Which NCIS shows are renewed? The list changed twice this year

CBS answered the question in January, then answered it differently in April. Anyone who wrote the fall lineup down the first time had to start over.

As of September 2026, four NCIS series are alive: the flagship, the prequel, the Australian spinoff, and a brand-new one nobody had heard of when the first round of renewals went out. One series was canceled outright, and two of the survivors are coming back smaller than they were.

What's renewed and when it airs

• NCIS, season 24 — Premieres Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 8 p.m., anchoring a three-hour NCIS block.
• NCIS: Origins, season 3 — Also premieres October 6, with a reduced order of 10 episodes, down from 18.
• NCIS: New York, season 1 — New for this fall, premiering October 6.
• NCIS: Sydney, season 4 — Held for midseason, with a premiere reported for January 2027, also cut to 10 episodes from 20.

The January 22, 2026 announcement covered the first, second, and fourth of those, alongside Tracker, Elsbeth, Matlock, Fire Country, Survivor, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, and The Amazing Race. The rest arrived three months later.

Tony & Ziva didn't make it

NCIS: Tony & Ziva ran 10 episodes on Paramount+ from September 4 to October 23, 2025, and was canceled in December after a single season. Fans organized campaigns; Michael Weatherly responded to one by saying it "nudged my tear ducts."

"We feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to play these characters once again and to tell the next chapter of Tony and Ziva's story," Weatherly and Cote de Pablo said in a joint statement. "Most of all, we want to thank the fans around the world who joined us on this adventure and finally got to see Tony and Ziva find their happily ever after."

When CBS then announced a different new spinoff in April, Deadline asked the obvious question. CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach's answer was about casting, not creative:

"We really wanted to bring the Sam Hanna character back. LL is like a member of our family at CBS, he's done pop-ins on NCIS the last two years since LA ended, and it's been really successful. Plus, there is a huge port and Navy presence in New York — I cannot wait for the premiere party on the Intrepid."

The new one

NCIS: New York comes from The Pitt creator R. Scott Gemmill and Byron Balasco, and sends LL Cool J's Sam Hanna home to the city he's from after NCIS: Los Angeles ended in 2023. Scott Caan plays his new partner, with Jennifer Beals, Jacqueline Byers, Shane Harper, and Devin Druid rounding out the cast. It takes the slot that Origins' shortened order left open, with Sydney sliding into the same real estate at midseason.

What's different on screen

Season 23 did a lot of damage on its way out. The 500th episode, "All Good Things," aired March 24, 2026, and killed Leon Vance after 18 years — Rocky Carroll is off the regular cast, though he's staying on as a director. The finale, "Sons and Daughters," ended May 12 on an unresolved gunshot between Nick Torres and McGee's son Mateo.

Two familiar faces are coming back to fill the gap. Michael Weatherly returns to the flagship as Tony DiNozzo in a season-long arc, having filmed his first scenes on July 14, and he's said the arc won't retcon anything that happened in Tony & Ziva. On Origins, Mark Harmon steps in front of the camera as Gibbs in a season-long storyline after two seasons of narrating it.

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For the record: the flagship has now outlived four of its own spinoffs — Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawai'i, and Tony & Ziva.

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