Like the rest of its network TV brethren, the NCIS franchise went on radio silence for the holiday season, with all three CBS dramas hitting the hibernation button in December. (The Origins and Sydney spinoffs’ winter finales aired the week prior to the mothership’s midseason capper.) The expectation was for all three shows to hit the 2026 TV schedule anew in late February, but fans will actually be waiting even longer now.
When CBS revealed its winter premiere schedule back in November, the plan was for NCIS, NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney to rise up like phoenixes again on Tuesday, February 24. However, the network was more or less cornered into shifting its impending schedule thanks to the Prez.
