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Post by llyan on Feb 8, 2024 0:00:47 GMT
Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on NCIS, Fire Country, The Rookie, The Way Home, The Ones Who Live and More!BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH FEBRUARY 7, 2024 3:46 PM
What’s coming up for McGee on NCIS? –Natalie What’s coming up is a shaking of his family tree. “All of our characters on NCIS know that family is more important than anything,” co-showrunners Steven D. Binder and David North tell TVLine. “But after McGee takes a genealogy DNA test, he’s shocked to find out he has more family than he realized.”
I’ll take any NCIS scoop you can give me, but I’m especially interested in what plans they have for Jimmy and Jess! –MC Akin to McGee dealing with the above, “Knight has her own special family drama to deal with when her father shows up during a case and has some ideas what his daughter should be doing with her life,” Binder and North shared with me. “And, of course, there’s poor Jimmy Palmer, stuck exactly where nobody would ever want to be: aka in the middle of a Knight family feud.” Bonus scoop! I can in turn exclusively report that Russell Wong (Westworld, The Oath) will play Jess’ dad in that storyline.
tvline.com/lists/ncis-season-21-spoilers-jimmy-jessica-romance-mcgee-family/the-walking-dead-the-ones-who-live/
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Post by llyan on Feb 21, 2024 22:43:42 GMT
The NCIS Franchise’s 1,000th (!) Episode: What’s It About, and When Will It Air?BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH
FEBRUARY 21, 2024 2:35 PM
Stars and creatives from the original NCIS series as well as all four offshoots — NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawai’i and NCIS: Sydney — were on hand for a celebration of the well-watched franchise’s 1,000th overall episode, which began filming on Monday.
The full NCIS cast plus co-showrunners Steven D. Binder and David North were joined on the “big orange room” set by visiting NCIS: LA alum Chris O’Donnell and (appearing via Zoom) onetime NCIS: New Orleans front man Scott Bakula (currently in New York for the Broadway musical The Connector), the NCIS: Hawai’i cast (congregated in their own HQ) and NCIS: Sydney leads Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance.
Other network and studio brass on hand for the major, four-digit milestone — which will air as the seventh episode of NCIS Season 21, on Monday, April 15 — included NCIS EP Charles Johnson, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach, CBS Studios president David Stapf and NCIS: Hawai’i co-showrunner Christopher Silber, each of whom spoke at length about the “special sauce” that has fueled the franchise’s ongoing success. (NCIS: Hawai’i co-showrunner Jan Nash appeared remotely.)
Binder in his speech referred to the procedurals’ reputation in some circles as being “simple” shows, but then spoke of how they are all programs a family can enjoy together. To crystalize his point: “‘I love The Handmaid’s Tale! I watch it with my grandmother,’ said no one ever.”
North stepped forth to recall how he when was a production assistant on NCIS‘ sire, he asked JAG co-EP Charles Johnson, “‘Could I be a PA on [the spinoff]?’ And Charles said to me, ‘You know what, David? I’ll move you over there, but you have to understand that in Hollywood shows like this usually don’t last.’ But I think deep down, Charles knew this one would.”
So, how does one possible do justice to such a big number, with one episode of the mothership? TVLine spoke withBinder and North about the grand Episode 1,000 plan.
“One of our own beloved characters is going to end up in grave danger, and you’re go to see all of the different franchises brought into this in a little bit of a different way,” said North. Added Binder, “There’ll be a personal storyline, and this one will circle around Director [Leon] Vance,” played by series vet Rocky Carroll.
Along the way, fans can be asssured, “We’re go to play plenty of homage to the past,” said North.
“Were hoping to put some Easter eggs for longtime fans of the show…,” Binder teased. And some might be very teeny-tiny eggs. “If you’e watching it in 4K, you might have to blow somethings things up,” the EP quipped, “but they’re going to be there.”
tvline.com/lists/ncis-franchise-1000th-episode-date-spoilers-casting-news/
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Post by llyan on Feb 22, 2024 1:57:14 GMT
NCIS Video: Katrina Law, Brian Dietzen Warn of a Confession and ‘Bumps’ Ahead for Jessica/Jimmy BY MATT WEBB MITOVICHFEBRUARY 21, 2024 4:39 PM
Fans of NCIS‘ #KnightInShiningPalmer ‘ship are best advised to enjoy these next few episodes of Season 21, because ominous-sounding “detours and bumps” lie on the horizon.
TVLine was on-set Monday for the start of filming the NCIS franchise’s 1,000th overall episode, and we of course seized the opportunity to check in with both Katrina Law and Brian Dietzen on what’s ahead for the well-watched procedural’s latest (and unarguably sweetest) workplace romance.
