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

Creators:

Donald P. Bellisario
Don McGill

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Plot Keywords:

Special Agent | Navy | Detective | Forensic Evidence | Criminal Investigation

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 30	5:00 PM	USA	Tribes	#5.11
Mon. Nov. 30	6:00 PM	USA	Stakeout	#5.12

Cast

Mark Harmon	...	Special Agent Jethro Gibbs (147 episodes, 2003-2009)
Michael Weatherly	...	Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (147 episodes, 2003-2009)
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto (147 episodes, 2003-2009)
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard / ... (147 episodes, 2003-2009)
Sean Murray	...	Special Agent Timothy McGee (132 episodes, 2003-2009)
Cote de Pablo	...	Ziva David (100 episodes, 2005-2009)
Brian Dietzen	...	Jimmy Palmer (76 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)
лМорская полиция. Спецотдел (Russia) [ru]
Morskaya politsiya. Specotdel (Russia) (alternative transliteration) [ru]
N.C.I.S. - Unità anticrimine (Italy) [it]
N.C.I.S.: Enquêtes spéciales (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
NCIS (Greece) [el]
NCIS - Tengerészeti helyszínelõk (Hungary) [hu]
NCIS rikostutkijat (Finland) [fi]
NCIS: Kriminalistid (Estonia) [et]
Navy - investigación criminal (Spain) [es]
Navy CIS (Germany) [de]
Omada NCIS (Greece) [el]
nCIS (Hungary) (new title) [hu]

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 (DVD) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (some episodes) | 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 | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

The hand tools that Mark Harmon uses on the set of NCIS, are mostly his own. Those are the tools that he uses in his own personal workshop.

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 Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Abs, do you have him?
Abby Sciuto: [smug] Are you seriously asking me that?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: [deadpan] No, I called to flirt.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2009)

Awesome

When the show first started out it was a little shaky, but since then has grown into its own. The characters are believable, both annoying and enchanting, and the plots are wonderful. There's a depth and a comradeship that isn't often showed this well in television. It isn't forced or faked; it's entirely true to life and believable.

The underlying sexual tension between several of the characters is also intriguing and interesting to watch, the most obvious of these being the relationship between Tony and Kate, but there's also hints at Kate and Gibbs, McGee and Abby, and so on. It's a crime drama that's both serious and light-hearted, and a wonderful show for anyone who likes fascinating stories, good humor, and great character interaction.