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NCIS: Los Angeles 
NCIS: Los Angeles logoAlso known as NCIS: OSP
NCIS: Undercover
NCIS: Legend
NCIS: LAGenre Police procedural
Military
Action
DramaCreated by Shane Brennan Starring Chris O'Donnell
Peter Cambor
Daniela Ruah
Eric Christian Olsen
Adam Jamal Craig
Barrett Foa
Renée Felice Smith
Linda Hunt
LL Cool JCountry of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 3 No. of episodes 54 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Shane Brennan[1] Location(s) Los Angeles, California Production company(s) Shane Brennan Productions
CBS Television Studios[2]Broadcast Original channel CBS Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)Original run September 22, 2009 – present Chronology Related shows NCIS
JAGExternal links Official website NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on the CBS network on September 22, 2009.[3] In the USA, the series airs following NCIS on Tuesdays.[4] In Canada, the show is simulcast on the Global Television Network.[5]
NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of NCIS,[6][7][8][9][10] which itself was a spinoff of another CBS series, JAG. On October 7, 2009, CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season to 22 episodes.[11][12][13] The season was extended again on November 4, 2009, when CBS announced its order for an additional two episodes.[14]
The second season began airing on September 21, 2010.[15] On May 18, 2011, CBS renewed the series for a third season.[16] On August 18, 2011, CBS announced that the series would cross over with Hawaii Five-0 by having Daniela Ruah guest star as Kensi Blye on the latter series.[17]
Contents
Premise
The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects, an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Production
The show was known as NCIS: Legend while in production (referring to the episodes of NCIS in which the spin-off was introduced), and other names considered included NCIS: OSP (Office of Special Projects) and NCIS: Undercover.[10] Filming started in February 2009, with the characters being introduced in the two-part NCIS episode titled "Legend", the first part of which aired on April 28, 2009.[10][18] This episode served as a backdoor pilot for the series, in a manner similar to the introduction of NCIS, which was introduced by way of a two-part episode of JAG.
Chris O'Donnell plays the lead character, G. Callen, a lead agent whose natural talent for undercover work is legendary.[19] LL Cool J plays the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL, who is fluent in Arabic and an expert on Middle Eastern culture.[9] Daniela Ruah plays an agent named Kensi Blye. Adam Jamal Craig playing rookie field agent Dominic Vail was credited as a regular through the first dozen episodes of season one, but was subsequently written out of the show,[20] and the character was killed off in episode 21. Eric Christian Olsen plays Marty Deeks, the team's liaison with the Los Angeles Police Department. Olsen appears in two episodes of the first season as a guest star, and joins the cast full time in season two as Craig/Vail's replacement.
Peter Cambor plays Nate Getz, the team's operational psychologist, who supports their missions through surveillance and profiling of targets and ongoing monitoring of the OSP team members' mental health. Cambor was listed as a main cast member throughout the first season, but was downgraded to recurring status at the start of season 2 appearing in four second season episodes to-date: the first, third, fourteenth, and eighteenth episodes.
The cast is rounded out by Linda Hunt playing the OSP's operations manager Hetty Lange, a former agent with a mysterious past, and Barrett Foa as Eric Beale, the team's technical analyst and resident geek.
Louise Lombard, who had originated the role of NCIS operations manager Lara Macy in the back-door pilot, was not picked up as a regular in the new series, and the character was killed off during an episode of NCIS.[21][22][23]
Rocky Carroll, who plays Director Leon Vance on NCIS, appeared in six of the first 13 episodes.[24][25] He made a seventh appearance in "Hunted". Vance appeared in the season 2 finale and season 3 premiere.