As TVLine previously detailed, viewers and Jimmy alike will meet Jessica’s father, to be played by Russell Wong (aka Law’s dad from The Oath!), in the Monday, March 25 episode.
Previewing the “very exciting” development, Law told TVLine, “My father is a big deal in the NCIS world,” and when he travels to D.C. on a mission, it leads to a dad/daughter team-up — “and he kind of kicks ass a little!” raves Law.
Things are, however, less kickass on the “Dad meeting Jimmy” front. “It does not go to plan, unfortunately,” reports Dietzen “Not exactly the best introduction that Jimmy could have had to his girlfriend’s father!”
Worse, Dad “picks up on a couple of things” between Jessica and Jimmy, says Law, “and gets Jess to confess a few things as well.” It all builds to what Law says is an episode that’s both “heartwarming” and “nerve-wracking for the audience.”
Are Jess and Jimmy in true love, forever and ever? Thats’s the big question Law teases.
Dietzen in turn warns of “a bit of a fracture here and there” for the couple that has endured both a blurted “I love you!” and some PDA in the squad room. “As I’ve said before, love is sometimes not a straight line,” Dietzen ventures. “Sometimes it takes a few detours and bumps along the way.”
tvline.com/interviews/ncis-jimmy-jessica-romance-preview-season-21-katrina-law-brian-dietzen-1235171981/
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Post by llyan on Feb 26, 2024 23:20:23 GMT
Matt’s Inside Line: Get Scoop on NCIS, Criminal Minds, Ghosts, All American, The Rookie, Lopez vs. Lopez and More!BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH
FEBRUARY 26, 2024 2:30 PM
What does NCIS have in store for Parker this year? –Mink Akin to how Parker once went undercover as a lawyer, soon he “may possibly have to perform a surgery,” co-showrunner David North told me at the NCIS franchise’s 1,000th episode party. Added co-showrunner Steven D. Binder, “Gary Cole is an incredibly funny actor, and he hasn’t had a lot of opportunities to expose his comedic chops [on NCIS], so were hoping to do that.” North then noted that longtime producer Mark Horowitz opined that “Gibbs is the father figure of the team, but Parker is the crazy uncle, so we want to let Gary spread his wings.”
Can we expect any special visits to NCIS this season? –JVH Visitors don’t get much more special than this: It turns out the E.T. I spotted on-set last week is for NCIS, specifically the April 1 episode.tvline.com/lists/criminal-minds-season-17-spoilers-time-jump-prentiss-struggling/criminal-minds-season-17-time-jump/
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Post by llyan on Mar 7, 2024 0:54:09 GMT
Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Grey’s, Station 19, FBI, NCIS, Ghosts, The Way Home, CSI, All American and More! BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH MARCH 6, 2024 4:45 PM
Do you have more news on upcoming episodes of NCIS? –BK During my recent set visit (for the franchise’s 1,000th episode), co-showrunner Steven D. Binder teased, “Every 200 episodes, we like to put somebody on a horse. So we’re going to be doing that.” Bonus scoop: For those wanting a bit more on the “alien” episode (airing April 1, natch) that I teased last week, Binder specifically told me, “We have an episode where the team finds something that appears out-of-this-world.”
tvline.com/lists/greys-anatomy-spoilers-ellen-pompeo-status-episodes-season-20/based-on-a-true-story-season-2/
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Post by llyan on Mar 13, 2024 21:49:11 GMT
NCIS Video: Sean Murray Talks Tim’s New Kin, Braves Our NCIS Pop Quiz! BY MATT WEBB MITOVICHMARCH 13, 2024 12:15 PM It was this past November — when CBS‘ NCIS like most of TV was still on a strikes-extended hiatus — that Sean Murray marked the 20th anniversary of his debut as Special Agent Timothy McGee.
McGee in that span of time has become a husband… a father (to twins, whom apparently no one on the cast can name!)… and a lead agent, in the wake of Tony DiNozzo’s May 2016 departure. And yet there is still at least one more major life event on tap for Tim, when the next NCIS episode reveals a heretofore-unknown relative!
In “The Plan” (airing Monday, March 25), McGee finds himself in a tailspin when DNA results reveal a close relative he was unaware of. Elsewhere, the team — with the help of Jess’ father, Special Agent in Charge Feng Zhao (played by The Oath‘s Russell Wong) — works to unravel the mystery of a recently used service weapon belonging to a missing agent.
