{"id":2581,"date":"2025-04-10T20:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:27:37","slug":"ncis-surprise-one-big-star-is-returning-for-season-22-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2581","title":{"rendered":"\u2018NCIS\u2019 Surprise: One Big Star is Returning for Season 22 Cameo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get ready, NCIS fans-an old favorite is making a big return!<\/p>\n

CBS has revealed that\u00a0LL Cool J<\/strong>\u00a0will resume his legendary role as\u00a0Sam Hanna<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0NCIS\u00a0<\/em>Season 22. The beloved\u00a0NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>\u00a0star will appear in\u00a0Episode 18<\/strong>, which airs on\u00a0April 21<\/strong>, marking an amazing crossover moment that fans will not want to miss.<\/p>\n

LL Cool J thrilled viewers with a behind-the-scenes Instagram video, declaring,\u00a0\u201cBack on set, baby! NCIS. Let\u2019s get it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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This surprise presence comes after\u00a0Brian Dietzen<\/strong>\u00a0(Jimmy Palmer) intimated that \u201csomeone from NCIS\u2019 past\u201d will return this season. We now know who!<\/p>\n

LL Cool J portrayed Sam Hanna for all\u00a014 seasons<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>, which wrapped in May 2023. He then continued the role in\u00a0NCIS: Hawai\u2019i<\/em>\u00a0throughout its third (and final) season. Prior to this upcoming episode, Sam also appeared briefly in\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0Seasons\u00a06<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The mothership series is currently on a brief break but returns\u00a0Monday, March 24<\/strong>, with\u00a0Episode 15<\/strong>. And here\u2019s more good news-NCIS<\/em>\u00a0has officially been\u00a0renewed for Season 23<\/strong>, securing more action-packed investigations ahead.<\/p>\n

With the franchise ever-evolving, this crossover proves one thing: you never know who might walk through those NCIS doors next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get ready, NCIS fans-an old favorite is making a big return! CBS has revealed that\u00a0LL Cool J\u00a0will resume his legendary role as\u00a0Sam Hanna\u00a0in\u00a0NCIS\u00a0Season 22. The beloved\u00a0NCIS: Los… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}