Mark Harmon will narrate the new series.

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What happened to NCIS: Sydney?

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What happened to NCIS: Sydney?

NCIS Sydney is an Australian production that originally streamed on Paramount+ Australia and other international services. Word is that renewal is likely, with the most likely scenario being a U.S. second season on Paramount+ and eventually on CBS itself as a fill-in.

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CBS has announced that Austin Stowell will play the younger version of Mark Harmon's character, Jethro Gibbs, in the upcoming NCIS: Origins. Stowell is best known for playing the lead in the romantic comedy The Hating Game. Interestingly, Stowell is 39, and Mark Harmon was 40 in 1991, when NCIS: Origins is set.

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What happened to NCIS: Sydney?

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NCIS Sydney has been renewed for a second season. It will air first in Australia and then on CBS (not Paramount Plus). CBS also announced renewals for Tracker, Ghosts, and Fire Country.

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CBS has announced that Kyle Schmid will play Mike Francks, Gibbs' mentor, on the upcoming NCIS prequel series NCIS Origins. The show is set in 1991 and features Austin Stowell as a young Jethro Gibbs, starting out in the itself new NCIS. The role had been played by Muse Watson on the original series.