NCIS Fans Just Got An Exciting Update

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NCIS fans can look forward to a fall 2025 premiere with all three shows airing on Tuesday nights.
Mark Harmon’s return as Gibbs on NCIS is uncertain, but fans eagerly await the Season 23 premiere.
A spinoff featuring Tony & Ziva premieres on Paramount+ September 4th, 2025. New NCIS seasons and other CBS premiere dates are also announced.

NCIS fans will want to hear this latest update about the long-running CBS procedural, which tells gripping and action-packed stories about a group of special agents who investigate a new crime each episode.

NCIS premiered in September 2023 and introduced viewers to Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), who used to be a sniper in the Marine Corps and who now runs a team of intelligent and interesting characters. After Gibbs moved to Alaska and left in NCIS season 19, fans have been curious if he will return, whether on the prequel series or the original one. Several spinoffs have followed, including NCIS: Sydney, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, and the prequel NCIS: Origins, which stars Austin Stowell as a young Gibbs in the 1990s. NCIS: Hawaiʻi premiered in 2021 but only aired for three seasons before CBS canceled it in the spring of 2024. Fans waiting to see their favorite characters again will want to hear this update.

Why Was Gibbs Replaced on NCIS?

Leory Gibbs (Mark Harmon) is a big reason why NCIS has such a large fanbase, but there’s a reason why Gibbs leaves the popular CBS drama.

The NCIS Season 23 Premiere Date Has Been Announced (Along With NCIS: Origins Season 2 And NCIS: Sydney Season 3)

Deadline reported that CBS has announced its fall 2025 TV broadcast schedule and all three NCIS shows will air on Tuesday nights, beginning on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025. The original series NCIS will air on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. E.T., followed by NCIS: Origins at 9 p.m. E.T. and NCIS: Sydney at 11 p.m. E.T.

While fans are getting ready to watch NCIS season 23 this coming fall, they’re also looking forward to season 2 of the hit prequel NCIS: Origins and season 3 of NCIS: Sydney. The franchise has hit upon a successful and fun formula that involves compelling characters, thrilling action, and big twists. While the spinoffs have been popular and it’s cool to see agents working in new locations, NCIS: Origins has been particularly interesting since viewers have always hoped to learn all there is to know about Gibbs. The prequel has an impressive 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and 71% on the Popcornmeter.

Besides watching new seasons of all three NCIS series, fans will have a fourth series to dig into: NCIS: Tony & Ziva, the upcoming spinoff about beloved couple Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo). Fans continue to wonder if Mark Harmon could appear on the show, especially since his return could be a fun and nostalgic plot point. The show will premiere on Paramount+ on September 4th, 2025.

What are the premiere dates for other popular CBS shows?

Survivor season 49: September 24th, 2025, 8 P.M. E.T.
The Amazing Race season 38: September 25th, 2025, 9 P.M. E.T.
Elsbeth season 2: October 12th, 2025, 9:30 P.M. E.T.
FBI season 8: October 13th, 2025, 9 P.M. E.T.
Watson season 2: October 13th, 2025, 10 PM. E.T.
Fire Country season 4: October 17th, 2025, 8 PM E.T.
Tracker season 3: October 19th, 2025, 8 PM E.T.

NCIS season 22 premiered in September 2024 and brought back fan-favorite characters Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama), Jessica Knight (Katrina Law), Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll), Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), and Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), along with Gibbs’s replacement Alden Parker (Gary Cole). Season 22 featured all the regular cases that fans expect to see, along with some big developments in the characters’ personal lives. Jessica and Jimmy’s relationship was explored at length, and it’s hard not to assume they will still experience some challenges next season.

In an interview with TV Insider, NCIS executive producer Steven D. Binder shared a little bit about what season 23 will be like, particularly after a huge moment in the season 22 finale. Binder said:

“We’re really hoping to dive into our characters and their lives and their journeys and their pain in a way that we have not done before — or have done before, but have done it more in a back burner secondary to the crime of the week.”

NCIS

Release Date: September 23, 2003
Showrunner: Donald P. Bellisario
Directors: Dennis Smith, Terrence O’Hara, Tony Wharmby, James Whitmore Jr., Thomas J. Wright, Michael Zinberg, Arvin Brown, Rocky Carroll, Diana Valentine, Leslie Libman, Tawnia McKiernan, Colin Bucksey, William Webb, Bethany Rooney, Alrick Riley, Jeff Woolnough, Alan J. Levi, Lionel Coleman, Martha Mitchell, Peter Ellis, Michael Weatherly, Edward Ornelas, Stephen Cragg, Tom Wright
Writers: George Schenck, Frank Cardea, Jesse Stern, John C. Kelley, Jennifer Corbett, Christopher Silber, Reed Steiner, Nicole Mirante-Matthews, Jack Bernstein, Scott J. Jarrett, Matthew R. Jarrett, Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Don McGill, Gil Grant, Frank Military, Nell Scovell, Steven Kriozere, Brian Dietzen, Kate Torgovnick May, Jeff Vlaming, Sydney Mitchel, Katie White, Richard C. Arthur, Laurence Walsh