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NCIS (TV Series)
''NCIS'' is an American Military fiction, military police procedural television series and the first installment within the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' media franchise. The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The concept and characters were Television pilot#Backdoor pilot, initially introduced with two episodes of the CBS series ''JAG (TV series), JAG'' (JAG season 8, season eight episodes 20 and 21: "NCIS backdoor pilot, Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"); as a spin-off from ''JAG'', the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date, it has entered into the 23rd full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' franchise. , ''NCIS'' was the List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series, third-longest-running scripted, live-acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Fiction
Military fiction is a subgenre of science fiction or alternate history, focusing on military activities, such as war, battles, combat, fighting; or military life. Classes of military fiction Types of military fiction include: * War novels, including written military fiction * War films, military fiction in cinema * Military and war video games Subgenres of military fiction include: * Military science fiction * Naval fiction * Indian military fiction (of India) Works and elements of military fiction Works of military fiction: * List of military science fiction works and authors Elements of military fiction: * Military spacecraft in fiction Creators of military fiction * Military-entertainment complex * List of military science fiction works and authors See also * Adventure fiction * Military sci-fi * Chanbara (genre) * Chivalric romance (genre) * Military history * W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction * Western (genre) The Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''The Master of Disguise'' (2002), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), ''Crash (2004 film), Crash'' (2004), ''Taxi (2004 film), Taxi'' (2004), and ''Mob Town (2019 film), Mob Town'' (2019). She has also appeared in several television series, most notably ''The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Spin City'', ''Related'', ''Samantha Who?'', ''Blue Bloods (TV series), Blue Bloods'', and ''Mistresses (U.S. TV series), Mistresses''. From 2016 to 2017, she played Special Agent Alexandra Quinn on the CBS series ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'', while from 2019 to 2020, she played CIA Deputy Director List of The Boys characters#Rayner, Susan Raynor in the Amazon series ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys''. Early life Esposito was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City and is of Italian descent. She was raised on Staten Island in Bulls Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Schenck
George William Schenck (February 12, 1942 – August 3, 2024) was an American television writer and producer. His credits included '' Futureworld'', the TV-movie '' The Phantom of Hollywood'' and numerous episodes of '' NCIS'', where he was its showrunner from 2016 to 2018. Early life Schenck was born in 1942, the son of film producer Aubrey Schenck. His great-uncles Joseph M. Schenck and Nicholas Schenck were studio executives. They headed 20th-Century Fox and MGM, respectively. Schenck served in the United States Navy and attended the University of Southern California. Career Schenck began working as a television writer in the 1960s, amassing credits on several shows, including ''Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...''. He worked on the comedy film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chas
Chas may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Chas, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in central France * Chas, Bokaro, a city in Jharkhand, India * Chas block, an administrative division in Jharkhand, India * Chas, Khed, a panchayat village in Maharashtra, India * Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ or CHOP), a self-declared autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington in the United States in 2020. Newspapers * ''Chas'' (newspaper), a Russian-language newspaper in Latvia People * Chas (given name), often a nickname for Charles, including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * Chas Chandler (comics), a supporting character in the ''Hellblazer'' comic series and the main character of ''Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge'' * Chas Dingle, on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' See also * Parque Chas Parque Chas is a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reinstated on 6 December 2005 through By-law No. 1907/06. Parque Chas is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Glasberg
Gary Glasberg (July 15, 1966 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on '' NCIS'' and creator of '' NCIS: New Orleans''. Glasberg's production company is called When Pigs Fly Incorporated. Career Glasberg started out writing for animated shows such as '' Rugrats'', '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' and '' Duckman''. Glasberg's credits include '' The Street'', '' Crossing Jordan'', '' The Evidence'', '' Bones'', ''Shark'', '' The Mentalist'' and '' NCIS''. From 2011 until his death he was showrunner, and the producer in charge of day-to-day operations, on ''NCIS''. Screenwriting * '' Rugrats'' (1992) * '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1993) * '' Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (1994) * ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' (1994) * '' Duckman'' (1995) * '' Swift Justice'' (1996) * '' L.A. Firefighters'' (1996) * '' Viper'' (1997) * '' Recess'' (1997) * '' Ghost Stories'' (1997� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Brennan
