The NCIS franchise is set to return to CBS this fall amid the 2025 TV schedule, with new seasons of the Mothership, Origins, and Sydney, hitting the air. All the while, fans have also been waiting for the new spinoff series NCIS: Tony & Ziva, and the series is set stream with a Paramount+ subscription beginning on September 4. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for the franchise, but this raises the question of what other shows could be in store, and will it ever be taken back to the procedural that started it all, JAG?
Before NCIS grew to be one of the biggest TV franchises, it was kicked off by a backdoor pilot on the military drama JAG, which ran for 10 seasons. Mark Horowitz, who was an EP on NCIS and a co-EP on JAG, previously opened up about NCIS’ beginnings and distancing it from JAG, which was in its eighth season by the time the two-part backdoor pilot rolled around.