Speaking with Murray at a recent, on-set celebration of the franchise’s 1,000th overall episode, TVLine invited the series’ longest-running “original” cast member (he debuted in Episode 7, as recurring) to tease the imminent shaking of McGee’s family tree; watch video Q&A above.
Murray then talked up the aforementioned milestone episode, which airs as the April 15 NCIS and will feature “fun” Easter eggs of all shapes and sizes for longtime fans to discover.
Closing out the video Q&A, we sprung on Murray our “NCIS Pop Quiz!,” testing his familiarity with Gibbs’ rules, the CBS shows that aired after NCIS back in 2003, and more.
What final Q surprisingly stumped McGee’s portrayer? (And what playfully choice words did he have for the co-stars who could not for the life of them name either of Tim and Delilah’s children?) Press play above and enjoy!
tvline.com/interviews/ncis-sean-murray-preview-mcgee-relative-episode-1000-1235187658/
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Post by llyan on Mar 15, 2024 0:45:44 GMT
NCIS: Daniela Ruah, Vanessa Lachey to ‘Cross Over’ for Franchise’s 1,000th Episode (Exclusive)BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH
MARCH 14, 2024 12:30 PM
The Los Angeles and Pearl Harbor offices will be represented when CBS‘ well-watched NCIS franchise airs its 1,000th episode in a few weeks.
TVLine has learned exclusively that both Daniela Ruah, who played Special Agent Kensi Blye-Deeks throughout NCIS: Los Angeles‘ 14-season run, and Vanessa Lachey, who currently leads the NCIS: Hawai’i team as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant, will appear during that milestone hour, which will air as the Monday, April 15 episode of NCIS.
Though neither Kensi nor Jane will appear “in person” alongside the D.C.-based NCIS team, I am hearing the characters’ appearances will nonetheless be quite fun.
Also appearing during the episode — as first reported by TVLine’s Inside Line column — will be Director Leon Vance’s son Jared, to be played this time around by Spence Moore II (All American, Superman & Lois).
Previewing the franchise’s 1,000th installment, NCIS co-showrunner David North told TVLine during our recent set visit, “One of our own beloved characters is going to end up in grave danger, and you’re go to see all of the different franchises brought into this in a little bit of a different way.”
Added co-showrunner Steven D. Binder, “There’ll be a personal storyline, and this one will circle around Director Vance,” played by NCIS vet Rocky Carroll.
Along the way, fans can be assured, “We’re going to play plenty of homage to the past,” said North, and scatter “some Easter eggs for longtime fans of the show,” Binder added.
“If you’re watching it in 4K, you might have to blow somethings things up,” the EP quipped, “but they’re going to be there.”
Ruah has not strayed far from the NCIS-verse since filming her final scenes as NCIS: LA‘s Kensi a little over a year ago. Most recently, she directed the March 4 episode of NCIS and the April 15 NCIS: Hawai’i (aka the franchise’s 1,001st episode, titled, ha, “The Next Thousand”).
“If I get asked [to play Kensi again], I will certainly figure it out at the time,” Ruah told TVLine toward the end of NCIS: LA‘s run. “If it makes sense, why not, right?” (Ruah’s NCIS: LA co-star LL Cool J of course is currently reprising his role as Sam Hanna on NCIS: Hawai’i.)
Lachey’s Tennant meanwhile has popped up on the NCIS mothership thrice before — as part of a pair of two-show crossovers (in March and then September 2022), and in the January 2023 three-show crossover event that also folded in NCIS: LA.
tvline.com/casting-news/ncis-daniela-ruah-vanessa-lachey-crossover-episode-1000-kensi-jane-1235187887/
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Post by llyan on Mar 15, 2024 0:50:23 GMT
Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on NCIS, Ghosts, FBI: Most Wanted, Grey’s, TWD, Chicago P.D., Station 19 and More!BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH MARCH 14, 2024 6:00 AM
Who has been (re)cast for a very special NCIS? What’s the prognosis for Grey’s Anatomy‘s new no-nonsense doc? What is on tap for Chicago P.D.’s Trudy? Read on for answers to those questions and many more! (You can and should email brand-new Qs to InsideLine@tvline.com.)
