Paramount+ UK Picks Up ‘NCIS: Sydney’ To Premiere In November
Paramount+ UK will take British viewers down under, as they announce a November UK premiere date for ‘NCIS: Sydney‘, the first international edition of the top-rated television franchise.
With rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multinational task force to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
The series stars Olivia Swann (“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The River Wild”) as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey and Todd Lasance (“Without Remorse,” “Spartacus: War of the Damned”) as her 2IC AFP counterpart, Sergeant Jim “JD” Dempsey. They are joined by Sean Sagar (“The Covenant,” “Mea Culpa”) as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson; Tuuli Narkle (“Mystery Road: Origin,” “Bad Behaviour”) as AFP liaison officer Constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (“Shantaram,” “Halifax: Retribution”) as AFP forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes (“The Newsreader,” “Total Control”) as AFP forensic pathologist Dr Roy Penrose.
‘NCIS: Sydney’ is the fifth series in the popular global NCIS franchise, which includes ‘NCIS‘ and ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’, both picked up for their 21st and 3rd seasons, respectively. However, with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actor strike, it’s likely this new addition to the franchise is the only NCIS we’ll get to see this year. ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ completed its 14-year run earlier this year, and ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ concluded its seven-season run in 2021.
The eight-episode drama is produced for CBS Studios and Paramount Australia by Endemol Shine Australia and distributed outside Australia by Paramount Global Content Distribution. The series is created by Morgan O’Neill (“Les Norton”), who also serves as executive producer alongside Endemol Shine Australia’s Sara Richardson (“RFDS”) and Sue Seeary (“Ten Pound Poms”).
‘NCIS: Sydney‘ Season 1 premieres Friday, 10th November 2023 on Paramount+ UK, with episodes airing weekly.
