‘NCIS’: Beloved US Navy Drama Finds New UK Home On Disney+
As part of the Disney+ Day celebrations today, the streaming service has announced it has acquired all existing seasons, and Season 19 of ‘NCIS‘ to premiere in UK and Ireland in 2022.
NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humour, it’s a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.
NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a former Marine gunnery sergeant whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, leads this troupe of colourful personalities. Gibbs, a man of few words, only needs a look to explain it all. The team includes NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), an MIT graduate with a brilliance for computers; NCIS Special Agent Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop (Emily Wickersham), a mysterious mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism who specializes in international threat assessment and global preparation; the charismatic, unpredictable and resilient NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres (Wilmer Valderrama), who has spent most of his career on solo undercover assignments; and NCIS Special Agent Jacqueline “Jack” Sloane (Maria Bello ), who built her reputation as the agency’s premier forensic psychologist and enjoys challenging Gibbs.
Assisting the team as the NCIS Historian is retired medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard (David McCallum), who knows it all because he’s seen it all; Ducky’s protégé, the naïve Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), who graduated from assistant to fully licensed medical examiner and now runs the morgue and Forensic Scientist Kasie Hines (Diona Reasonover), Ducky’s former graduate assistant who impressed Gibbs with her keen forensic skills during a critical time for the team. Overseeing operations is NCIS Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll), an intelligent, highly trained agent who can always be counted on to shake up the status quo.
‘NCIS’ has been missing from UK screens ever since FOX UK went off-air, so the news that Disney+ will not only air the new season, but also be home to all the previous seasons, should be a welcome one.
The 19th Season see a new face join the show, as Gary Cole (‘The Good Wife/Fight’, ‘Veep’, ‘Chicago Fire’) as NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker. In addition, Katrina Law (‘Arrow’) who joined last season in a recurring role of NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight has been upped to series regular.
‘NCIS‘ Season 19 does not yet have an exact premiere date, but will air on Disney+ UK and Ireland in 2022. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
