New York' & Not 'Tony & Ziva'

Key Points:

• CBS announced a new NCIS spinoff, NCIS: New York, starring LL Cool J reprising his role as Special Agent Sam Hanna, joining the existing NCIS and NCIS: Origins on Tuesdays starting fall 2026.
• NCIS: New York is created by R. Scott Gemmill and Byron Balasco, and comes despite CBS already having a third NCIS series, NCIS: Sydney, which will return midseason replacing a reduced order of NCIS: Origins.
• CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach cited the creative potential of bringing Sam Hanna back to his hometown of New York and the city's significant Navy presence as key reasons for launching this new spinoff.
• CBS chose NCIS: New York over reviving NCIS: Tony & Ziva, despite the latter featuring popular characters Tony and Ziva from the NCIS universe, with Reisenbach emphasizing their desire to focus on the Sam Hanna character.
• NCIS: Tony & Ziva had followed the storyline of Ziva’s return from presumed death and her reunion with Tony and their daughter, but it was canceled after one season on Paramount+.