''NCIS: New Orleans'' is an American

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television series created by

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and starring

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, Rob Kerkovich and

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. It is the second spin-off of ''

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'', and the third series in the ''NCIS'' franchise. The series premiered on

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on September 23, 2014, and ran for a total of seven seasons until May 23, 2021. It centers on a fictional team of

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(NCIS) agents stationed out of

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. After a purposed spin-off of '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' was passed over, an official second spin-off of ''NCIS'' was announced in late 2013. Like ''Los Angeles'', the series was introduced via two-part back-door pilot episodes in season eleven of ''NCIS''. The cast originally consisted of

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and

Zoe McLellan Zoe McLellan (born November 6, 1974) is an American actress known for roles in '' JAG'', '' Dirty Sexy Money'', '' NCIS: New Orleans'' and ''Designated Survivor''. Early life and education McLellan was born in La Jolla, California, and raised i ...

, both of whom left in season two (McLellan) and season six (Black) respectively.

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Shalita Grant Grant (born August 28, 1988) is an American actress best known for portraying NCIS Special Agent Sonja Percy on '' NCIS: New Orleans.'' She is also known from her roles on ''Mercy Street, You, Santa Clarita Diet,'' and '' Search Party.'' Early l ...

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and

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also starred in the main cast in later seasons.

Premise

''NCIS: New Orleans'' follows a fictional team of

(NCIS)

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stationed out of

and led by Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride (

). The team focuses on crimes that involve personnel in the

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and

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, and their territory ranges from the

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to the Texas Panhandle. Working under the supervision of Pride at the start of the series are Christopher LaSalle (

), a former

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recruited by Pride following

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, and Meredith Brody (

), a transfer from the NCIS Great Lakes field office, who has worked as a Special Agent Afloat and is keen to leave her past behind as she moves to New Orleans. They are assisted by Dr. Loretta Wade (

), the coroner for Jefferson Parish, Sebastian Lund ( Rob Kerkovich), a forensics specialist who assists Wade, and Patton Plame (

), a

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hacker turned computer specialist for NCIS. In season 2, Sonja Percy (

), an

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Special Agent who assisted the team on the Baitfish case the prior season, joins them on a permanent basis. At the end of season 2, a case involving a domestic terrorist attack and a corrupt

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Special Agent leads to backlash that culminates in Brody's resignation from NCIS at the start of season 3. Following this,

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Special Agent Tammy Gregorio (

) is sent to investigate Pride and his team; she is later recruited to NCIS after being fired by the FBI after a vital part of their case against a

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goes wrong on her watch. Also, Sebastian, after taking an interest in field work, completes

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training and joins the team as a Forensics Agent during the season. Near the end of season 4, Percy leaves the team after accepting an offer to join the FBI. Shortly after, Pride is shot and nearly killed by the vengeful wife of an assassin linked to the Clearwater case, whom he had killed in season 3. He recovers at the start of season 5 and later accepts a promotion to Regional Special-Agent-in-Charge for a change of pace. Arriving to replace him is Supervisory Special Agent Hannah Khoury (

), a former intelligence agent looking to settle down and reconnect with her family. In season 6, Khoury is demoted from team leader after breaking protocol in a joint-operation with the FBI, allowing Pride to return and retake his old position, though Khoury stays on as second-in-command. Also during the season, LaSalle's search into his brother Cade's disappearance, and later, murder, results in his own death at the hands of the same killer. After being avenged and mourned, he is soon replaced by the notoriously anti-social Special Agent Quentin Carter (

) a fixer with a reputation for working alone who gradually warms to the team over time. In season 7, with the

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having thrown the city of New Orleans into uncertainty, JAG Commander Rita Devereaux (

), Pride's long-time girlfriend and a seasoned attorney, joins the D.A.'s office to help with restoring social justice, while Pride joins a task-force set up by the mayor to restore the city. The two eventually marry in the series finale.

