"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 | 7

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Crime | Mystery

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. 9	5:00 PM	USA	Singled Out	#4.3
Mon. Nov. 9	6:00 PM	USA	Faking It	#4.4

Cast

Mark Harmon	...	Special Agent Jethro Gibbs (146 episodes, 2003-2009)
Michael Weatherly	...	Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (146 episodes, 2003-2009)
Pauley Perrette	...	Abby Sciuto (146 episodes, 2003-2009)
David McCallum	...	Dr. Donald Mallard / ... (146 episodes, 2003-2009)
Sean Murray	...	Special Agent Timothy McGee (131 episodes, 2003-2009)
Cote de Pablo	...	Ziva David (99 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

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Trivia:

The t-shirts that Gibbs wears while working on the boat in the basement of his home are sent to Mark Harmon from law enforcement agencies around the country. He also occasionally wears a sweatshirt with the letters "NIS". This stands for "Naval Investigative Service", the predecessor of the NCIS. An agent with Gibbs' seniority would have begun his career working under that name.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In an episode of NCIS, the team discusses the difference between ash and maple bats, explaining that ash, while more popular, tend to explode rather than just make a clean break like maple bats. In reality, it's the maple bats that explode, while ash bats make clean breaks.

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)

Easily one of the best shows on Television today, Suspenseful, Humorous and Riveting-Can't Miss TV!

Easily one of the best shows on television today, suspenseful, humorous and real-not always pleasant or formulaic-but real! Just when I think Bellesario has gone too far in the "lets screw up Jag" sweepstakes (ok-2 episodes this year were actually good-the rest-terrible!)-he redeems himself with a show that is riveting, timely and funny at the right times!

The casting, the writing, the overall look of the show is first class! Starting at the top with Mark Harmon, the sexiest man on TV-he also sets the tone with his right on portrayal of the most conflicted man on TV today! His obsession with Ari (the terrorist), his list of rules, then his tendency to think out of the box just adds to the spice and pace of this show. (Plus his constant dueling with DiNozzo-priceless!)

An added plus is the inter meshing of the cast-David McCallum-funny, urbane- so hot! His stories are hysterical, then his sad commentary on the life or death of their latest subject-just gives you pause. His diatribe on the terrorist and what he did to his assistant alone is Emmy award stuff-don't mess with Ducky ever again! Then we have the reason for Rule 12-Special Agent Catlin Todd-the writers don't always have a clue as to her portrayal but she always pulls it off (and that humor of hers-the end lines alone are great!) I have to disagree as to the chemistry with Gibbs/Kate-it's there all right-hopefully we get to see something come of it in Season 2! The actors portraying Abby and DiNozzo-Pauly Perrette and Michael Weatherly are hysterical, yet right on in their portrayals-especially when DiNozzo thinks with his hormones and not with his brain-then turns around and saves the day-this show is a keeper! I can hardly wait for season 2!