Prepare for lots of NCIS this fall. Not solely are the flagship sequence, NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney’s new seasons a part of CBS’ 2025-2026 TV season, the spinoff NCIS: Tony & Ziva may also premiere completely to Paramount+ subscription holders across the similar time on the 2025 TV schedule. I knew lots of people had been excited for this newest entry within the procedural franchise given how many individuals had been followers of Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David after they had been on the unique NCIS. Nevertheless, which may be underselling it contemplating that Tony & Ziva has already damaged a Paramount+ report months forward of its launch.
The primary NCIS: Tony & Ziva trailer got here out earlier this month, and phrase’s are available in from Nielsen (by way of Deadline) that it ended up amassing 93 million views throughout broadcast, social media and digital platforms throughout its first 5 days of availability. To interrupt down the numbers extra, it was seen 26.5 million occasions on YouTube and social media websites like TikTok, Instagram, Fb and X, plus 13 million on digital, which incorporates Paramount+. That 39.5 million complete makes it probably the most seen Season 1 trailer for a Paramount+ sequence in these classes.
That’s a fairly large deal by itself, however it will get higher. There’s additionally the 53.5 million views that the NCIS: Tony & Ziva trailer raked in on broadcast, beginning with when it was hooked up to the NCIS Season 22 finale. So all instructed, this has turn into the most-watched trailer for an NCIS present since this franchise started in 2003. Granted, that was a time when the aforementioned social media websites and YouTube existed, however nonetheless, that is fairly the accomplishment.
Like I stated earlier, this can be a testomony to how a lot individuals are wanting ahead to seeing Tony and Ziva being paired again collectively onscreen for the primary time in over a decade. Though each Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo would later briefly reprise their roles on NCIS years after their respective exits as sequence regulars, the time has come to see them again within the highlight. Mockingly although, whereas the present known as NCIS: Tony & Ziva, the title protagonists will not be again to working on the regulation enforcement company.
As an alternative, this spinoff will observe Tony and Ziva happening the run in Europe after Tony’s safety firm is attacked to determine who’s after them. We’ll additionally get to see them parenting their daughter Tali, who was launched within the NCIS Season 13 finale and is performed on this sequence by Isla Gie. The remainder of the solid consists of Amita Suman, Lara Rossi, Maximilian Osinski, Julian Ovenden, James D’Arcy, Nassima Benchicou, Terence Maynard and Emmanuel Bonami.
Behind the scenes, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are govt producing alongside showrunner John McNamara, Laurie Lieser, Christina Pressure, Shelley Meals, and Mairzee Almas. McNamara has stated that there’s just one season of 10 episodes deliberate for NCIS: Tony & Ziva, but when the present experiences the identical type of success that the trailer did, I’ve to assume that Paramount+ will need to at the least conversations for Season 2 going.