Cast and characters

as Dwayne "King" Cassius Pride, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent / Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans office. *

as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Senior Field Agent (seasons 1–6) *

as Meredith Brody, NCIS Special Agent (seasons 1–2) * Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, the team's forensic scientist turned Forensics Agent *

as Loretta Wade, Medical Examiner *

as Sonja Percy,

special agent turned NCIS Special Agent (recurring season 1; main seasons 2–4) *

as Patton Plame, also known as Triple P, the teams Cyber Specialist (recurring season 1; main seasons 2–7) *

as Tammy Gregorio, FBI special agent from

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turned NCIS Special Agent. She replaces Brody after Brody’s departure (seasons 3–7) *

as Hannah Khoury, Special Agent in Charge, later Senior Field Agent and Second in Command of the NOLA Office. She replaces Percy after Percy’s departure (seasons 5–7) *

as Quentin Carter, NCIS Special Agent. He replaces LaSalle after LaSalle’s death (seasons 6–7) *

as Rita Deveraux, JAG

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in the

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(recurring season 3–6; main season 7)

Episodes

Production

Development

'' NCIS: Los Angeles'' originally had a purposed spin-off series commissioned by

during the 2012-13 TV season titled ''NCIS: Red''. Written and produced by

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, the series would follow "a mobile team of agents who live and work together as they go across the country to solve crimes". On February 6, 2013,

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was cast as retired special agent Roy, the series male lead. Earlier,

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would join the cast as a series regular, and reprising his ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' role,

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had been cast as Kai, an intelligence analyst,

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was cast as Dave,

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was cast as Claire, and

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was cast in the pilot, playing the lead role of Paris. The pilot episode, titled "Red" and "Red-2", aired on March 19 and 26, 2013, during the fourth season of ''NCIS: Los Angeles''. On May 15, 2013, CBS announced that the pilot would not be taken to series. On May 21, 2013, CBS President Nina Tassler stated that "sometimes pinoffswork and sometimes they don't. Protecting he franchisewas really important." In September 2013, it was reported that a second ''

'' spin-off series set in

would be introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during the eleventh season of ''NCIS''. The episode title " Crescent City (Part I)" and " Crescent City (Part II)", written by

, were filmed in New Orleans in February 2014, and aired on March 25, 2014, to April 1, 2014. The series, titled ''NCIS: New Orleans'', was picked up to series on May 9, 2014, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' premiered on September 23, 2014, on CBS. On October 27, 2014, CBS picked up ''NCIS: New Orleans'' for a full season of 23 episodes. On January 12, 2015, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for a second season, that premiered on September 22, 2015. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016, which premiered on September 20, 2016. The third season was the last season produced by the ''NCIS: New Orleans'' creator and showrunner

before he died on September 28, 2016. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for a fourth season on March 23, 2017, which premiered on September 26, 2017. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for a fifth season on April 18, 2018, which premiered on September 25, 2018. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for a sixth season on April 22, 2019, which premiered on September 24, 2019. On May 6, 2020, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was renewed for the seventh season, which premiered on November 8, 2020. On February 17, 2021, it was announced that the seventh season would be the show's last, with the finale airing on May 23, 2021.

Casting

In February 2014, the pilot was cast with

, and

as Dwayne Pride, Loretta Wade and Meredith Brody.

as Christopher LaSalle, and Rob Kerkovich joined cast as Sebastian Lund. In June 2015, ''

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'' reported that Daryl Mitchell and

promoted as regulars in season two. In July 2016,

, who plays Special Agent Meredith Brody, left the series "for creative reasons", and

joined the cast as Special Agent Tammy Gregorio as a series regular. In January 2018, it was announced that

, who plays Special Agent Sonja Percy, would be departing the series near the end of the fourth season. In August 2018, it was announced that

would join the cast as Special Agent Hannah Khoury as a new series regular for the fifth season. In 2018, Jason Alan Carvell was cast as James Edwin "Jimmy" Boyd who is the paternal half-brother of NCIS Special Agent Dwayne Pride. He reprised his role from time to time until the show's finale in 2021. In November 2019,

, who portrayed Agent Christopher LaSalle, announced he would be departing in the sixth episode of the sixth season. On February 5, 2020, it was announced that

had been cast as Quentin Carter, and would appear as a series regular. On September 29, 2020, it was announced that

portraying attorney Rita Devereaux would be a series regular for the seventh season after recurring for the previous four seasons.