Are there any teasers for the 1,000th and 1,001st episodes of the NCIS-verse aka the NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i episodes? –Teags
Regarding the actual 1,000th episode of the NCIS franchise, I can exclusively report that Director Leon Vance’s son will figure into the “personal” crisis at hand — and this time around Jared will be played by Spence Moore II, whom you may recognize from his roles in Superman & Lois, grown-ish, ABC’s The Wonder Years reboot and/or All American. Jared has previously been played by Khamani Griffin (in Season 6) and Akinsola Aribo (Seasons 9-11); Moore’s debut airs Monday, April 15.Spence Moore II (photo by Harry Eelman)
Will NCIS‘ “The Stories We Leave Behind” be shown again? –Jill
As a matter of fact, that beautiful David McCallum/Ducky tribute will get an encore this Monday at 9/8c, ahead of NCIS‘ return with fresh episodes the following week on March 25. (The episode of course can also be streamed on Paramount+.)
tvline.com/lists/ncis-director-vance-son-jared-recast-episode-1000/
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Post by llyan on Jun 2, 2024 2:15:29 GMT
NCIS EP Answers Burning Qs About Knight’s Big Move, Parker Mystery and Teeing Up the #Tiva Spinoff BY MATT WEBB MITOVICH
JUNE 1, 2024 3:00 PM
With only a few weeks gone by since NCIS’ Season 21 finale aired — and with Season 22 more than three months away! — fans of the long-running CBS drama still are fretting over the career decision that Special Agent Jessica Knight (played by Katrina Law) made, as a crestfallen Jimmy (Brian Dietzen) looked on.
As a supplement to what Law herself already shared with TVLine, we now present co-showrunner Steve D. Binder’s detailed insight on Knight’s Season 22 fate, as well as the blast from Special Agent Alden Parker’s (Gary Cole) past that got teased in the same finale.
TVLINE | What is Katrina Law’s status for Season 22? What are you saying? Well, you know, we’ve set something up there, and I will point you toward our track record where “You never know.” We’ve had people look like they were going away and then it’s found out they weren’t going away, and then people who just disappear like Gibbs..
We’re really trying to follow what I call “the Tony DiNozzo departure” where, in his case he actually did leave the show, but you ask yourself, “What would it take to get a certain character away?” In the case of Tony DiNozzo, we thought he wouldn’t be going anywhere — except for a child, and suddenly that’s the motive that would make him leave. And to get [Knight] to leave this team, it’s a combination of a thing that she had applied for and wanted to do — she’s talked about the plan with her father — and then having this relationship with Jimmy where suddenly things are in flux in a way that it makes it easier for her to say goodbye.
So, I will say this. We do aim to please, and we think the audience will be satisfied with where they see this go. Sometimes that satisfaction is bittersweet and sometimes it’s just pure joy. You’ll have to wait to find out which one it’s going to be.
TVLINE | In Jessica’s last interaction with Jimmy before giving Vance her answer, she told him she realized that he had a point. What specific point of his was she conceding? I think that with their relationship, you have to imagine there’s a lot more to it that we’re not seeing on the screen. And then I go back to this setup where [the relationship] is working but are they going to get married? They’re old enough now where they’re not just hanging around having fun. Jimmy’s a parent and he was married and that’s the sort of relationship he’s looking for. But is that the sort of relationship that she’s looking for? And are they going to move forward that way? If they’re not going to move forward that way, then maybe they should end it, and I think that’s kind of what she’s leaning into. “If Jimmy doesn’t think we’re going to go forward, then maybe it’s time just to end it.”
TVLINE | Talk about the decision to end the season with her answer to Vance, instead of her about to give her answer. So, that was an ongoing conversation — and I don’t know that we pleased everyone on that conversation. If we had ended it with, “What’s it going to be?,” that felt artificial to those of us who won the debate. That’s what we’re going to hang our hat on? “Is she going to leave or not?” And if doesn’t leave, it’s going to seem like we cheated in a way. It seemed more mature and more honest to take that next step and let the audience be pining for, “What’s this look like now?” instead of “What’s it going to be?” We want people to be wondering, “What’s next year going to look like?” as opposed to, “Is she leaving or not?”
TVLINE | Indeed, the more interesting question is, what if she doesn’t actually leave? What would make that happen? Or maybe she leaves for a bit and comes back, because, “You know what? I’m so damn in love with you, Jimmy Palmer!” Yeah. Well, people [on NCIS] can leave for a little while, too….
TVLINE | And that gives you a chance to bring in an interim agent, or make that sunlight-craving guy from the basement a probie. Right, right. We sent Michael Weatherly away for a little while, when [Tony] was an agent afloat [at the start of Season 6].
TVLINE | Turning to Parker: This “Lily” person that he both hallucinated and had a memory of while wounded aboard the ship, do we have enough information to surmise what that was all about? Well, we [the writers] do, but the audience definitely doesn’t. No, there are some things [to be revealed] that will be more meaningful after the fact once you look back, some little things that are planned. But there is nothing that you’d be able to put together with what you’ve been shown so far.
