‘NCIS’: Disney+ UK Finally Sets Premiere Date For Season 19
Disney+ UK has finally set the premiere date for Season 19 of beloved drama ‘NCIS‘ the streaming service has announced.
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.
The 19th Season sees 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’ has been missing from UK screens ever since FOX UK went off-air, but back in November last year, Disney+ announced they had acquired the drama… and then waited until now to announce the premiere date. One thing which may annoy UK fans is that Disney+ has this listed as a “weekly drop”, rather than releasing the entire season all at once… Given the show began airing in September 2021 in the USA, and will likely have ended over there by April, that is a little irritating… On the bright side, all the previous 18 seasons are being added to the streaming platform at the same time.
‘NCIS‘ Season 19 premieres Wednesday, 6th April 2022 on Disney+ UK, and will air weekly.
