{"id":3216,"date":"2025-07-29T20:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:41:53","slug":"ncis-season-23-is-official-heres-when-it-premieres-and-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3216","title":{"rendered":"NCIS\u2019 Season 23 Is Official! Here\u2019s When It Premieres and What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NCIS franchise keeps growing, but even as it does, some of its shows do say goodbye. The mothership, however, isn\u2019t going anywhere anytime soon. It is, however, moving days and times in fall 2025 and will be airing in its old slot. And the good news is that in July, CBS announced exactly when it will be returning, so we know when we\u2019ll see what\u2019s next after the shocking finale cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

NCIS, itself a spinoff (of JAG), will be back for its 23rd season, airing as part of CBS\u2018s 2025-2026 lineup. The series follows a team of special agents who investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties. Read on for everything we know about Season 23, from a premiere date to the cast and more, as well as what\u2019s going on in the franchise as a whole.<\/p>\n

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When was NCIS renewed for Season 23?
\nNCIS was one of nine renewals CBS handed out in February 2025.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThis season, our new and returning series continue to showcase CBS as the leader in launching and programming the biggest hits with mass appeal for broadcast and streaming viewers,\u201d said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, at the time. \u201cThese returning shows represent a mix of long-standing hits and a new generation of fan favorites. In collaboration with our extraordinarily talented partners in front of and behind the camera, we look forward to delivering another successful season.\u201d<\/p>\n

When will NCIS Season 23 premiere?<\/h3>\n

CBS announced its fall 2025 premiere dates in July. NCIS Season 23 will premiere on Tuesday, October 14 at 8\/7c. It is returning to its original time slot after airing Mondays at 9\/8c since Season 19. It will be followed by NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney for an all-NCIS night.<\/p>\n

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Who\u2019s in the NCIS Season 23 cast?<\/h3>\n

The drama stars Sean Murray (as Special Agent Timothy McGee), Wilmer Valderrama (as Special Agent Nickolas \u201cNick\u201d Torres), Brian Dietzen (as Dr. Jimmy Palmer) Diona Reasonover (as Forensic Scientist Kasie Hines), Katrina Law (as Special Agent Jessica Knight), with Rocky Carroll (as NCIS Director Leon Vance) and Gary Cole (as NCIS Special Agent Alden Parker). So far, there\u2019s been nothing said to suggest that all of them won\u2019t return for Season 23 since the finale ended with all their characters alive and still with the agency.<\/p>\n

How did NCIS Season 22 end?<\/h3>\n

Parker faced off with his longtime nemesis, mob boss Carla Marino (Rebecca De Mornay), who kidnapped him and told him killing him \u2014 she blamed him for her son\u2019s death, since the agent had informed him of her criminal activity \u2014 would be too easy. Instead, Parker arrived him to find his father dead.<\/p>\n

What will happen in NCIS Season 23?<\/h3>\n

An official description has yet to be announced, but we will see the aftermath of Parker finding his father dead, and executive producer Steven D. Binder told TV Insider that he won\u2019t be in a good place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to be destabilized and he\u2019s going to be out for revenge and out for blood in a way that it will seem very atypical for someone like him, not a way you\u2019d expect a character like him to behave and yet entirely motivated and justified,\u201d he previewed. \u201cWe had some precedent in the past in our show with this. Gibbs [Mark Harmon] was a man on fire when his wife and daughter were killed. Bishop [Emily Wickersham] was a woman on fire when someone was attempting to kill Torres. We\u2019re going to see some of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t forget that Parker is the leader of the team, and Binder revealed that his agents will try to help. \u201cYou\u2019ll have a team trying to protect him, trying to talk him off a ledge, possibly getting between him and his target in a really uncomfortable turn of events,\u201d he teased. \u201cIt\u2019s going to create a ton of conflict as it has in the past when we\u2019ve had other people on our staff on fire. \u2026 Last time Bishop was in this position and the target of her ire ended up dead, you\u2019re left with a very strong notion that the reason Bishop didn\u2019t go all the way to kill him is because Gibbs got to him first. \u2026 It\u2019s protected her from making a wrong decision by going and making the wrong decision first. It\u2019s f**ked up, and I think we\u2019re going to see some of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The finale also set up a mystery involving Parker\u2019s mother\u2019s original death certificate. Palmer \u201csaw something in the data that makes him think the conclusion in that autopsy was not accurate. And by implications, since we\u2019re a cop show and not a kids\u2019 show, someone\u2019s covering something up,\u201d said Binder.<\/p>\n

In general, he shared, \u201cWe\u2019re really hoping to dive into our characters and their lives and their journeys and their pain in a way that we have not done before \u2014 or have done before, but have done it more in a back burner secondary to the crime of the week. And I think seeing how Parker \u2014 the ignition on Parker is the start of that. That\u2019s no small hiccup in the man\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there an NCIS Season 23 trailer?
\nNot yet. It\u2019s too early.<\/h4>\n

Which other NCIS shows are airing in 2025-2026 season?<\/h3>\n

NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney were both renewed, for Seasons 2 and 3, respectively, at the same time as NCIS in February. Plus, there\u2019s a new spinoff, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, featuring Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo reprising their roles from the mothership, coming to Paramount+ in fall 2025.<\/p>\n

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