There is no shortage of procedural franchises ongoing across network television in 2026, but none have maintained their momentum quite as well for quite as long as NCIS. The flagship is in the middle of its 24th season, and a lot has already happened, between the return of Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) as the new director of the titular agency, the trial of McGee’s (Sean Murray) son for hacking the NCIS database, and Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) facing his dark past, among other things. Meanwhile, CBS has also taken the formula to the Big Apple for the first time with the new spin-off NCIS: New York starring LL COOL J‘s Sam Hanna and brought Mark Harmon back for one more dangerous mission in NCIS: Origins Season 3. Despite all the action, the agents are about to take their second leave of the month soon.
Already, NCIS Tuesdays had to hit pause to accommodate Midterm election coverage to kick off November. Now, the franchise is taking off for the holidays. November 24 will see no new episodes from any of the three shows grace the small screen ahead of Thanksgiving, instead opting for re-airings. It’s been typical for CBS to hold back episodes of the procedural crime drama franchise during this special occasion, even if they aren’t airing on turkey day itself. The schedule will be back to normal on December 1, with only a few weeks left until midseason finales air.
Before the Thanksgiving break, each of the three series will air their respective sixth episodes on November 17. NCIS Season 24 will lead the charge as always with “Ride or Die,” which will take Torres deep undercover on a high-stakes mission in which he’s forced to be the getaway driver for a kidnapper as dangerous as he is mysterious, played by True Blood alum James Frain. The agent will once again have to lean on his past work and play along to ensure everyone in the car makes it out alive in the end. Then, at 9 p.m., “My Companion” puts the New York team at the center of a sensitive case, where a Navy admiral sacrifices himself to save the life of an AI tech mogul who was the high-profile target of an assassination.
‘NCIS: Origins’ Season 3 Is Welcoming Even More Familiar Faces
Finally, Origins Season 3 will continue its streak of familiar NCIS guests in “Shot Through the Heart” at 10 p.m., bringing past and present together. In the present, Muse Watson will return from the flagship as the older Mike Franks, joining Gibbs as he seeks answers about what truly happened to Lala (Mariel Molino) years prior. Back in 1993, meanwhile, the team will scramble to find a mole after FBI Agent Casey Bloom (Sean Harmon) is shot, along the way highlighting the surprising bond growing between Lala and Franks (Kyle Schmid). Watson’s appearance adds to what has been a season of reunions across the NCIS series, including Emily Wickersham, who will also appear once again as Ellie Bishop in the upcoming episode, Adam Campbell, Weatherly, and even a brief voice cameo by Rocky Carroll as the late Leon Vance.
Aside from its Thanksgiving week break, the NCIS franchise will continue to air on Tuesdays on CBS throughout the rest of the fall television season. Stay tuned here at Collider for further updates on the procedural.
- Release Date
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September 23, 2003
- Showrunner
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Steven D. Binder
- Directors
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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
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Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill, Steven D. Binder, David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal, Christopher J. Waild, Scott Williams, Frank Cardea, George Schenck, 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, Gil Grant, Frank Military, Nell Scovell, Steven Kriozere, Brian Dietzen, Kate Torgovnick May, Jeff Vlaming, Sydney Mitchel, Katie White, Richard C. Arthur, Laurence Walsh
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