Controversy

Brad Kern Brad Kern is an American television producer and writer. He was the executive producer/showrunner of CBS TV procedural '' NCIS: New Orleans'' since midway through season two until the end of season four. Previously, he was also executive producer ...

took over the reins of ''NCIS: New Orleans'' as showrunner in January 2016. Within a year he had become the focus of two investigations for inappropriate behavior toward women. On May 17, 2018, it was reported that Kern was exiting his role as executive producer and showrunner, but would remain as consulting producer, with Christopher Silber replacing him as showrunner. Kern was placed on suspension in June 2018, when CBS launched a third investigation into claims of harassment. Kern was fired by CBS in October 2018.

Broadcast

''NCIS: New Orleans'' premiered on CBS in the United States on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, with the twelfth season premiere of ''

'' as its lead-in. Season two premiered on September 22, 2015. Season three premiered on September 20, 2016. Season four premiered on September 26, 2017. Season five premiered on September 25, 2018. Season six premiered on September 24, 2019. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' aired simultaneously on

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in Canada. In Australia, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' premiered on

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on October 7, 2014. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' was initially sold to Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, where it premiered on February 13, 2015, and aired for four seasons, before moving to Fox UK beginning July 20, 2018. ''NCIS: New Orleans'' has aired on

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in New Zealand, on

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in India and

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and on

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in Southeast Asia. On April 2, 2015, the series began airing on

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cable TV service and was also broadcast to several other sub-Saharan African nations via DStv.

Syndication

In August 2015, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' began airing on TVOne Pakistan. In December 2017, reruns of ''NCIS: New Orleans'' began airing on

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. In January 2021, reruns of ''NCIS: New Orleans'' began airing on

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Reception

Ratings

Critical reception

''NCIS: New Orleans'' has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator

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gives the first season of the show a rating of 60%, based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.50/10. The site's consensus reads, "With a solid cast in a beautiful locale, ''NCIS: New Orleans'' makes extending this well-worn franchise look like the Big Easy."

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gives the show a score of 55 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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gives a score of 6.8/10 based on 20 000 notes. In late September 2014, ''

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''s journalist Jason Hughes reviewed the pilot episode of the series, praising the music, the use of the city of

, and

' decision to cast

as "one of the most likable leading men in television, so they're set there." David Hinckley of the New York ''Daily News'' gave a mixed but critical review of the pilot episode, saying there is a "Crescent City flavor here. But in the larger picture, not much on this menu is unfamiliar." Liz Shannon Miller and Ben Travers of '' Indiewire'' said that ''NCIS'' is like "the obelisk in ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', it's an awe-inspiring, inescapable presence in the broadcast line-up. ''NCIS'' on CBS: It is here. It has always been here. It forever will be."

International criticism

In April 2019, CBS released the plot of the first part of the show's fifth season's finale, " The River Styx, Part I", which is set to partially take place in the breakaway republic of

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, a region internationally recognized as part of

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but also recognized as independent by

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, and

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. The show, when describing the region, calls South Ossetia a "war-torn Russian province", which raised concerns from the Georgian government. On April 22, 2019, Georgian President

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posted on

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. Neither CBS nor the show's producers have responded to the President's commentary. However, the description of the second part of the finale, " The River Styx, Part II" does not mention Russia, although the episode still takes place in South Ossetia.

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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External links

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