NCIS: Los Angeles TV show. Pictured: Miguel Ferrer, Andrew Traver, showrunner Shane Brennan, and Eric Christian Olsen. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS. ©2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved.
NCIS: Los Angeles TV show creator, Shane Brennan, is exiting as showrunner of the long-running CBS naval procedural drama, but will remain as an executive producer. Brennan has been with the NCIS spin-off, since the beginning. Brennan executive produced the King & Maxwell TV series, starring Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn, which was cancelled by TNT after one season of 10 episodes.
According to Deadline, Brennan has a two-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios for his production company Shane Brennan Productions. Executive producer R. Scott Gemmill, will assume the role of showrunner for NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O’Donnell, Daniela Rush, Barrett Foa, Linda Hunt, and LL Cool J.
Per Deadline, Brennan is developing The Expendables TV show adaptation, based on the feature film franchise, which was previously in the works at FOX. According to the report, The Expendables is now being shopped to other networks and digital distributors.
Here is more, from Deadline:
Additionally, Brennan, who will continue to partner with Grant Anderson, President of Shane Brennan Productions, is adapting Luna: New Moon, the first book in an upcoming science fiction series by Ian McDonald. Brennan and CBS TV Studios landed the rights to the book, set in the year 2110 on the moon, in a competitive situation last summer.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the NCIS: Los Angeles TV series? Do you expect the change in showrunners will have a big effect on the CBS drama?
I like Nell’s character in the computer room, but we have turned the show off early since she has been in the field with Deeks. Just isn’t working for us. NO WAY would she be able to do what the writers have her doing. She has never even been on the street!!!! Those agents have worked in other HIGH positions of various field and military positions. PLEASE get her back where she belongs. This is not a good story line!!! Faithful fans until now.
I wish they hadn’t changed the night but I’ll continue to watch it now that I know when it is on one of my favorite shows of all time the cast has wonderful chemistry
I love this show and the cast is the BEST.
I honestly think this is a great move for the show. There have been more lackluster episodes the last couple of years which can probably be put upon poor directors, something Brennan should have seen. Brennan has shown lack of vision with the “Red” episodes (actress playing Paris couldn’t even hold a gun convincingly) and trying to force love interests on Callen with lackluster actresses like Bar Paly. The only real chemistry was with Elizabeth Bogush and that line could have continued. Brennan seems to have lost interest enough to slough over fine details which made the show good. Frankly,… Read more »
I don’t think a new show runner was necessary, but if Shane Brennan wanted to leave, what can you do? LA ran into a buzz saw last fall with Blindspot, but Blindspot was moved to Wednesdays. CBS decided to move LA to Sundays even though Blindspot had already moved. I think this was a mistake. I think LA would have gone back to its old ratings with Blindspot gone. We will see what happens.