The announcement ofNCIS: Tony & Ziva’s release schedule hints at a historic Fall 2025 TV season for theNCISfranchise. Set to follow beloved originalNCIScharacters Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) in their lives in Paris taking care of their daughter Tali before an attack on Tony’s security company puts everyone in danger,NCIS: Tony & Zivapromises to put its titular characters in a position where their skills acquired as NCIS agents will be of use again.Paramount+ revealedNCIS: Tony & Zivadebuts on June 05, 2025, on the streaming platform.
NCIS: Tony & ZivajoinsNCIS: OriginsandNCIS: Sydney. The latestNCISspinoff will differ from them andNCISitself, given how the main action will revolve around Tony and Ziva’s family being under attack instead of a series of cases, withTony & Zivanot sharing the procedural nature of the other shows in theNCISfranchise still going strong. Another difference seesNCIS: Tony & Zivarelease directly on Paramount+instead of sharing the otherNCISfranchise shows’ historic home on CBS. Despite that,Tony & Ziva’s arrival will still enrich theNCISfranchise in one way.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1 Will Run From September To October 2025
NCIS: Tony & Ziva’s Schedule Means Some NCIS Spinoffs Will Overlap
NCIS: Tony & Zivareleasing its first three episodes on September 4 and its season finale on October 23 means it will likely still be on whenNCISseason 23 premieres. While the precise premiere date forNCISseason 23has yet to be revealed, the procedural drama has been part of CBS’s fall schedule since it began in September 2003, making it highly unlikely forNCISseason 23 not to release between the end of September and the beginning of October 2025. This means thatNCIS: Tony & ZivaandNCISseason 23 will be on simultaneously, inevitably overlapping.
Tony & Ziva Season 1’s Release Plan Means 4 NCIS Shows Would Be Airing At The Same Time
Only 3 NCIS Franchise Shows Ever Aired At A Time Until Fall 2025
NCISbeing renewed for a 23rd season and spawning as many spinoffs as it already has makes theNCISfranchise incredibly popular. However, the beginning of the 2020s brought disruption to the franchise, with the end of the first spinoffNCIS: Los Angelesin 2023, and the much more puzzling cancellations of relative novices in comparison,NCIS: New OrleansandNCIS: Hawai’i, in 2021 and 2023, respectively.SydneyandOriginsbeginning in 2023 and 2024 injected newness to theNCISfranchise, butTony & Ziva’s arrival can do so much more, especially in light of the record it helps breaking.
Indeed, come Fall 2025,four shows belonging to theNCISuniverse will be airing at the same time, in a first for the franchise. Even in moments of great success, only three NCIS shows aired simultaneously, withNCIS,Los AngelesandNew Orleansdoing so until 2021, only for the latter to be replaced byHawai’ibetween 2021 and 2024, andSydneyreplacingLos Angelesstarting the same year it ended, in 2023. WithOriginsbeginning the yearHawai’iended,there have been threeNCISfranchise shows airing for more than a decade, but never four at the same time.
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The NCIS' Franchise’s Fall 2025 Plan Is A Testament To Its Continued Popularity
Despite Some Shocking Cancellations, The NCIS Franchise Continues To Thrive
The release dates forNCISseason 23,Sydneyseason 3 andOriginsseason 2 are unknown, but they will likely all return to CBS in Fall 2025.CBS renewing all three shows in theNCISfranchise simultaneouslymade that all the more likely. With bothSydneyandOriginsgoing strong,the addition ofTony & Ziva, albeit in another form,is a testament to the continued success of whatNCISexpanded 22 years agoafter beginning as aJAGspinoff.
NCIS: Tony & Zivawill premiere on Paramount+ on July 27, 2025, with three episodes, and will release its season finale on August 11, 2025.
Tony & Ziva’s trailer getting more views than any other Paramount+ Original and series in theNCISfranchise proves there is interest in this specific show due to its titular characters’ popularity, which could make the wholeNCISfranchise as a whole even more popular as a result in Fall 2025. Finally,NCIS: Tony & Ziva’s release overlapping withNCISseason 23’s could also open the doors to a potential crossover, making it possible for the spinoff to bring over to the original series a bigger audience compared to the previous years, with the appeal of original characters possibly reappearing.