Cast
Main article: List of NCIS: Los Angeles charactersRegular
Actor Role Occupation Status Notes Chris O'Donnell G. Callen OSP Supervisory Special Agent Regular Season 1–presenta[›] Peter Cambor Nate "Doc" Getz OSP Operational Psychologist Regular Season 1a[›] Recurring Season 2–presentb[›] Daniela Ruah Kensi Blye OSP Junior Field Agent Regular Season 1–presenta[›] Eric Christian Olsen Marty Deeks NCIS / LAPD Liaison Officer Recurring Season 1 Regular Season 2–present Adam Jamal Craig Dominic "Dom" Vail OSP Junior Field Agent Regular Season 1c[›] Barrett Foa Eric Beale[26] OSP Tech Operator Recurring Season 1a[›] Regular Season 1–presentd[›] Renée Felice Smith Nell Jones OSP Intelligence Analyst Recurring Season 2 Regular Season 2–presente[›] Linda Hunt Henrietta "Hetty" Lange OSP Operations Manager
OSP Special Agent in Charge[27]Regular Season 1–present LL Cool J Sam Hanna OSP Senior Field Agent Regular Season 1–presenta[›] Other
Actor Role Occupation Notes Louise Lombard Lara Macy OSP Operations Manager Character transferred before series start; found dead in NCIS episode "Patriot Down"a[›] Guest
Actor Role Occupation Status Notes Rocky Carroll Leon Vance NCIS Director Recurring special guest star Season 1-presenta[›] Pauley Perrette Abby Sciuto NCIS Forensic Specialist Special guest star Season 1a[›] Brian Avers Mike Renko NCIS Special Agent Recurring Season 1a[›] David Dayan Fisher Trent Kort CIA Field Officer Guest star Season 1 Kathleen Rose Perkins Rose Shwartz LA Coroner Recurring guest star Season 1-present Ronald Auguste Moe Dusa N/A Recurring guest star Season 1-2f[›] Claire Forlani Lauren Hunter OSP Operations Manager Recurring special guest star Season 2-present - ^ a: Appeared in back-door pilot episodes
- ^ b: Returned in the season's first, third, fourteenth, and eighteenth episodes after being demoted from series regular
- ^ c: Killed during a gunfight in "Found"
- ^ d: Promoted to regular in "Missing"
- ^ e: Promoted to regular in "Disorder"
- ^ f: Executed in "Lockup"
Reception
Filming the pilot episode in 2009.
"Identity", the show's first episode, garnered 18.73 million viewers with a 4.4/11 share in the 18–49 year old demographic and therefore won its timeslot. It was the second most watched show of the week, behind only the original NCIS.[28]
Reviews for the show have been mixed. It has a score of 59/100 on Metacritic. According to Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times, "The crime is intriguing and multifaceted, its resolution requiring a nice balance of street smarts and lots of gunfire. But as with the original "NCIS," the emphasis is on the characters of the team... Los Angeles, meanwhile, looks fabulous, a pleasing mixture of noir and gridlock, and there's an air of stability that's comforting in these uncertain times."[29] The New York Daily News reviewer, David Hinckley, was more critical of the show saying that although "It all adds up to an hour of decent entertainment, and there's room for enough character development to give "NCIS: Los Angeles" a personality of its own, ... a premiere episode shouldn't feel even a little like something we've already seen."[30]
Tom Shales of The Washington Post felt that "NCIS: Los Angeles gets the job done ... It's a procedural that follows strictly the established procedure, but it has likable characters, dislikable bad guys and the occasional flabbergasting shot of L.A."[31] Robert Bianco of USA Today summarized it as a "serviceable hour that takes the NCIS formula—a light tone and a lot of banter wrapped around a fairly rudimentary investigatory plot—and transfers it to a special, undercover NCIS division in Los Angeles. Nothing more, but also nothing less."[32] The Hollywood Reporter compared the show to The A-Team with "the same lighthearted approach to life-or-death situations. Maybe the biggest change is that "NCIS: L.A." achieves its inevitably favorable outcomes with a little more intellect and a little less testosterone."[33] IGN stated that although "NCIS: Los Angeles doesn't exactly reinvent the police procedural... it's another above-average entry, aided by the fact that the people behind the show know what they're doing" and ultimately gave the episode a 7.7/10.[34]
Ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS.
- Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
Season Episodes Timeslot (EST) Original airing Rank Viewers
(in millions)Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season 1st 24 Tuesday 9:00pm/8c September 22, 2009 May 25, 2010[35] 2009–10 #9 16.08[36] 2nd 24 Tuesday 9:00pm/8c September 21, 2010 May 17, 2011 2010–11 #7 16.54[37] 3rd TBA Tuesday 9:00pm/8c September 20, 2011 Spring 2012 2011-12 #5 17.53[38] Episodes
Main article: List of NCIS: Los Angeles episodesSeason Episodes Originally aired DVD release date Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Introductory 2 April 28, 2009 May 5, 2009 August 31, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)August 2, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)August 19, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)1 24 September 22, 2009 May 25, 2010 2 24 September 21, 2010 May 17, 2011 August 23, 2011 August 22, 2011 September 1, 2011 3 N/A September 20, 2011 Spring 2012 N/A N/A N/A References
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External links
- Official website
- NCIS: Los Angeles at the Internet Movie Database
- NCIS: Los Angeles at TV.com
- NCIS: Los Angeles Database, an external wiki
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