{"id":289664,"date":"2026-07-07T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289664\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:56:14","slug":"jennifer-beals-joins-ll-cool-j-scott-caan-in-ncis-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289664\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Beals Joins LL Cool J & Scott Caan In ‘NCIS: New York’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals<\/a> (The L Word) is set to star opposite leads LL Cool J<\/a> and Scott Caan<\/a> in NCIS: New York<\/a>, CBS\u2019 latest installment in the hit crime drama franchise. Jacqueline Byers<\/a> (Salvation), Shane Harper<\/a> (Power Book IV: Fiorce) and Devin Druid (13 Reasons Why) also have been cast as series regulars in the crime drama, which is launching this fall as part of CBS\u2019 NCIS-branded Tuesday lineup, streaming next day on Paramount+. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn NCIS: New York, LL Cool J reprises his NCIS: Los Angeles role as NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna who returns to his hometown of New York City to the NCIS field office, partnering with a roguish agent, Nick Schaeffer (Caan), and helping lead a new team as they are tasked with high-stakes missions to defend one of the most vital cities and ports in the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeals will play the female lead \u2014 and Sam and Nick\u2019s boss \u2014 Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robyn Wells, the director of the NCIS New York field office who leads with her intuition and is widely respected by her team.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jacqueline<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tL-R: Jacqueline Byers, Shane Harper and Devin Druid <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames DePietro\/ Cindy Ord\/Getty Images\/ Tyler Chick<\/p>\n

\n\tByers, Harper and Druid will pay members of Sam and Nick\u2019s team. Byers portrays NCIS Special Agent Addison \u201cAddy\u201d Ross, who is a rock-solid, tough and resourceful agent with something to prove. Harper plays NCIS Special Agent Wyatt Hill, who is fearless, sharp, highly skilled in the field and a hopeless romantic. Druid plays NCIS Tech Specialist Sean Sullivan, who is witty and brilliant but resistant to authority.<\/p>\n

\n\tNCIS: New York is produced by CBS Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. R. Scott Gemmill, Byron Balasco, Adam Davidson, Kyle Harimoto, Joe Wilson, LL Cool J and Jason Barrett executive produce, with Balasco serving as showrunner.<\/p>\n

\n\tFlashdance star Beals\u2019 previous credits also include Luckiest Girl Alive, Devil in a Blue Dress, and The Book of Boba Fett. She is recurring in the upcoming third season of Disney+\u2019s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Beals is repped by CAA, Constellation Media Group and Felker McGinnis & Ryan.<\/p>\n

\n\tByers is known for her series regular role on CBS\u2019 Salvation. She also recurred on AMC\u2019s Dark Winds and Showtime\u2019s Roadies. Her recent film credits include Forbidden Fruits and Shadow of God. Byers is repped by Stand Entertainment, CESD Talent Agency and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.<\/p>\n

\n\tHarper is coming off a series regular turn on Starz\u2019s Power Book IV: Force. He was also part of the main casts of Hightown, A Teacher, and Happyland. Harper is repped by Gersh, Luber Roklin and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.<\/p>\n

\n\tDruid is best known for his role as Tyler Down on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. He is repped by Untitled Entertainment and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals (The L Word) is set to star opposite leads LL Cool J and Scott Caan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110742,110743,40649,79070,9,11,10,79071,110744],"class_list":["post-289664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-jacqueline-byers","tag-jennifer-beals","tag-ll-cool-j","tag-ncis-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-scott-caan","tag-shane-harper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}