"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) TV series 2003-????

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creators:

Donald P. Bellisario
Don McGill

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Plot Keywords:

Military | Detective | Naval Uniform | Ex Cop | Teamwork

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 6	5:00 PM	USA	Bait	#3.18
Mon. July 6	6:00 PM	USA	Family Secret	#3.16

Cast

Mark Harmon	...	Special Agent Jethro Gibbs / ... (138 episodes, 2003-2009)
Michael Weatherly	...	Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo / ... (138 episodes, 2003-2009)
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto (138 episodes, 2003-2009)
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard (138 episodes, 2003-2009)
Sean Murray	...	Special Agent Timothy McGee / ... (123 episodes, 2003-2009)
Cote de Pablo	...	Officer Ziva David (91 episodes, 2005-2009)
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer (73 episodes, 2004-2009)
Lauren Holly	...	NCIS Director Jenny Shepard (66 episodes, 2005-2008)

Also Known As:

"NCIS" (USA) (short title)
"NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (USA) (new title)
"Naval CIS" (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 (DVD) | Australia:MA | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (some episodes) | New Zealand:M (Season 1 DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 (Original season 1 DVD rating) | New Zealand:PG (Cable Rating Season 1) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

Dell sponsors all the laptops and PCs shown in every season.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the episode "Hiatus Part 2" it is revealed that Gibbs joined NIS (changed the same year to NCIS) in 1992 following the death of his wife and daughter. However, in the JAG episode "Ice Queen" in 2003 he tells Lt.Cmdr. Rabb that he has been an agent for 19 years, which would mean he would have joined NIS in 1984.

Quotes:

Special Agent Timothy McGee: Are you finished?
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: No, I haven't even started yet.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2009)

So much better than its parent show

Finally Bellisario got it right. Gibbs and his gang are first and foremost investigators, not hoity-toity staff officers who moonlight as stereotyped combat soldiers with thickly-laid-on patriotic dogma that would make Ward Carroll vomit with rage. At no time do they ever try to borrow an F-14 to go on some bombing raid over the international hot spot du semaine; they stick to their job descriptions the whole time. They also have personalities and eccentricities that make them a better ridealong than overstarched Harmless Rabbit and whatever babe he happens to be working with this season, such as Gibbs' coffee addiction, Ducky's intellectual ramblings, DiNozzo's attempts at being a cool womanizer, Abby's interesting blend of science nerd and goth grrrl, and Kate as the token vaguely normal neophyte thrown into the mix. Too bad this couldn't have been done with JAG in the first place.