NCIS season 17 explained

Season Number:17
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Num Episodes:20
Network:CBS
Episode List:List of NCIS episodes

The seventeenth season of NCIS, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 24, 2019 through April 14, 2020. The season was produced by Belisarius Productions and CBS Television Studios. The season only contained 20 episodes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NCIS revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for an eighteenth season.[1] [2]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

See also: List of NCIS episodes.

Production

NCIS was renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019.[3]

On March 13, 2020, CBS announced that the filming of season 17 had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Storylines planned for what would have been Episodes 21-24 are confirmed to have been integrated into the Season 18 episodes "Everything Starts Somewhere" and "Sunburn." Executive producer Frank Cardea teased a "very surprising ending" that was altered due to the pandemic. Fans have speculated that this was either the exit of Maria Bello's Jacqueline Sloane (which was postponed until the Season 18 episode "True Believer") or an on-screen reunion of former main cast members Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, though neither theory was confirmed.

This is the first and only season not to feature Joe Spano in his recurring role as Tobias Fornell, though he is mentioned numerous times in the season's eighth episode, "Musical Chairs." The fact that the opening arc of the next season would conclude the episode's arc regarding Fornell and his daughter, which began in the Season 16 finale, has led to speculation that this story was intended to be the basis for the unproduced final episode of Season 17.

Broadcast

The seventeenth season of NCIS premiered on September 24, 2019.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andreeva. Peter White,Nellie. White. Peter. Andreeva. Nellie. 2020-05-06. CBS Renews 18 Series, Including Freshmen 'FBI: Most Wanted', 'Bob ♥ Abishola', 'All Rise' & 'The Unicorn'. 2020-06-24. Deadline. en. 2020-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20200506203757/https://deadline.com/2020/05/cbs-renewals-1202927097/. live.
  2. Web site: Watson. Fay. 2020-05-07. NCIS season 18 release date, cast, trailer, plot: When is NCIS out on CBS?. 2020-06-24. Express.co.uk. en. 2021-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518154826/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1278768/NCIS-season-18-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-when-NCIS-season-18-CBS. live.
  3. Web site: NCIS Renewed For Season 17 By CBS As Star & EP Mark Harmon Inks New Deal. Andreeva. Nellie. Deadline Hollywood. April 11, 2019. April 11, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411193012/https://deadline.com/2019/04/ncis-renewed-season-17-cbs-mark-harmon-new-deal-cbs-tv-studios-1202593874/. April 11, 2019.
  4. Web site: 'NCIS' Franchise Production Reportedly Postponed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak. Levine. Daniel. March 13, 2020. March 15, 2020. March 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317192212/https://popculture.com/tv-shows/2020/03/13/ncis-franchise-production-postponed-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/. live.
  5. Web site: CBS Announces Fall 2019–2020 Primetime Premiere Dates. The Futon Critic. June 13, 2019. June 13, 2019. April 12, 2023. https://archive.today/20230412181718/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/06/13/cbs-announces-fall-2019-2020-primetime-premiere-dates-448415/20190613cbs01/. live.

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