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Can Parker keep this team together? Has the NCIS TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 21st season on CBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of NCIS, season 21. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What’s This TV Show About?
Airing on the CBS television network, the NCIS TV show stars Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Katrina Law, with Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, and Gary Cole. Following the departure of NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), Special Agent Alden Parker (Cole), a sharp and sarcastic former FBI agent, has taken over as lead of the NCIS team, a highly skilled and colorful group of professionals. The team includes NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee (Murray), an MIT graduate with a knack for computers who is now a Senior Field Agent; NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres (Valderrama), who frequently goes undercover; and NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight (Law), a formidable REACT agent who specializes in hostage negotiations high-risk operations. Assisting the team as the NCIS Historian is retired medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard (McCallum); Ducky’s protégé, the naïve Jimmy Palmer (Dietzen), who graduated to fully licensed medical examiner; and Forensic Scientist Kasie Hines (Reasonover), Ducky’s former graduate assistant. Overseeing operations is NCIS Director Leon Vance (Carroll), a highly trained agent who can always be counted on to shake up the status quo. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.
Season 20 Ratings
The 20th season of NCIS averaged a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.77 million viewers. Compared to season 19, that’s down by 24% in the demo and down by 8% in viewership in the live+same day ratings (includes DVR playback through 3:00 AM). While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled. Find out how NCIS stacks up against other CBS TV shows.
NCIS has been renewed for a 21st season which will debut on February 12, 2024. Stay tuned for further updates.
Telly’s Take
Will CBS cancel or renew NCIS for season 21? Despite Harmon’s departure last season, NCIS has remained one of the network’s most-watched series and is likely a bit cheaper to produce. NCIS is produced by CBS Television Studios which means that the company profits from the network airings as well as syndication and international sales. I have no doubt that this show will be renewed and will likely air for many years, changing out cast members as needed (ala Law & Order). I’ll update this page with breaking developments. Subscribe for free alerts on NCIS cancellation or renewal news.
2/22/23 update: NCIS has been renewed by CBS for a 21st season.
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What do you think? Are you glad the NCIS TV show has been renewed for a 21st season? How would you feel if CBS had cancelled this TV series instead?
I enjoy the new boss. He isn’t as intense as Gibbs. Like someone else said; it’s a more “relaxed atmosphere” in their office, but the boss is still respected.
Gary Cole though a good actor has no connection with the other actors and is totally uninteresting. There was a semi family was the earlier seasons Go back to going maybe flashbacks like they did with Ducky and Gibbs and how the team met and became close
Would like to see it continue and bring in guest appearances of agents from LA and Nola show characters. Single episode or multiple episodes I think it could develop interest. I also think that with the success of the cross over some feature films can be popular.
Would love to see dinoza and ziva come back but don’t know how to fi them in
I actually like the new team dynamic with Gary Cole replacing Gibbs. Everyone seems to be more relaxed. Gibbs got to be annoying. I liked watching McGee grow into his role as the chief agent. I also like seeing more of Rockey Carroll and David McCallum. I say give it a chance.
Tony DiNozzo Ziva David and GIBBS come Back to NCIS SEASON 20
The stories are getting very weak , New members don’t do it for me getting very family type theme’s
Don’t want NCIS cancelled, but it needs more action and more creative plots. Need to replace Katrina Law. She’s boring. Maybe I’m use to Ziva, but Law is still not interesting, the rest is okay. Just make their characters worth watching.
I totaly agree!
I Love Casey and Abby. If only Abby and Casey could be best friends and work together I think that would be great. I also love Nick and Jessica. But I wish Eleanor Bishop was back To work together with everyone else don’t take Nick and Jessica off but we also want to see some of the older people back on there we missed them that’s what kept us going Gibbs is what keeps me going I love Gibbs and I love everybody on there But it’s just different With Parker running everything When it should be Gibbs running everything… Read more »
Please don’t cancel NCIS season 20. I think more people would watch more if Mark Harmon came back as Leroy Jethro Gibbs and bring back Abby and Tony and Ziva. We like things as they were.
Please don’t cancel, I enjoy these shows! – there are fewer shows I enjoy on the regular channels these days!
They can cancel as I don’t watch it any more, doesn’t have th3e appeal as before !!!!!