{"id":3815,"date":"2025-11-08T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2025-11-08T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:49:47","slug":"ncis-tony-ziva-everything-we-know-about-the-thrilling-new-streaming-spinoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3815","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Tony & Ziva \u2014 Everything We Know About the Thrilling New Streaming Spinoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The story of former NCIS agents Tony and Ziva will continue, soon and in earnest, with the Paramount+ spinoff series aptly titled NCIS: Tony & Ziva.<\/p>\n

The streaming offshoot was officially ordered to series in February 2024; a few months later, franchise vets and spinoff stars Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly unveiled the title, via the Instagram video below:<\/p>\n

The title \u201cmakes it really easy, because the fans will know exactly what the show is,\u201d de Pablo noted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI expect intrigue, romance, the background of Europe, impossible situations that will make our lives very complicated,\u201d the actress added. But also, \u201ca little something about love!\u201d<\/p>\n

Weatherly shared in April 2024 (during an appearance on an NCIS-Verse: The First 1,000 special) that he and de Pablo would be be heading to Budapest that summer to begin filming the Europe-set series, which finds Tony and Ziva \u201ctrying to raise their tween daughter,\u201d Tali, \u201cand save the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tali was introduced as a toddler in the May 2016 NCIS episode \u201cFamily First,\u201d in which Tony learned that Ziva had years prior \u2014 in early 2014, per the show\u2019s timeline \u2014 quietly given birth to their daughter.<\/p>\n

John McNamara, whose past TV credits include co-creating Profit, Fastlane and The Magicians, penned the series\u2019 premiere and serves as showrunner. As Weatherly and de Pablo said in an early statement, \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking about this story for many years, and now with John McNamara at the helm, we are ready. The world of Tony and Ziva (and daughter Tali) promises to be an action-packed roller coaster fueled by love, danger, tears and laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

What all do we know about the #Tiva spinoff? A lot\u2026<\/p>\n

6. Remind Me, Where\u2019d #Tiva Leave Off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As NCIS Season 11 opened, it was revealed that at the start of the four-month time jump that ended Season 10, DiNozzo had made tracks for Israel to find a disappeared Ziva. Eventually, he came to realize that Ziva was inflicting on herself a penance of sorts, for killing a childhood friend\u2019s half-brother (and other trespasses).<\/p>\n

As the hour closed, we found Tony and Ziva at a small airport, at night, with the former set to head back home. Alone. \u201cWhat will I tell people?\u201d he asked. \u201cThat you were right,\u201d Ziva answered. \u201cThat I have to start over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before parting ways, Ziva started, \u201cTony, you are\u00a0so\u2026.\u201d \u201cHandsome? Funny?\u201d he quipped.\u00a0Loved, she said. They shared a long, warm kiss, after which Tony walked away, shaking his head: \u201cThis is not easy\u2026 The hardest 180 of my life.\u201d Tears streamed down Ziva\u2019s cheeks, followed by a smile acknowledging a bittersweet affection, as Tony waved goodbye from the plane. (Read full recap.)<\/p>\n

5. OK, and Where Did Tony and Ziva Each Leave Off\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ziva was\u00a0reported dead\u00a0toward the end of Season 13, killed in a bombing of the David family farmhouse in Israel. Tony understandably spiraled, to a degree that Gibbs sent him home. When DiNozzo returned to work the next day, a pint-sized bombshell awaited him, introduced by Mossad director Orli Elbaz: Tali, a daughter that Ziva had given birth to years prior, with Tony the \u201conly biological possibility\u201d as dad.<\/p>\n

Tony in turn left Gibbs\u2019 team\u00a0at the end of Season 13, to raise his and \u201cdearly departed\u201d Ziva\u2019s daughter. \u201cI\u2019m everything to that little girl now, and I\u2019ve never been anybody\u2019s everything before,\u201d he explained to Gibbs. \u201cYou gotta do whatcha gotta do,\u201d Gibbs nodded, before delivering a rare hug.<\/p>\n

DiNozzo said his next stop was Israel, to get some answers, and then a visit to the Paris that Ziva \u201cloves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three years later, de Pablo made a surprise appearance in NCIS\u2019 Season 16 finale, when Ziva showed up in Gibbs basement, saying, \u201cNo time for pleasantries \u2014 you\u2019re in danger.\u201d When Season 17 rolled around, it was revealed by a CIA operative named Odette that the late Eli David\u2019s files were never the target of the years-ago farmhouse explosion in Israel; Ziva herself was. Ziva suspected as much, and thus went deep undercover to \u201csift through evil in every form\u201d and find the perpetrator. Now, Ziva explained to Gibbs, a woman named Sahar wanted her dead \u2014 and Gibbs was in the crosshairs, too!<\/p>\n

