After the divisive cancelation ofNCIS: Hawai’i, CBS is once again expanding its top-rated procedural franchise.
Aside from the pair and Diany Rodriguez’s Vera Strickland, the rest of the squad are new characters.
Ducky and Abby were part ofNCIS' original team.
Gibbs' experience at Camp Pendleton shapes his unique but effective leadership style in the mainNCISshow.
As a newly-discharged Marine, his time under Franks will be pivotal in his future.
Why was it changed?
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Aside from producingNCIS: Origins, Mark Harmon will also serve as the narrator for the prequel.
Perrette has also worked as a director and producer since leaving the show.
She appeared in the documentary shortRed Ribbons of Lovein 2023 but also produced and directed the short.
Set before the original entry in the long-running procedural crime-drama franchise, NCIS: Origins takes place in the 1990s and follows a younger Leroy Gibbs at the beginning of his career. The series will focus more on Gibbs' journey to becoming the star investigator he became in the original series and his relationships with past partners and colleagues.
Shes also one of the producers of the documentaryStudio One Forever.
David McCallums Ducky appeared in his last episode ofNCISin 2024 through previously recorded footage.