Shane Brennan (born January 20, 1957, in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer, best known as the executive producer of the CBS drama '' NCIS'', as well as the creator of the ''NCIS'' spin-off series, '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. Brennan's other television credits include '' Special Squad'', '' The Flying Doctors'', '' All Together Now'', '' King & Maxwell'', '' State Coroner'', '' Stingers'', '' Flipper'', '' CSI: Miami'', and '' Summerland''. Beginning as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), by 1981, he had abandoned journalism for television scriptwriting. From the mid-1990s he worked on American cable shows shot in Australia – of which ''Flipper'' is the only named example in the IMDb. That gave him exposure, friends in the United States and an agent. As he said, "I started travelling backwards and forwards for about five years – usually four or five times a year, coming for two or three weeks at a time, do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven D
Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr") of the Christian Church. The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ( ); related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefan (pronounced or in English), Esteban (often pronounced ), and the Shakespearean Stephano ( ). Origins The name "Stephen" (and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Conlan
Joseph Richard Conlan is an American film and television composer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his scores to the television series ''NCIS'', ''Tour of Duty'' and ''Simon & Simon'', and films '' Spiders 3D'' and '' Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia''. Conlan is also known for integrating electronic music textures with conventional orchestration. He has received several awards and nominations. Film and television scoring Conlan's earliest notable television credits are ''Simon & Simon'', ''Tour of Duty'', '' The Equalizer'' and '' V: The Final Battle''. Recent feature scores include '' Toolbox Murders'' and ''Mortuary'' (for legendary film director Tobe Hooper), '' Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia'' (dir.: Tim Matheson), '' Spiders 3D'' (dir.: Tibor Takács), and for television, the series ''NCIS''. Most recently Conlan wrote the romantic-comedy scores to the feature films ''Sanctuary'' for director Len Colin and '' The Callback Queen'' for Film Venture London and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Bramson
Steven "Steve" Bramson is an American composer who has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and has won one Daytime Emmy Award and three ASCAP Awards. He has written music to George Lucas' '' Young Indiana Jones'' and the CBS series '' JAG''. Bramson's music has been played in New York City, London and Vienna. He is currently writing a musical titled ''Shimmy''. The lyrics are being credited to Pamela Phillips Oland. Although he once considered being an economist, Steve is also an excellent jazz pianist, who has backed up major jazz stars and once played in the Montreux Jazz Festival. Filmography *'' In Enemy Hands'' *'' Yogi the Easter Bear'' *''Adventures in Animation 3D'' *'' Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island'' *''Casualties'' *'' The Crude Oasis'' *'' Don McKay'' *Decoding Annie Parker *Dominion Television credits *'' Tiger Cruise'' *'' Navy NCIS'' *'' JAG'' *'' The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' *''Love Can Be Murder'' *''Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Cole
Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series '' Midnight Caller'' (1988–1991). Further prominent television roles include Sheriff Lucas Buck in '' American Gothic'' (1995–1996), Vice President Bob Russell in '' The West Wing'' (2003–2006), Kurt McVeigh in both '' The Good Wife'' (2010–2016) and '' The Good Fight'' (2017–2022), Kent Davison in '' Veep'' (2013–2019), and Special Agent Alden Parker in '' NCIS'' (2021–present). A prolific voice actor, Cole's voice roles include Harvey Birdman in '' Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' (2000–2007, 2018), Principal Shepherd in ''Family Guy'' (2000–present), Dr. James Possible in ''Kim Possible'' (2002–2007), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. in ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' (2010–2013) and Sergeant Bosco in ''Bob's Burgers'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Law
Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance'', Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series ''Arrow'', Karen Beach on the Sony Crackle series '' The Oath'', Quinn Liu on the CBS series '' Hawaii Five-0'' and Jessica Knight on the CBS series '' NCIS''. Early life and education Law was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey. Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent. As a teenager, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA. She graduated from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Performing Arts (Theatre Performance) in 1999. Career Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le, to create a low budget web series called '' The Resistance''. Picardi was the series' official creator and director. The show was later picked up by Starz which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
