
NCIS: Sydney arrived on CBS in the 2023 TV schedule at a time when new scripted options were hard to find due to the WGA writers strike and SAG-AFTRA actors strike. With both strikes now resolved, NCIS and NCIS: Hawai'i can get back to work for their new season premiere dates in the new year, and Sydney leading lady Olivia Swann already has some great crossover ideas that I'd love to see happen.
Olivia Swann plays NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey on NCIS: Sydney, making Mackey one of the American characters on the Australia-set show, although the actress herself is British. The new show kicked off in a way that proved it can stand on its own without the rest of the franchise, but some ties between the series would certainly be fun for fans, if you ask me. Speaking with ET, Swann pitched two ideas: