NCIS
Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 9/10ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Comfort rewatchThe kind of show people return to endlessly.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sean MurrayDavid McCallumMark HarmonBrian DietzenRocky CarrollPauley Perrette
Written by
Donald P. BellisarioDon McGill
Starring
Sean MurrayDavid McCallumMark HarmonBrian DietzenRocky CarrollPauley Perrette
Written by
Donald P. BellisarioDon McGill
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NCIS Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 | |||
| S2 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | |||
| S3 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.6 | ||
| S4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | ||
| S5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | |||||||
| S6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.6 | |
| S7 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | ||
| S8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | ||
| S9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | ||
| S10 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.4 | ||
| S11 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.7 | ||
| S12 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | ||
| S13 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.3 | ||
| S14 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | ||
| S15 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | ||
| S16 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| S17 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.1 | ||||||
| S18 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.3 | ||||||||||
| S19 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | |||||
| S20 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| S21 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| S22 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||||||
| S23 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | ||||||
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About
"Comfort-food procedural built on two decades of familiar faces"
NCIS follows a team of Navy investigators who solve crimes involving military personnel, mixing forensic detective work with banter, workplace loyalty, and the occasional larger conspiracy. Episodes are mostly self-contained cases, anchored by a steady ensemble whose chemistry and running jokes matter as much as the mysteries. The tone stays comfortably procedural: brisk, formulaic, occasionally sentimental, rarely dark for long. It rewards casual, dip-in viewing rather than binge-watching, and after two decades the cast has rotated considerably. It's less about surprise than about spending time with familiar characters solving tidy cases week after week.
Watch it for
the easy chemistry between agents that keeps a formulaic case-of-the-week structure watchable.
Maybe skip if
you want serialized suspense, since most episodes wrap neatly with little lasting consequence.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12003
7.828K2316h 49m
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Season 22004
8.025K2316h 54m
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Season 32005
8.024K2417h 40m
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Season 42006
7.922K2418h 6m
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Season 52007
8.017K1914h 38m
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Season 62008
7.923K2518h 16m
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Season 72009
8.021K2417h 33m
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Season 82010
8.020K2418h 5m
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Season 92011
7.921K2417h 14m
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Season 102012
8.120K2417h 20m
Despite a bomb attack on Gibbs and the team, duty continues to call for these special agents as they try to regroup and put the pieces back together.
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Season 112013
7.919K2417h 11m
When Season 10 ended in the series' biggest cliffhanger, the NCIS was virtually disbanded and Gibbs was aiming a rifle at the FBI agent responsible.
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Season 122014
8.119K2417h 20m
In Season 12, Gibbs and McGee travel to Russia to retrieve a computer expert and get into an ongoing battle with mercenary Sergei Mishnev.
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Season 132015
8.218K2416h 51m
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Season 142016
7.817K2416h 49m
Following the unexpected departure of a key member, the NCIS team regroups and recruits several new faces, including a former MI6 operative.
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Season 152017
7.915K2417h 2m
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Season 162018
8.114K2416h 58m
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Season 172019
8.113K2014h 7m
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Season 182020
7.810K166h 23m
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Season 192021
7.811K213h 34m
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Season 202022
7.610K225h 37m
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Season 212024
8.46K102h 51m
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Season 222024
7.78K2042m
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Season 232025
7.97K20
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Season 24
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Sean Murray Timothy McGee, Flashback Spencer Downing
David McCallum Donald Mallard, Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
Mark Harmon Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Flashback Annie's Father, NCIS SSA Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Brian Dietzen Jimmy Palmer, Dr. Jimmy Palmer, Flashback Male Cop
Rocky Carroll Leon Vance, Director Leon Vance, Directed Leon Vance
Pauley Perrette Abby Sciuto
Michael Weatherly Anthony DiNozzo
Wilmer Valderrama Nick Torres, Flashback Arturo Amador, Nicholas Torres
Cote de Pablo Ziva David
Emily Wickersham Ellie Bishop, Eleanor Bishop, Flashback Annie Downing
Crew
Donald P. Bellisario
Don McGill
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