The latest spinoff, NCIS: Sydney, takes the Naval Crime Investigative Services down under, but will there be a season 2 of the series?
This is all the information you need to know about the upcoming second season of NCIS: Sydney, the newest spinoff that has the potential to expand the popular procedural franchise worldwide. NCIS: Sydney follows the personnel of the Naval Crime Investigative Services, just like its American predecessors, but this time they are working along with Australia’s Federal Police to address the escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific area. The most recent series is the fourth spinoff of the hugely successful original program, which is already in its second decade of broadcasting and still draws in hundreds of millions of viewers.
The trajectory of NCIS: Sydney has been somewhat convoluted, as the Australian-produced series was not intended to occupy such a significant position in CBS’ autumn schedule. But all of CBS’s original programming was delayed by the protracted Hollywood strikes, therefore NCIS: Sydney was moved to Paramount+ and CBS to make up for the loss. Finally, a new release date for NCIS was announced for 2024; nevertheless, since the show debuted on CBS and Paramount+ on its own, all eyes have been on the spinoff. NCIS: Sydney season 2 is definitely a possibility based alone on the enormous success of the program itself. Early reviews have been mild but positive.
Will NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Happen?
As yet, no announcement has come regarding the future of NCIS: Sydney, and a second season has not been confirmed by CBS. However, the spotlight the show is receiving by being the only CBS fall debut has a chance to catapult the show’s popularity and help ensure a second outing. The NCIS parent series will be airing its 21st season in February 2024, which is an impressive run even for the procedural genre which tends to produce long-running series.
Even in its remarkable second decade on the air, the NCIS franchise proves to be a powerhouse in weekly TV ratings, even if critics have never been too high on the procedural format in general. Every spinoff of the popular original series has earned more than one season, with NCIS: Los Angeles running for 14 years, NCIS: New Orleans for seven, and even NCIS: Hawaii being greenlit for a third in 2024. This trend bodes well for NCIS: Sydney season 2, since the too-big-to-fail franchise has yet to produce a show that didn’t take off.
How NCIS: Sydney Connects To The Franchise
NCIS: Sydney, in contrast to other spinoffs that were given backdoor pilots, is being launched without much anticipation. Nevertheless, there are still subtle connections between the newest spinoff and the original series, and NCIS: Sydney season 1 will have Easter eggs referencing other shows in the franchise. It’s evident that NCIS: Sydney has its own personality, as series creator Morgan O’Neil said of the new spinoff, saying “it feels like a universe, not individual shows”. Fans may anticipate more crossovers with the rest of the NCIS universe in a future season of NCIS: Sydney, but for now, Easter eggs are all that’s available.