NCIS

True Believer

Bye, Jack. The team's resident profiler finally found the reason that compelled her to move on to her next chapter on NCIS Season 18 Episode 8. The development (or the lack thereof) of Jack over the past four seasons should have been reason enough. The forensic psychologist was one of the later additions mishandled as TPTB floundered while moving the NCIS flagship past Tony, Ziva, Abby, and Ducky. It was exciting news that Maria Bello decided to com... more

The First Day

You know it's a very special episode when Gibbs has to emote. That was certainly the case on NCIS Season 18 Episode 7. In this, the first actual episode of NCIS Season 18, the Covid-19 pandemic had largely come and gone. But the NCIS team didn't emerge unscathed as Palmer lost his wife, Breena, to the coronavirus. Having Jimmy be the one to address the pandemic was the right choice as he's always the one to wear his heart on his sleeve. more

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It was a bad time for the team to be hunting a pair of explosive-running brothers. No one's head was totally in the game on NCIS Season 18 Episode 6. And Jack has certainly picked the wrong occasion to depart because her teammates need someone with whom to talk. The aftermath of the whole Merriweather storyline has been more interesting than the storyline itself. It was more front and center than the hunt for the Duncan brothers and their explosive ... more

NCIS Duo Discuss Gibbs' Big Step - Plus, What Season 17's Actual Finale Will (Some Day!) Look Like

CBS’ NCIS brought Season 17 to a(n early) close with an episode that ultimately sent Gibbs on a 5,000-mile journey, but not before he took an even bigger step — by opening up to a colleague. The ersatz season finale (four episodes were left unfilmed, due to the pandemic-related shutdown) found Gibbs’ team laboring to verify the claim of a 95-year-old man (guest star Christopher Lloyd) who tried to use a purloined Purple Heart to secure his ashes, upon his eventual death, a p... more

Ratings: CBS Dramas, New Amsterdam Rise; This Is Us Ties Low But Tops Night

CBS’ “time traveling” NCIS this Tuesday drew 11.8 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating, ticking up in the demo to match its second-best number of the season. Leading out of that, FBI (9.2 mil/0.9) and FBI: Most Wanted (6.7 mil/0.7) also rose in the demo. Elsewhere…. THE CW | The Flash (1.1 mil/0.4) dipped jussssst a bit to a new audience low while steady in the demo; Legends more

Ratings: Arrow Gets No Bump With Series Finale

Arrow‘s series finale on Tuesday night targeted 723,000 total viewers and a 0.3 rating, down 19 percent in audience from the Jan. 21 backdoor spinoff pilot to mark a season low, yet holding steady in the demo. TVLine readers gave the series ender (and Season 8 as a whole) an average grade of “A-.” Opening The CW’s night, an Arrow finale preview special did 663K/0.2. CBS | NCIS more