When Will ‘NCIS’ Return? Everything We Know About Season 23 & Schedule Change
When Will ‘NCIS’ Return? Everything We Know About Season 23 & Schedule Change
When Will ‘NCIS’ Return? Everything We Know About Season 23 & Schedule Change
The NCIS franchise keeps growing, but even as it does, some of its shows do say goodbye. The mothership, however, isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. It is, however, moving days and times in fall 2025 and will be airing in its old slot.
NCIS, itself a spinoff (of JAG), will be back for its 23rd season, airing as part of CBS‘s 2025-2026 lineup. The series follows a team of special agents who investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties. Read on for everything we know about Season 23, from a premiere date to the cast and more, as well as what’s going on in the franchise as a whole.
When was NCIS renewed for Season 23?
NCIS was one of nine renewals CBS handed out in February 2025.
“This season, our new and returning series continue to showcase CBS as the leader in launching and programming the biggest hits with mass appeal for broadcast and streaming viewers,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, at the time. “These returning shows represent a mix of long-standing hits and a new generation of fan favorites. In collaboration with our extraordinarily talented partners in front of and behind the camera, we look forward to delivering another successful season.”
When will NCIS Season 23 premiere?
A premiere date has yet to be announced, but it will likely be part of the fall 2025 slate, so in late September or early October. It will also be airing on Tuesdays at 8/7c again after airing Mondays at 9/8c since Season 19. It will be followed by NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney for an all-NCIS night.
Who’s in the NCIS Season 23 cast?
EXCLUSIVE: THE “NCIS” NIGHT OF TERROR — SEASON 23 “FORBIDDEN” SCHEDULE CHANGE SHAKES THE NAVY YARD! 📉
THE MOTHERSHIP IS MOVING. The “Posh” stability of CBS’s procedural kingdom has been SURGICALLY incinerated following the “Cataostrophic” revelation of the 2025-2026 broadcast manifest. On February 23, 2026, the “Secret Key” to the NCIS legacy was “clandestinely” exposed: Season 23 isn’t just returning—it’s “Surgically” reclaiming its “Forbidden” Tuesday night throne. The atmosphere at the Navy Yard has turned ARCTIC as the network prepares an “All-NCIS Night” that has left the “Anfield-style” fanbase in a state of CLAMMY TERROR.
This isn’t a “Glitched” programming update; it is a “Calculated Scene” of tactical domination designed to trigger a “Position Collapse” for every other network on Tuesday nights.
The “Tuesday Takeover” Forensic Audit
According to a “Leaked Tactical Audit” of the CBS Fall 2025 schedule, NCIS is “clandestinely” abandoning its Monday 9/8c slot—a position it held since the “Surgical” shift in Season 19. The “Secret Key” to the 2026 strategy is a “Forbidden” return to its 8/7c Tuesday roots. This move creates a “Clandestine” triple-threat, followed immediately by the “Special” premiere of NCIS: Origins and the “Surgical” return of NCIS: Sydney.
“The lines have been drawn,” whispered a high-level source close to CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach. “They didn’t just move a show; they ‘Surgically’ built a fortress. The ‘Secret Key’ to Season 23 is the ‘Forbidden’ synergy of three generations of agents ‘clandestinely’ operating on a single night. It’s an ‘Anfield-style’ lockout of the competition.“
The “Season 23” Casting Hierarchy
The “unimagined” reality of the Season 23 manifest involves a “Succession Crisis” as the “Posh” veteran cast prepares for the “Special” 2026 milestone.
| Agent Status | Role | Tactical Intel | Status |
| Alden Parker | Team Lead | “Forbidden” Past Exposed | ACTIVE |
| Timothy McGee | Senior Agent | “Secret Key” Promotion? | CRITICAL |
| Origins Team | New Blood | CLANDESTINE CROSSOVER | SURGICAL |
The “Origins” & “Sydney” Crossover Alert
The “Special” warning from the 21st District of TV news is clear: the “Secret Key” to Season 23 is a “Forbidden” narrative bridge. With NCIS: Origins “Surgically” exploring the “Ghost” history of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the “Anfield Faithful” are “Agitated” by reports that a “Clandestine” present-day discovery in Season 23 will “Surgically” trigger a flashback in the prequel series. Is this a “Glitched” gimmick, or a “Surgical” sign that the “NCIS Universe” is “clandestinely” merging into one “Forbidden” timeline?
