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CBS is shortening episode counts for Fire Country (13-episode Season 5) as well as NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney for the 2026–27 slate, with Matlock Season 3 returning midseason; Ghosts remains on a full-season order. The network is also planning new series (Cupertino, NCIS: New York, Eternally Yours) and shuffling primetime, including a notable showrunner departure from Fire Country.
Gina Lucita Monreal is leaving CBS’s NCIS: Origins after the current season, with co-showrunner David J. North remaining as the sole showrunner for Season 3. The NCIS prequel has been renewed and will return with new episodes on CBS March 3.
CBS has renewed the NCIS franchise: NCIS for Season 24, NCIS: Origins for Season 3, and NCIS: Sydney for Season 4, as part of a broader renewal day that also includes Tracker, Elsbeth, Matlock, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Survivor and The Amazing Race.
Tom Cruise made a surprise visit to the set of 'NCIS: Origins' at Paramount Studios, likely related to his ongoing film projects such as Top Gun 3 and Mission: Impossible, and was warmly received by the cast and crew, with references to his influence on the show's set design.
Tom Cruise visited the set of NCIS: Origins Season 2 and shared photos from the visit, highlighting his interest in the series.
Austin Stowell has been cast as young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in CBS' new drama NCIS: Origins, a prequel to the NCIS series, set to air in the 2024-2025 broadcast season. The show, narrated by Mark Harmon, will follow Gibbs' early years as a special agent at the NIS Camp Pendleton office. The series is one of two new extensions of CBS Studios' NCIS franchise, alongside a Europe-set Tony & Ziva spinoff for Paramount+.