Ziva, GIbbs et al quickly neutralized that threat, and Ziva departed again. Midway through Season 17, she popped up again to complete one final mission before she could reunite with Tony and Tali in Paris (albeit off-camera).<\/p>\n

Tony resurfaced via his own surprise cameo in NCIS\u2019 February 2024 Ducky\/David McCallum tribute episode \u2014 seemingly solo, though Ziva and\/or Tali could have simply been off-screen, also ready to head to the funeral.<\/p>\n

4. What Is NCIS: Tony & Ziva About?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the Paramount+ series opens, Tony and Ziva have been raising their daughter Tali, together (though not together), in Paris. But when Tony\u2019s security company is attacked, Tony and Ziva must go on the run across Europe, trying to figure out who is after them \u2014 and maybe even learn to trust each other again? \u2014 so that they can finally have their unconventional \u201chappily ever after.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Who Has Been Cast in the Tony\/Ziva Spinoff?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weatherly and de Pablo, of course \u2014 both of whom also serve as executive producers on the spinoff.<\/p>\n

But #Tiva needs to also have a tween daughter, plus a roster of allies\/adversaries.<\/p>\n

Isla Gie, whose previous credits include the West End\u2019s\u00a0Matilda the Musical\u00a0and TV\u2019s\u00a0Slow Horses, plays precocious 12-year-old Tali, while British actress Lara Rossi (The Watch, Flesh and Bone) plays Sophie, Tali\u2019s SAS-trained nanny.<\/p>\n

Julian Ovenden as Jonah, James D\u2019Arcy as Henry and Michael Weatherly as Tony Dinozzo (Marcell Piti\/Paramount+)
\nAdditional cast includes British actress\u00a0Amita Suman\u00a0(Shadow and Bone,\u00a0The Outpost) as Claudette, the CTO at Tony\u2019s private security company; Maximilian Osinski\u00a0(Marvel\u2019s Agents of SHIELD) as Boris, a Russian ex-pat and one of the best\/most elusive computer hackers in the world; and English actor James D\u2019Arcy (Marvel\u2019s Agent Carter) as Henry, a high-ranking Interpol official who has spent his career chasing international criminals.<\/p>\n

You also have French actress Nassima Benchicou (ASKIP, le coll\u00e8ge se la raconte) playing Martine, a former intelligence agent with the Directorate-General for External Security; English actor Julian Ovenden (Bridgerton) as Jonah, a former programmer for the NSA\/now Secretary General of Interpol; and English actor Terence Maynard (The Witcher,\u00a0Professor T) as Dr. Lang, a therapist who treats patients with severe traumas.<\/p>\n

Could Other NCIS Characters Appear?
\nEven via FaceTime, or a phone call? \u201cIn all honesty, as it\u2019s designed now, no,\u201d CBS Studios president David Stapf told Deadline back in March 2024, \u201cbut never say never.\u201d (That said, former colleague Timothy McGee, for one, gets a shout-out.)<\/p>\n

2. Will NCIS: TIVA Air on CBS?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though NCIS spinoffs such as NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawai\u2019i and NCIS: Origins all were ordered by CBS to air on CBS, the Tony\/Ziva spinoff was greenlit by, and will stream on, the Paramount+ streaming service.<\/p>\n

(NCIS: Sydney was originally developed to premiere on Paramount+ internationally, but when the dual Hollywood strikes found CBS in desperate need of fresh content for fall 2023, the franchise\u2019s first international offshoot was given a Stateside home on the Eye network. NCIS: Sydney has stayed put on CBS since, with Season 3 premiering Oct. 14.)<\/p>\n

1. When Will NCIS: Tony & Ziva Premiere?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have been patient this far, #Tiva fans. You can be patient a smidgen longer.<\/p>\n

Production on the Tony\/Ziva spinoff began in summer 2024 \u2014 \u00a0on location in Budapest, the Canary Islands, and Paris, France \u2014 and wrapped in January 2025. The 10-episode season premieres Thursday, Sept. 4, with its first three episodes, followed by weekly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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