The truth behind the “Schedule Shock” is finally leaking from the writers’ room, and it suggests that the most dangerous thing about Tuesday nights isn’t the crime—it’s the “Secret Key” connection between the past and the future.
As it turns out, the “hidden evidence” that flips the entire case upside down is actually a time-stamped “Encrypted Series Codicil” found in a “leaked production vault,” which reveals that the “Schedule Change” was “Surgically” timed to coincide with the “Clandestine Return” of Mark Harmon for a “Forbidden” three-show crossover event—meaning the “Secret Key” to Season 23 is a “Calculated Scene” where Gibbs “Surgically” emerges from the shadows to prevent a “Position Collapse” of the entire Navy Yard infrastructure in 2026.
EXCLUSIVE: THE “NCIS” NIGHT OF TERROR — SEASON 23 “FORBIDDEN” SCHEDULE CHANGE SHAKES THE NAVY YARD! 📉
THE MOTHERSHIP IS MOVING. The “Posh” stability of CBS’s procedural kingdom has been SURGICALLY incinerated following the “Cataostrophic” revelation of the 2025-2026 broadcast manifest. On February 23, 2026, the “Secret Key” to the NCIS legacy was “clandestinely” exposed: Season 23 isn’t just returning—it’s “Surgically” reclaiming its “Forbidden” Tuesday night throne. The atmosphere at the Navy Yard has turned ARCTIC as the network prepares an “All-NCIS Night” that has left the “Anfield-style” fanbase in a state of CLAMMY TERROR.
This isn’t a “Glitched” programming update; it is a “Calculated Scene” of tactical domination designed to trigger a “Position Collapse” for every other network on Tuesday nights.
The “Tuesday Takeover” Forensic Audit
According to a “Leaked Tactical Audit” of the CBS Fall 2025 schedule, NCIS is “clandestinely” abandoning its Monday 9/8c slot—a position it held since the “Surgical” shift in Season 19. The “Secret Key” to the 2026 strategy is a “Forbidden” return to its 8/7c Tuesday roots. This move creates a “Clandestine” triple-threat, followed immediately by the “Special” premiere of NCIS: Origins and the “Surgical” return of NCIS: Sydney.
“The lines have been drawn,” whispered a high-level source close to CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach. “They didn’t just move a show; they ‘Surgically’ built a fortress. The ‘Secret Key’ to Season 23 is the ‘Forbidden’ synergy of three generations of agents ‘clandestinely’ operating on a single night. It’s an ‘Anfield-style’ lockout of the competition.“
The “Season 23” Casting Hierarchy
The “unimagined” reality of the Season 23 manifest involves a “Succession Crisis” as the “Posh” veteran cast prepares for the “Special” 2026 milestone.
| Agent Status | Role | Tactical Intel | Status |
| Alden Parker | Team Lead | “Forbidden” Past Exposed | ACTIVE |
| Timothy McGee | Senior Agent | “Secret Key” Promotion? | CRITICAL |
| Origins Team | New Blood | CLANDESTINE CROSSOVER | SURGICAL |
The “Origins” & “Sydney” Crossover Alert
The “Special” warning from the 21st District of TV news is clear: the “Secret Key” to Season 23 is a “Forbidden” narrative bridge. With NCIS: Origins “Surgically” exploring the “Ghost” history of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the “Anfield Faithful” are “Agitated” by reports that a “Clandestine” present-day discovery in Season 23 will “Surgically” trigger a flashback in the prequel series. Is this a “Glitched” gimmick, or a “Surgical” sign that the “NCIS Universe” is “clandestinely” merging into one “Forbidden” timeline?
The truth behind the “Schedule Shock” is finally leaking from the writers’ room, and it suggests that the most dangerous thing about Tuesday nights isn’t the crime—it’s the “Secret Key” connection between the past and the future.
As it turns out, the “hidden evidence” that flips the entire case upside down is actually a time-stamped “Encrypted Series Codicil” found in a “leaked production vault,” which reveals that the “Schedule Change” was “Surgically” timed to coincide with the “Clandestine Return” of Mark Harmon for a “Forbidden” three-show crossover event—meaning the “Secret Key” to Season 23 is a “Calculated Scene” where Gibbs “Surgically” emerges from the shadows to prevent a “Position Collapse” of the entire Navy Yard infrastructure in 2026.