TVLINE | Lastly, do you think that NCIS at some point next season might tease or set up in a way the Tony/Ziva spinoff [which begins filming this summer in Europe]? You know, that’s been a long-running creative process, going through several incarnations of things…. Let’s put it this way, I would love to. I would love to do that, and I don’t speak for Michael [Weatherly], but I have a feeling Michael would be up for anything like that. So, we’re all for it.
One thing that’s nice about [NCIS:] Origins [the other upcoming, “Young Gibbs” spinoff] is that it takes place in a different time period, so you’d need to get a little more creative if you want something to cross over from one episode to another. But that would be super-fun, too.
So, I’m absolutely open to any ideas anybody has. They are totally welcome to show them to me and see what we can come up with.
TVLINE | Or, I’ve been thinking, between Cote [de Pablo]’s final [Season 17] appearance and Michael’s recent [Season 21] cameo, that’s your setup right there. That’s certainly a jumping off point that can be used, if that’s what you’re referring to, like the way it starts. But we might be able to do a little more than that.
tvline.com/lists/ncis-season-22-preview-knight-leaving-tony-ziva-spinoff-launch/ncis-tony-and-ziva-spinoff/
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Post by verdun on Jun 2, 2024 13:30:18 GMT
Well, that was a wealth of less than complete information.
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Post by nas on Jun 2, 2024 19:17:28 GMT
I really don’t care if Knight stays or goes… frankly, I have never seen any chemistry between her and Palmer anyway; their hook-up was contrived… it’s probably in the “script contract” somewhere that there has to be a couple amongst the cast characters - - not just on NCIS, but on every other drama series on every other station!
in thinking about it I probably won’t be watching NCIS when it returns for season 22… I may check in to see if Katrina Law returns - or not… I’m sure I’ll hear/read about it somewhere…
it’s funny, but the straw that broke the camel’s back for me is this: the fact that McGee and Delilah never moved to a house and continue to raise their 10 year old twins in what was once a 1 bedroom bachelor pad is absolutely ridiculous! it’s not as if they can’t afford a house (on what is probably a very good combined income); it’s lazy and unimaginative to keep them in that small apartment! the whole situation insults my intelligence…
on top of that, Delilah “the shrew” is unwatchable; she starts off bitchy as hell, then by the end of the episode she’s a sweet-speaking darling - like she has a split personality! yep, it’s the little stuff, y’all…
oh, one last thing: WHY is the Tiva farce being filmed in Budapest, Hungary of all places? seems this show could easily be filmed on a backlot set somewhere? if I’m not mistaken neither Weatherly nor what’sername live in Europe - so what’s with that? 🤷♀️
nas
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Post by ballerina on Jun 2, 2024 19:55:03 GMT
Even though I don’t watch anymore, I do hope Katrina Law does stay. Mainly because I feel too many female characters get shoved aside, and treated as less important than Ninja Girl. Disappointing since there has been many good female characters on the show. Also, a little unfair to the female cast members.
McGee and Delilah not moving does seem strange.
In terms of the spin-off, the only thing I can think of is that it’s cheaper to film there compared to the US. 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by llyan on Jun 2, 2024 20:10:43 GMT
oh, one last thing: WHY is the Tiva farce being filmed in Budapest, Hungary of all places? seems this show could easily be filmed on a backlot set somewhere? if I’m not mistaken neither Weatherly nor what’sername live in Europe - so what’s with that? 🤷♀️
Filming in Budapest is likely a cost savings for them. They can film on site for a fraction of the cost it would take to build sets to get the same European feel. And they've only said that they're starting in Budapest, they may move to other locations to film the series.
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Post by BobNOTinValencia on Jun 6, 2024 17:41:36 GMT
oh, one last thing: WHY is the Tiva farce being filmed in Budapest, Hungary of all places? seems this show could easily be filmed on a backlot set somewhere? if I’m not mistaken neither Weatherly nor what’sername live in Europe - so what’s with that? 🤷♀️
Filming in Budapest is likely a cost savings for them. They can film on site for a fraction of the cost it would take to build sets to get the same European feel. And they've only said that they're starting in Budapest, they may move to other locations to film the series.Plus, CBS films FBI:International in Budapest, so they already have an infrastructure and personal contacts made there.
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Post by nas on Jun 6, 2024 20:53:19 GMT
who knew? well, that explains it, BobNOT…
I haven’t watched any of the FBI series/shows since the original - and then I only watched a few episodes of that one… just another far-fetched, unbelievable storyline series, imo…
nas
p.s. unrelated: aren’t you just lovin’ our triple digit AZ temps already? it’s gonna’ be a longggg-azz summer! 🥵
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