'NCIS' Franchise Returns to Tuesdays This Fall
TV fans, one of your favorite CBS franchises is on the move for the 2025-2026 season.
On May 7, CBS announced that NCIS is returning to its old timeslot on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. beginning in the fall, per Variety. It won't be alone though. The other two NCIS shows will also be joining the original series. NCIS: Origins will land at 9 p.m. and NCIS: Sydney will air at 10 p.m. The network has never paired the shows like this before. CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach dubbed the night as "Super Tuesday."
The Season 22 finale of NCIS was a shocker with [Spoiler Alert] Alden Parker (Gary Cole] finding his father, Roman Parker (Francis X. McCarthy), dead in his apartment. That ending left fans on a major cliffhanger and the aftermath won't play out until Season 23 in the fall. Cole reacted to the shocking storyline in an interview with TV Insider.
"Nobody got the script until I guess maybe a couple of weeks before we shot that. I thought it was certainly a dynamic ending," Cole said. "As an actor, selfishly, I was a little bit sad because I really like the actor who plays my father and I like doing those scenes, but I thought it was certainly a surprise, which I think was good for us, and hopefully, into the next season, will lead to some very probably dark places, which I think is not a bad thing either."
The NCIS universe won't be the only show with a themed primetime spot. Jerry Bruckheimer will own Friday nights on CBS with three new shows: Sheriff Country at 8 p.m., a Fire Country spinoff at 9 p.m., and the Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, at 10 p.m.