{"id":198503,"date":"2026-04-15T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198503\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:30:10","slug":"ncis-adds-new-york-series-starring-ll-cool-j-to-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198503\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;NCIS&#8217; Adds New York Series Starring LL Cool J to Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ncis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ncis_1\" data-tag=\"ncis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCIS<\/a> franchise is expanding once more \u2014\u00a0and bringing a very familiar face back into the fold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cbs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cbs_1\" data-tag=\"cbs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a> has picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ncis-new-york\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ncis-new-york_1\" data-tag=\"ncis-new-york\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCIS: New York<\/a> for the 2026-27 season. It\u2019s the eighth show in the long-running franchise (or ninth if you include JAG, of which the original NCIS is a spinoff). Like all the other members of the NCIS-verse, the series comes from CBS Studios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLong-time NCIS: Los Angeles star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ll-cool-j\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ll-cool-j_1\" data-tag=\"ll-cool-j\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LL Cool J<\/a> will return to the franchise, reprising his role as Sam Hanna. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/scott-caan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scott-caan_1\" data-tag=\"scott-caan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Caan<\/a> will also star as a \u201croguish agent\u201d who leads the team with Hanna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe network announced the series order Wednesday along with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/cbs-2026-27-tv-schedule-1236565533\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">schedule for the 2026-27 season<\/a>. \u201cWhen you\u2019re home to the number one television franchise in the world, you must build on success and keep expanding the universe,\u201d CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach told reporters at a press event announcing the schedule. \u201cAnd quite frankly, our fans demand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnother NCIS: LA alum, R. Scott Gemmill \u2014\u00a0creator of The Pitt \u2014\u00a0is writing the pilot and will executive produce with Byron Balasco (Kingdom, Without a Trace), who will serve as showrunner, LL Cool J and Jason Barrett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNCIS: New York is set to air on Tuesdays in the fall, sandwiched between the flagship series and NCIS: Origins. The other current series in the franchise, NCIS: Sydney, will take over for Origins at midseason. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNCIS: New York will be the third series in the franchise on which LL Cool J has been a regular, following Los Angeles and the final season of NCIS: Hawai\u2019i in 2024. He\u2019s also made guest appearances on the original show \u2014 and will do so again on April 21 and 28, CBS says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NCIS franchise is expanding once more \u2014\u00a0and bringing a very familiar face back into the fold. 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