CBS Officially Seals the Fate of 3 NCIS Series After Canceling Tony & Ziva

NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney Renewed by CBS

CBS has decided the fate of the NCIS franchise. The network renewed three NCIS shows — the original NCIS, and spinoffs NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney — for new seasons in the 2026-2027 broadcast season. NCIS will be entering Season 24, while NCIS: Origins is headed to Season 3, and NCIS: Sydney is back for Season 4.

The news comes amid a flurry of renewals from CBS. The network also decided the fate of Tracker and The Big Bang Theory spinoff George & Mandy’s First Marriage​​​​​.

Created by Donald P. Bellisario, NCIS is a long-running crime procedural about a team of special naval agents working in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The series stars Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Rocky Carroll, and Gary Cole.

NCIS: Origins is a prequel series set in the 1990s. It stars Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, years before fans first saw him in NCIS. Mark Harmon narrates the show.

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NCIS: Sydney was originally ordered for Paramount+ in Australia. The show follows a team of combined United States NCIS agents and members of the Australian Federal Police, solving multinational crimes in a highly contested stretch of ocean.

NCIS Renews Three Shows After Canceling Tony and Ziva

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The news of these NCIS renewals comes after some disappointing previous news for NCIS fans. The Paramount+ spinoff show NCIS: Tony & Siva, following fan-favorite characters from the original NCIS who had previously left the series, became the first NCIS show to be canceled after only one season. Despite that, fans are still trying to save the series.

“I want to just say how much this made me smile and maybe even nudged my tear ducts,” NCIS: Tony & Ziva star Michael Weatherly wrote in response to fans’ efforts, “…beautiful, and I want to say a GIGANTIC thank you to any and all involved. I see you. I appreciate you. Big kiss for 2026.”

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When Paramount first announced that it had canceled NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Weatherly and co-star Cote de Pablo released a joint statement that read, “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. Our deepest thanks go to our extraordinary cast, crew, writers, directors, and producers, and to our partners at CBS Studios and Paramount+ who helped make this dream a reality. But 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.”

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