CBS renews NCIS for two seasons


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Michelle Clancy

| 01 March 2016




NCIS, the No 1 television drama series in the US, has been renewed by CBS for two more seasons with series star and executive producer Mark Harmon signing on for a new two-year deal.



The drama is averaging 20.47 million viewers per week, up 4% from a year ago and on pace to finish the season as network television’s leading drama for the seventh consecutive year. In key demographics, NCIS ranks in the top ten among adults 25-54, averaging 4.6/13, and is in the top 15 in adults 18-49, averaging 3.1/10. Also, NCIS ranks in the top ten among time-shifted programmes, gaining over four million viewers with seven-day playback.

“It’s extraordinary that in its 13th season and with over 300 episodes to its credit, NCIS continues to excel at such a high level on a global scale,” said Glenn Geller, president, CBS Entertainment. “It is testimony to an amazing cast, led on and off the screen by the exceptional Mark Harmon, for skilfully bringing this universally appealing team of heroes to life; and to Gary Glasberg and his writers for crafting compelling stories that feature NCIS’s signature blend of mystery, quirk, drama and comedy every single week.”

NCIS is also an international hit, licensed in more than 200 markets. For the past two years, it has been awarded the International Audience Award by Eurodata TV Worldwide and The Monte Carlo Television Festival for being “the most watched drama series in the world”. It is a top performing US series in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden and in the UK, among other countries.