NCIS (franchise)

NCIS
Created by	NCIS Donald P. Bellisario Don McGill NCIS: Los Angeles Shane Brennan NCIS: New Orleans Gary Glasberg NCIS: Hawaiʻi Christopher Silber Jan Nash Matt Bosack NCIS: Sydney Morgan O'Neill
Original work	JAG
Owner	CBS Studios (Paramount)
Years	2003–present
Films and television
Television series	NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: New Orleans NCIS: Hawaiʻi NCIS: Sydney NCIS: Origins
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	NCIS Volumes 1–3 NCIS: Benchmark NCIS: Los Angeles: The Original TV Soundtrack

NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is a media franchise of American television programs originally created by Donald P. Bellisario and currently broadcast on CBS, all of which deal with military related criminal investigations based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Department of the Navy, which includes the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

In 2003, NCIS was introduced via a backdoor pilot, from the TV show JAG with NCIS in turn spinning off NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and NCIS: Sydney in 2009, 2014, 2021, and 2023 respectively. NCIS: Los Angeles had a proposed spin-off, but it was not picked up by CBS.

Five television series make up the NCIS franchise: NCIS, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawaiʻi, and Sydney. All series in total amount to 1,007 episodes across 46 seasons of television. The main NCIS series is the longest-running show of the franchise, which premiered its twenty-first season on February 12, 2024.