A couple of weeks after renewing their parent show, NCIS, CBS spinoffs NCIS: Los Angeles & NCIS: New Orleans have also been renewed by the network. NCIS: Los Angeles will be back for an eleventh season, NCIS: New Orleans for a sixth.
The cast of both shows are all expected to return as negotiations were said to have gone smoothly for both series. NCIS: New Orleans, starring Scott Bakula, is currently in its fifth season and is averaging nearly 11 million viewers each week while winning its time slot. NCIS: Los Angeles, currently in its 10th season and starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J, is also among the most-watched dramas on broadcast television and is Sunday’s top scripted series with an average of 10.1 million viewers.
In addition to O’Donnell and LL Cool JJ, NCIS: Los Angeles stars Linda Hunt, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa, and Renée Felice Smith. NCIS: New Orleans stars Bakula, Lucas Black, Vaness Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Rob Kerkovich, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and CCH Pounder.
NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans are the latest CBS series to be picked up for next season. In addition to NCIS, the network has also renewed Young Sheldon, Mom, Criminal Minds, Blue Bloods and freshmen FBI, God Friended Me, The Neighborhood and Magnum P.I.